In this episode of the Libro.fm Podcast, we sat down in person with bestselling author and physician, Dr. Abraham Verghese. His most recent novel ‘The Covenant of Water’ was an instant New York Times Bestseller, an Oprah Book Club Pick, and one of Barack Obama’s top books of 2023. We discuss his research process, how he auditioned to narrate his own book, how his work as a physician impacts his writing, and his recipe for “bachelor chicken”.
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About Abraham Verghese:
Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, is a best-selling author and a physician with a reputation for his focus on healing in an era where technology often overwhelms the human side of medicine. He received the Heinz Award in 2014 and was awarded the National Humanities Medal, presented by President Barack Obama, in 2015.
Read Abraham’s books:

The Covenant of Water
The Tennis Partner
Cutting for Stone

Books discussed on today's episode:

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
The Fetishist by Katherine Min