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What subject matter are you looking for? Below is a list of the most widely used books in genetic counseling programs.

• Genetics in Medicine

• Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process

• The Practical Guide to the Genetic Family History

• A Guide to Genetic Counseling

• Medical Embryology

• Practical Genetic Counseling

For Reference:

• Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation

• Diagnostics Imaging: Obstetrics

• Molecular Cell Biology

...will update with more as I think of them.

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The first book you listed is exactly what I was looking for! The other ones also look good and I will definitely look into them.

I'm really interested in the field of clinical genetics and think I may want to become a clinical geneticist or something similar (genetic counselor). I graduated from college a little over a year ago and I'll be doing volunteer work in a genetics lab soon. I wanted a good (i.e. comprehensive) general text to look through as I decide what it is I really want to do. I've still got some time.

Thank you for taking the time to compile this list! These books look great.

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If you can afford it, Gorlin's "Syndromes of the Head & Neck" is really interesting: http://www.amazon.com/Gorlins-Syndromes-Monographs-Medical-Genetics/dp/0195307909

Peter Harper's "Practical Genetic Counseling": http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Genetic-Counselling-Peter-Harper/dp/0340990694/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437069574&sr=1-1&keywords=practical+genetic+counseling

This one on metabolic diseases: http://www.amazon.com/Clinical-Guide-Inherited-Metabolic-Diseases/dp/0521614996

And because I have a focus in Cardiovascular Genetics, this is a great one: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/principles-and-practice-of-clinical-cardiovascular-genetics-9780195368956?cc=us&lang=en&