The 29 best books to read if you want to disrupt US healthcare, according to top young leaders in the $3.5 trillion industry

• Learning the US healthcare system is no easy task.
• We asked the nominees for Business Insider's list of 30 leaders under 40 who are working to transform US healthcare for the books they'd recommend for people who want to disrupt healthcare.
• Here are their top picks.
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Learning about the US healthcare system can be a daunting task.

From caregivers to health insurers, to drug companies, to patients, the $3.5 trillion healthcare system in the US is filled with players whose priorities can differ a lot from one to the other.

We asked the nominees for Business Insider's list of 30 leaders under 40 who are working to transform US healthcare for book recommendations. In particular: What book would you suggest to anyone who wants to understand healthcare better so that they can try to change it?

The books they suggested range from memoirs to textbooks to deeply reported investigations. Here were their top picks.

Additional reporting by Clarrie Feinstein and Zachary Tracer.