Books for clearer thinking
Clear thinking in a world of noise.
An independent press in Northern California. Short, practical books by Raye Bellinger, MD, written from a physician’s chair, and from the patient’s chair.
New on the shelf · October 18, 2026
Critical Thinking
Practical tools for weighing what you’re told, by a source, a doctor, or a machine.
Coming Soon
The AFib Compass
A Cardiologist’s Plain Guide to Living Well with Atrial Fibrillation
Raye Bellinger, MD
A plain-language guide for people with atrial fibrillation and the families helping them: what AFib is, how to sort real risk from fear, how stroke risk is measured and lowered, and why most people go on to live a normal, full life.
The Trap Series
When the answer that feels right is the one that misleads you: in your own certainty, in the market for a longer life, and at home.
Out now
The Longevity Trap
A Cardiologist’s Field Guide to What Helps You Live Longer, and What Doesn’t
Scans, supplements, biological-age tests, borrowed drugs, and the watch on your wrist, each tested against one question: does it add years, or good years? A cardiologist sorts what to recommend from what to examine.
Caregiver set
The book is for deciding in time and carrying it afterward. The workbook is the write-in companion, plus free refill pages.
Out now
The Caregiver’s Compass Workbook
Pages to Work Through Before, and to Open When It’s Time
The write-in companion. Same family, different trim.
Fiction
Medical novels by a cardiologist with more than forty years at the bedside.
Out now
The Neural Fulcrum
A Novel
In the fall of 2020, everyone is tired. An internist recommends a new implant to the patients she knows best, and they tell her they have never felt better. Then her patient of fifteen years dies, and every explanation fits.
Coming Soon
The Index Case
A Dr. Wade Novel, Book One
Raye Bellinger, MD
The machine saw it first.
In Dallas, the healthiest people in the room are the ones who are dying, and no one can say why.
We’ll signal you.
One note when the next book is on the shelf, nothing else.