“Through these short stories, author Dustin Grinnell places ordinary men and women in situations where they reevaluate their core beliefs and ideologies to circumvent their circumstances. The Healing Book is a riveting short story collection that forces you to introspect and offers a glimpse of life through the perspectives of people from a wide variety of backgrounds trying to overcome its challenges and hurdles in their own ways. All the characters in these stories feel like real people coming to terms with their own shortcomings and being human in their vulnerabilities. Despite the underlying existential themes integrated into the tales, Grinnell manages to make each story feel distinct and unique on its own. All in all, a brilliant collection for story story readers.

–Pikasho Deka for Reader’s Favorite

“A moving collection of stories about people desperately trying to make sense of their world and find balance, understanding, some semblance of harmony, set in a time when the world only seems to make less sense with each passing day—here’s a rare book that just might offer a little light in the darkness.”

–David Yoo, author of The Choke Artist

“Dustin Grinnell’s stories bring you along on richly imagined, transformative journeys far reaching in both geography and emotion. Whether coursing through the travails of illness, grief, morality, parenting or career ennui, these stories hold up mirrors to characters’ lives, and will surely leave you with new found insight into your own”

–Jeffrey H. Millstein, MD, FACP, Regional Medical Director, Penn Primary Care NJ/Bucks County

“Until I read Dustin Grinnell's short story, "A Case of Aphantasia," I had no idea such a condition existed—that there was a name for my own visual darkness. His writing is like that: he names things that weren't in the forefront of your mind until he showed you what they mean to you. He's quirky, intellectual and fearless, and his stories will make you wonder and ponder and sometimes catch your breath.”

-Sandra Scofield, author of The Last Draft: A Novelist’s Guide to Revision

“As a physician, I turn to literature for my continuing professional education. Textbooks and journals, for the most part, are technical manuals that tell us much about diseases but little about the people who suffer with them. Dustin Grinnell deftly draws us into these short stories as his characters strive for insight and healing. I marveled at his grasp of the complexities of the protagonists and felt each was real and important. We give lip service to how our patients’ problems are biopsychosocial—yet in these stories we are drawn into their lives as they enlighten us with their existential quests. The Healing Book can make us better, more curious, more empathetic physicians, patients, and finally, people.”

–David J. Elpern, MD, dermatologist and Founder of Cell to Soul Blog

“The Healing Book by Dustin Grinnell is a scintillating collection of twelve short stories centered around a common theme of man’s search for meaning.”

–Susan Morris, Independent Book Review

“In The Healing Book, Dustin Grinnell explores a variety of treatments for psychological and emotional pain, but the cure always ends up being someone’s love.”

–Samantha Cooke, author of Love Always, Bailey

“A luminous collection of stories found in the thin margins between loss, failure, and redemption.”

–Kirkus Reviews

“A scintillating collection of thirteen short stories centered around a common theme of man’s search for meaning.”

– Independent Book Review

“Drawing on his background in Western medicine, Dustin Grinnell deftly showcases the complexities of the human experience, posing challenging questions and confronting difficult issues with sensitivity and courage. Each short story is thoroughly engaging, marked by well-developed characters and insightful examinations of human nature.”

– Literary Titan

“The collection is particularly strong in its representation of the rituals of rebellion, the facets of existential crises that move each character to make uncommon moves to arrive at unexpected life-changing moments, and its juxtaposition of themes that delve into the disparate foundations of change.”

– Midwest Book Review