Books by Peter Valenzuela

Fresh perspectives. Practical ideas.

Original comics, conversation starters, investing insights, and a forthcoming historical conspiracy thriller.

A collection of Peter Valenzuela’s books

Published nonfiction

Fresh ways to look at healthcare, everyday conversation, and investing in uncertain times.

Doc-Related: A Physician’s Guide to Fixing Our Ailing Health Care System book cover

Amazon Bestseller

Original comics, stories, and insights explore the frustrations of modern medicine. Humor gives clinicians and administrators a starting point for conversations about how healthcare could work better.

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Masterful Mingling book cover

Amazon Bestseller

Masterful Mingling

Make small talk more interesting with history, cultural insights, surprising facts, and riddles. Find something memorable to share when meeting someone new or reconnecting with colleagues.

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The Smart Investor’s Guide to Investing in a Volatile Market book cover

The Smart Investor’s Guideto Investing in a Volatile Market

Explore real investment examples, diversification approaches, and practical checklists to help you weigh your options and make informed decisions during uncertain times.

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The Doc-Related cast of healthcare characters

The Doc-Related comic

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From confusing policies to meetings that create more meetings, Peter’s Doc-Related comics capture the everyday absurdities of healthcare. They also provide the starting point for his signature keynote, The Punchline Is Data.

Forthcoming fiction

A City Without Accidents book cover by Peter Valenzuela

Forthcoming historical conspiracy thriller

A City Without Accidents

The perfect city was built on a lie.

Florida, 1973. A researcher’s death draws historian Elias Thorne and cryptographer Sarah Lin into the secrets of Meridian, a privately governed city designed to eliminate disorder.

Their investigation reveals a system that shapes the choices of everyone who lives there. A thriller about power, surveillance, and the price of perfection.

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