Been getting a lot of requests about textbooks so I put this together. Here is a list of textbooks and review books I have been using since first semester. A few of them (biochemistry, histology, pharmacology, behavior science) are the school recommended books and the rest are alternatives I found to be more readable, intuitive and by far superior in helping to understand the material.
Its important to be familiar with what you are required to know for the Step and this is the purpose of the review books, they also help you in understanding the respective courses. They are not necessarily a primary source but a great supplemental or quick review before tests. The Review books are in green.All books can be found on amazon.com.
Fist Semester
Anatomy I - Clinical Anatomy by Keith Moore, Netters Atlas, BRS Anatomy
Physiology I - Human Physiology by Linda Costanzo, BRS Physiology
Embryology – Medical Embryology by Sadler, or Before We are Born by Persaud and Moore (my favorite), High Yield Embryology
Second Semester
Anatomy I I - same for Anatomy I
Physiology I I - same for Physiology I
Histology - Basic Histology by Luiz Junqueira
Biochemistry - Lippincotts Illustrated Biochemistry
Third Semester
Pathology I - Robins Pathology (Medium not the big one!), Rapid Review Pathology
Neuroanatomy - Course Handouts, High Yield Neuroanatomy
Microbiology & Immunology - Lange Microbiology&Immunology by Levinson, Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple
Community Medicine - Course Handouts
Fourth Semester
Pathology I I - same for Pathology I
Pharmacology - Lippincotts Illustrated Pharmacology
Behavior Science – Course Handouts, BRS Behavior Science
Fifth Semester
Kaplan Lecture Notes (available on ebay any version from 2007 is fine)
Kaplan Videos (get a hard drive and ask a classmate or upper classman)
First Aid for USMLE Step I
Bates Guide to Physical Exam & History Taking