Books & Resources

Resources I highly recommend:
USMLE Step 1 ReviewFirst Aid for the USMLE Step 1  (ESSENTIAL)

USMLE Step 1 Secrets  (ESSENTIAL)
Goljan's audio pathology lectures  (ESSENTIAL)
USMLEWorld Qbank (ESSENTIAL)
Kaplan Qbank Plus
First Aid Q&A for USMLE Step 1

Medicine
Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine
CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
Medicine at a Glance


Surgery
CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment: Surgery

Pathology
Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
Robbins & Cotran Review of Pathology
Rapid Review Pathology (Goljan)

 
Anatomy
Gray's Anatomy for Students
Human Anatomy (Martini)
Atlas of Human Anatomy (Netter)


Embryology
Langman's Medical Embryology
High-Yield Embryology


Microbiology
Lange Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology 

Physiology
Rapid Review Physiology
Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology (Martini & Nath)


Pharmacology

Medical Pharmacology at a Glance
Rang & Dale's Pharmacology

Pretest Pharmacology

Biochemistry
Rapid Review Biochemistry

Other study tools I can't live without:
-iPhone apps: I have all of Netter's flash cards, Oxford medical dictionary, and many others. They are invaluable for looking things up on-the-go.
-Flash cards: not great for most topics in medicine which require understanding and not mere rote memorization. However, Robbins Pathology flash cards and Lange Pharmacology flash cards are INCREDIBLE and great for these memorization-heavy topics.