Books

Books by Fazlur Rahman, MD

Two acclaimed books from Texas Tech University Press — a memoir of an improbable journey into medicine, and the stories of the West Texas cancer patients who shaped a 35-year career.

The Temple Road

A Doctor's Journey

Texas Tech University Press · May 12, 2026 (US edition; first published by Speaking Tiger Books, India, 2016)

A veteran cancer physician, Dr Fazlur Rahman’s story is astonishing. He was born and raised in a Mullah family, an old-line Muslim clan, in a remote village in what is now Bangladesh, with its hardships and heartaches, its myths and superstitions. The people, places and cultures that he was a part of have almost entirely disappeared. The temples, mosques and palaces, though gone, come alive again in this beautifully written memoir.

Our Connected Lives

Caring for Cancer Patients in Rural Texas

Texas Tech University Press · October 29, 2024

Fazlur Rahman’s mother died tragically when he was only seven years old, but her words reverberated throughout his life: “Someday you will be a doctor, Fazlur, and save lives.” Eventually, he fled his war-torn homeland and, after years of training in New York and Houston, became a cancer doctor. He could never have imagined that his medical career would unfold in remote West Texas and that he would be a pioneer oncologist for a vast region.