The most popular chronic illness books of 2021

Books about chronic illness describe living with a condition that does not go away. Pain, fatigue, good days and bad days, and the struggle to be believed are part of the picture. Memoirs and novels here make an invisible experience visible, with frankness and often with wit. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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Pain and its Accomplices
Cover of Pain and its Accomplices

Pain and its Accomplices

Samira Peseschkian MD, Nossrat Peseschkian MD

Published 2021

182 pages

Ya Gotta Laugh
Cover of Ya Gotta Laugh

Ya Gotta Laugh

Barbara Alldritt

Published 2021

200 pages