The most popular chronic illness books

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.

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Multiple Sclerosis For Dummies
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Multiple Sclerosis For Dummies

Ph.D. Kalb Rosalind, Nancy, RN, EdD, MSCN Holland, MD Giesser Barbara

2007 · 2025 edition

400 pages

The First Year
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The First Year

Claudia Craig Marek, Mari Florence

2003 · 2008 edition

400 pages

My Leaky Body
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My Leaky Body

Julie Devaney

Published 2012

344 pages

Model Patient
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Model Patient

Karen Duffy

2001 · 2009 edition

352 pages

The Good Body
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The Good Body

Bill Gaston

2001 · 2010 edition

286 pages

The Body Doesn't Lie
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The Body Doesn't Lie

Vicky Vlachonis, Mariska van Aalst

Published 2014

336 pages

Chasing Hope
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Chasing Hope

Richard M. Cohen

Published 2018

304 pages