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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The First Year
Cover of The First Year

The First Year

Claudia Craig Marek

2003 · 2008 edition

400 pages

My Leaky Body
Cover of My Leaky Body

My Leaky Body

Julie Devaney

Published 2012

344 pages

Model Patient
Cover of Model Patient

Model Patient

Karen Duffy

2001 · 2009 edition

352 pages