The most popular health & illness books of 2020

Books about health and illness tell what it is like when the body stops cooperating. Patients, families, doctors and nurses all have stories here, in novels and in memoirs. They are about fear and endurance, and about how illness changes what a person thinks matters. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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The Weekend
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The Weekend

Charlotte Wood

2020 · 2021 edition

275 pages

Dear Life
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Dear Life

Rachel Clarke

Published 2020

352 pages

Apollo's Arrow
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Apollo's Arrow

Nicholas A. Christakis

Published 2020

384 pages

Featherhood
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Featherhood

Charlie Gilmour

2020 · 2022 edition

320 pages

Wuhan Diary
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Wuhan Diary

Fang Fang

2020 · 2022 edition

416 pages