The most popular health & illness books of 2021

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 2021.

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E. R. Nurses
Cover of E. R. Nurses

E. R. Nurses

James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Chris Mooney

2021 · 2022 edition

304 pages

Breathe
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Breathe

Rickson Gracie, Jacko Willink

Published 2021

320 pages

Crisis Zone
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Crisis Zone

Simon Hanselmann

Published 2021

292 pages

The Unseen Body
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The Unseen Body

Jonathan Reisman

2021 · 2022 edition

224 pages