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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The Kissing Bug
Cover of The Kissing Bug

The Kissing Bug

Diasy Hernandez

2021 · 2022 edition

316 pages

Gas Man
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Gas Man

Colin Black

Published 2021

304 pages

Fauci
Cover of Fauci

Fauci

National Geographic, Anthony S. Fauci

Published 2021

96 pages

COVID Chronicles A Comics Anthology
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COVID Chronicles A Comics Anthology

Kendra Boileau, Rich Johnson, Gene Ambaum, Julio Anta, Ned Barnett, Ken Best, Armond Boudreaux, Eiri Brown, Thi Bui, Maureen Burdock, Roland Burkart, Pavith C, Brian Canini, Jason Chatfield, Lili Chin, Gerry Chow, MK Czerwiec, Zack Davisson, Joe Decie, Deloupy, Ignacio Di Meglio, Katy Doughty, Peter Dunlap-Shohl, Sarah Firth, Eduardo Garcia, Mike Garcia, Hatiye Garip, Simon Gentry, Aaron Guzman, Rivi Handler-Spitz, Justin Hansen, Kurt Hathaway, Mark Heinrichs, Natascha Hoffmeyer, Laura Holzman, John Jennings, Jing Kang, Quincy Scott Jones, Scott Jones, Jazmine Joyner, Rob Kirby, Rob Kraneveldt, Jesse Lambert, Kelly Latham, Janet K. Lee, Ajuan Mance, Luis Manríquez, Lee Marrs, Seth Martel, Mason Tom K., Sean Seamus McWhinny, Ben Mitchell, Terry Moore, Eli Neugeboren, Tim Ogline, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Willow Payne, Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos, S. I. Rosenbaum, Jacoby Salcedo, Kay Sohini, Arigon Starr, Emily Steinberg, Jay Stephens, Sage Stossel, Chris Summers, Tamara, Brenna Thummler, Seth Tobocman, Shelley Wall, Ian Williams, Richard You Wu, Zen, Annie Zhu

Published 2021

281 pages