The most popular health & illness books of 2025

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 2025.

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Dream Count
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Dream Count

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2025 · 2026 edition

464 pages

Moonsick
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Moonsick

Tom O'Donnell

Published 2025

346 pages

In Covid's Wake
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In Covid's Wake

Frances Lee, Stephen Macedo

2025 · 2026 edition

344 pages

The Magic Eye
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The Magic Eye

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Published 2025

202 pages

Allison's Adventure
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Allison's Adventure

Krista Lea Francisco, Noorleeyahti Binte Ramjudi

Published 2025

28 pages

Starve Cancer
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Starve Cancer

Jeff Coblentz

Published 2025

59 pages