The Spoonie Survival Guide
Jodie K Ranu
Published 2026
272 pages
The most popular health & illness books of 2026
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 2026.
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Reclaiming Your Life from Medical Trauma
James C. Jackson PsyD
Published 2026
320 pages
Straight Talk about Looking Your Best Your Guide to Skin Rejuvenation and Plastic Surgery
Thomas J. Francel
Published 2026
190 pages
JOAN Life Beyond the Script
Joan Lunden
Published 2026
400 pages
Humanizing Public Health How Disease-Centered Approaches Have Failed Us
Perry N. Halkitis
Published 2026
240 pages
Beloved Son Felix Coming of Age in the Renaissance
Felix Platter
Published 2026
176 pages
Fly, My Darling
Lisa K. Richter
Published 2026
256 pages
Outsmarting Cancer Risk Reduction and the Power of Prevention
Adam Barsouk
Published 2026
376 pages
Healthcare Criminals The Destruction of Bluebird Bio and Affordable Gene Therapy
Patrick Girondi
Published 2026
408 pages
Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery Innovations in Lung Cancer Treatment
Parteek Prasher, Kamal Dua, Indu Pal Kaur, Ronan MacLoughlin, Raimar Loebenberg, Neal Davies, Mousmee Sharma
Published 2026
328 pages
Nanoengineered Therapeutics for Lung Cancer Advanced Drug Delivery Strategies
Arun Kumar Singh, Indu Singh, Neeraj Kumar, Shikha Baghel Chauhan, Meenakshi Dhanawat
Published 2026
330 pages
Epigenetic Therapy by Phytochemicals in Lung Cancer
Published 2026
576 pages
Advances in Systemic Therapy for Lung Cancer, an Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics
Brendon M. Stiles, Tamar B. Nobel
Published 2026
240 pages
Welcome to the Sh*t Show A Memoir of Colorectal Cancer and the Power of Self-Advocacy
Shannon Ivey
Published 2026
224 pages
Fighting COVID-19 Corruption One Lawyer's Relentless Battle for Truth, Freedom, and Justice
Thomas Renz
Published 2026
216 pages
Born at the Gates of Hell A Doctor's Frontline Story of Delivering Babies in al-Hol Camp in Syria
Maria Milland
Published 2026
192 pages
The Irrational Decision How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us
Benjamin Recht
Published 2026
248 pages
The Light That Endures Stories of Courage, Compassion, and Resilience at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Todd Weissman
Published 2026
216 pages
From Both Sides of the Curtain Lessons and Reflections from an Oncologist's Personal Breast Cancer Journey
Sue Hwang
Published 2026
300 pages
The Careful Surgeon
Hettiaratchy
Published 2026
304 pages
Back on My Feet From Doctor to Patient, a Moving and Inspirational Memoir of Traumatic Injury, Faith and Hope, for Readers of Turia Pitt and Emma Carey
Olivia Ong
Published 2026
320 pages
After Covid The Health Impacts That Will Last Generations
Jason Gale
Published 2026
328 pages
Personalized Breast Cancer Therapy
Vivek P. Chavda
Published 2026
512 pages
Genetic Testing in Breast Cancer Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment
Manzoor Ahmad Mir
Published 2026
330 pages