The most popular terminal illness books

These books are about facing a fatal illness, your own or that of someone you love. They deal with diagnosis, treatment, the time that is left and how to use it. Many are memoirs written with remarkable clarity, and the novels among them are just as honest about fear and love.

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Timmarna (Dutch)
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Timmarna (Dutch)

Michael Cunningham

1997 · 2003 edition

235 pages

The Reason for God
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The Reason for God

Timothy J. Keller, 提摩太.凱勒

Published 2008

293 pages

The Matchmaker
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The Matchmaker

Elin Hilderbrand

2001 · 2014 edition

416 pages

Love Story
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Love Story

Erich Segal

1970 · 2012 edition

216 pages

Before I Die
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Before I Die

Jenny Downham

1998 · 2007 edition

336 pages

Inside the O'Briens
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Inside the O'Briens

Lisa Genova, 莉莎·潔諾娃

2013 · 2015 edition

11 pages

Women in His Life
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Women in His Life

Barbara Taylor Bradford

1979 · 1990 edition

776 pages

Big Fish
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Big Fish

Daniel Wallace

1998 · 2012 edition

196 pages