After
Bruce Greyson
2020 · 2021 edition
272 pages
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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East of the Mountains
David Guterson
1998 · 2001 edition
279 pages
The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
Anna McPartlin
Published 2014
366 pages
The Blackwater Lightship
Colm Tóibín
1999 · 2010 edition
273 pages
Morrie In His Own Words
Morrie Schwartz
Published 1997
127 pages
Italian Shoes
Henning Mankell, Gibson, Anna, 1963- Trad
2007 · 2009 edition
392 pages
On Living
Kerry Egan
2016 · 2017 edition
160 pages
Cloud Nine
Luanne Rice
1999 · 2006 edition
400 pages
Jerusalem
Gonçalo M. Tavares
1990 · 2009 edition
222 pages
We Are All Made of Stars
Rowan Coleman
Published 2015
396 pages
Final Gifts
Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley
1992 · 1993 edition
272 pages
Past Imperfect
Julian Fellowes
2008 · 2014 edition
528 pages
Host
Lisa Jackson
2015 · 2022 edition
406 pages
Letters for Emily
Camron Wright
2002 · 2006 edition
320 pages
Till Death Do Us Part
Lurlene McDaniel
Published 1997
214 pages
Kill Me
Stephen White
2005 · 2007 edition
464 pages
Final Exam A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality
Pauline W. Chen
2007 · 2008 edition
288 pages
Deep Medicine
Eric J. Topol
2019 · 2023 edition
400 pages
Knocking on Heaven's Door
Katy Butler
Published 2013
322 pages
The Death House
Sarah Pinborough
Published 2015
320 pages
Dying A Memoir
Cory Taylor
2016 · 2017 edition
152 pages
Izzy & Lenore Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me
Jon Katz
2008 · 2009 edition
240 pages
In the Midst of Life
Jennifer Worth
2010 · 2017 edition
432 pages
Dear Life
Rachel Clarke
Published 2020
352 pages