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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 886 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,892,522 ratings — published 2012
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 253 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.34 — 118,760 ratings — published 2010
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When Breath Becomes Air When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 224 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.41 — 856,096 ratings — published 2016
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 206 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.13 — 830,466 ratings — published 2010
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My Sister's Keeper My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,292,989 ratings — published 2004
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A Monster Calls A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 160 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.34 — 297,756 ratings — published 2011
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.51 — 150,236 ratings — published 2012
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Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.42 — 137,395 ratings — published 2021
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The Last Lecture The Last Lecture (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 84 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.26 — 369,271 ratings — published 2008
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Before I Die Before I Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.81 — 58,598 ratings — published 2007
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Crying in H Mart Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.22 — 650,025 ratings — published 2021
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Anticancer. A New Way of Life Anticancer. A New Way of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.40 — 5,863 ratings — published 2007
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The End of Your Life Book Club The End of Your Life Book Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.81 — 56,500 ratings — published 2012
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Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie #1) Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie #1)
by (shelved 66 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.23 — 31,283 ratings — published 2005
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The Honest Truth The Honest Truth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.24 — 14,600 ratings — published 2015
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Zac and Mia Zac and Mia (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.65 — 13,064 ratings — published 2013
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.80 — 54,957 ratings — published 2018
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The Art of Racing in the Rain The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.24 — 567,904 ratings — published 2008
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The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1) The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,205,967 ratings — published 2009
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A Walk to Remember A Walk to Remember (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.20 — 855,908 ratings — published 1999
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Mortality Mortality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.12 — 30,199 ratings — published 2012
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After Ever After After Ever After (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.21 — 11,741 ratings — published 2010
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Stitches: A Memoir Stitches: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.06 — 28,327 ratings — published 2009
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What Does It Feel Like? What Does It Feel Like? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.22 — 74,087 ratings — published 2024
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Side Effects May Vary Side Effects May Vary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 43 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.41 — 14,668 ratings — published 2014
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In Five Years In Five Years (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.78 — 685,266 ratings — published 2020
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The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.29 — 19,877 ratings — published 2017
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Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,833 ratings — published 2014
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I'm Glad My Mom Died I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,631,281 ratings — published 2022
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Autobiography of a Face Autobiography of a Face (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.98 — 30,551 ratings — published 1994
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The Undying The Undying (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,962 ratings — published 2019
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The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery (ebook)
by (shelved 36 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.43 — 3,122 ratings — published 2020
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This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.14 — 16,311 ratings — published 2014
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Wink Wink (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,017 ratings — published 2020
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.94 — 200,855 ratings — published 2012
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.49 — 227,479 ratings — published 2014
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Ways to Live Forever Ways to Live Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.20 — 9,760 ratings — published 2008
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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.71 — 41,447 ratings — published 1999
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Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.16 — 17,775 ratings — published
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The Lemonade Club The Lemonade Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.44 — 952 ratings — published 2007
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Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1) Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.21 — 510,400 ratings — published 2008
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The Last Letter The Last Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.47 — 735,493 ratings — published 2019
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Ms. Bixby's Last Day Ms. Bixby's Last Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.27 — 9,202 ratings — published 2016
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Second Chance Summer Second Chance Summer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.11 — 56,848 ratings — published 2012
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The Middle Place The Middle Place (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.88 — 32,965 ratings — published 2005
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Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.51 — 11,708 ratings — published 2020
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Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
by (shelved 26 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.89 — 23,816 ratings — published 2004
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The Probability of Miracles The Probability of Miracles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as cancer)
avg rating 3.90 — 10,226 ratings — published 2011
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Red, White, and Whole Red, White, and Whole (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.40 — 8,289 ratings — published 2021
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MY BATTLE AGAINST CANCER: Survivor protocol : foreword by Thomas Seyfried MY BATTLE AGAINST CANCER: Survivor protocol : foreword by Thomas Seyfried (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as cancer)
avg rating 4.50 — 159 ratings — published
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John  Green
“It lit up like a Christmas Tree Hazel Grace...”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

Jane Smiley
“I was depressed, but that was a side issue. This was more like closing up shop, or, say, having a big garage sale, where you look at everything you've bought in your life, and you remember how much it meant to you, and now you just tag it for a quarter and watch 'em carry it off, and you don't care. That's more like how it was.”
― Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

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