Chronic Illness Books

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Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1) Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 71 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.78 — 208,847 ratings — published 2019
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How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,627 ratings — published 2010
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The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,108 ratings — published 2022
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What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,972 ratings — published 2021
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Sick Kids in Love Sick Kids in Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,236 ratings — published 2019
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,941 ratings — published 2010
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Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,914 ratings — published 2021
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How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.16 — 630 ratings — published 2015
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Always Only You (Bergman Brothers, #2) Always Only You (Bergman Brothers, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.94 — 49,934 ratings — published 2020
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In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.49 — 439 ratings — published 2013
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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,757,606 ratings — published 2012
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The Matzah Ball The Matzah Ball (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.62 — 23,079 ratings — published 2021
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Five Feet Apart Five Feet Apart (ebook)
by (shelved 21 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.17 — 259,642 ratings — published 2018
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.44 — 17,603 ratings — published 2020
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Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.77 — 295 ratings — published 2008
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Seven Days in June Seven Days in June (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.98 — 221,598 ratings — published 2021
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Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,723 ratings — published 2018
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 19 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.09 — 238,897 ratings — published 2012
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You Don't Look Sick!: Living Well with Invisible Chronic Illness You Don't Look Sick!: Living Well with Invisible Chronic Illness (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.00 — 292 ratings — published 2005
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,624,030 ratings — published 2023
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Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System (American Lives) Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, and Other Essays from a Nervous System (American Lives)
by (shelved 17 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.32 — 487 ratings — published 2017
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Everything, Everything Everything, Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 681,115 ratings — published 2015
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The Two Kinds of Decay The Two Kinds of Decay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,527 ratings — published 2008
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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.89 — 176,090 ratings — published 2015
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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 16 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.42 — 129,034 ratings — published 2021
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The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.67 — 3,460 ratings — published 2020
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.35 — 286,688 ratings — published 2014
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Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.11 — 10,728 ratings — published 2021
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With You Forever (Bergman Brothers, #4) With You Forever (Bergman Brothers, #4)
by (shelved 15 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.08 — 28,770 ratings — published 2021
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Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness: How to Stay Sane and Live One Step Ahead of Your Symptoms Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness: How to Stay Sane and Live One Step Ahead of Your Symptoms (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.80 — 798 ratings — published 2017
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Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 515 ratings — published 2017
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Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.42 — 1,478 ratings — published 2014
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On Being Ill On Being Ill (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,014 ratings — published 1926
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.30 — 36,406 ratings — published 2022
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All's Well All's Well (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.74 — 36,658 ratings — published 2021
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Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,059 ratings — published 2018
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Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.66 — 163 ratings — published 1992
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The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,127 ratings — published 2021
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Sick: A Memoir Sick: A Memoir (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.34 — 3,439 ratings — published 2018
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The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,153 ratings — published 2003
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Reel (Hollywood Renaissance, #1) Reel (Hollywood Renaissance, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.44 — 26,879 ratings — published 2021
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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.52 — 5,157 ratings — published 2018
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One for All One for All (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,679 ratings — published 2022
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Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,013 ratings — published 2020
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Love from A to Z (A Coming-of-Age Romance) Love from A to Z (A Coming-of-Age Romance)
by (shelved 10 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.09 — 23,818 ratings — published 2019
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Tender Points Tender Points (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.48 — 808 ratings — published 2015
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,855 ratings — published 1989
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When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.18 — 35,696 ratings — published 2003
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Illness as Metaphor Illness as Metaphor (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,608 ratings — published 1978
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Nikki Rowe
“She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.”
Nikki Rowe

Jennifer Starzec
“I often wished that more people understood the invisible side of things. Even the people who seemed to understand, didn't really.”
Jennifer Starzec, Determination

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