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 74 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.78 — 210,688 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 59 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,645 ratings — published 2010
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The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,235 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 44 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,024 ratings — published 2021
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Sick Kids in Love Sick Kids in Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,308 ratings — published 2019
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.15 — 22,781 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 — 2,945 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 — 634 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 3.93 — 50,388 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 — 440 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 — 5,800,237 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 — 23,178 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 — 261,886 ratings — published 2018
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (ebook)
by (shelved 20 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.09 — 240,517 ratings — published 2012
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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 — 294 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 — 226,319 ratings — published 2021
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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 19 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.44 — 17,932 ratings — published 2020
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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 — 2,752 ratings — published 2018
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Everything, Everything Everything, Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.96 — 684,781 ratings — published 2015
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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 — 293 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 — 3,746,346 ratings — published 2023
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The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.67 — 3,525 ratings — published 2020
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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 — 493 ratings — published 2017
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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 — 2,539 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 — 177,331 ratings — published 2015
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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 16 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.11 — 11,107 ratings — published 2021
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With You Forever (Bergman Brothers, #4) With You Forever (Bergman Brothers, #4)
by (shelved 16 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.08 — 29,061 ratings — published 2021
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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 — 132,254 ratings — published 2021
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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 4.34 — 295,151 ratings — published 2014
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On Being Ill On Being Ill (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,106 ratings — published 1926
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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 3.79 — 811 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 3.95 — 518 ratings — published 2017
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All's Well All's Well (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.74 — 37,549 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 14 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,121 ratings — published 2018
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Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.42 — 1,480 ratings — published 2014
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It's All in Your Head It's All in Your Head (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,573 ratings — published 2026
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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 — 37,613 ratings — published 2022
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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 — 2,151 ratings — published 2021
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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.51 — 5,217 ratings — published 2018
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Sick: A Memoir Sick: A Memoir (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.34 — 3,457 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 12 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.66 — 162 ratings — published 1992
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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 4.02 — 2,173 ratings — published 2003
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Reel (Hollywood Renaissance, #1) Reel (Hollywood Renaissance, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.43 — 29,698 ratings — published 2021
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Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1) Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.77 — 136,546 ratings — published 2024
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One for All One for All (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,723 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 — 10,150 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 — 24,028 ratings — published 2019
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Tender Points Tender Points (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as chronic-illness)
avg rating 4.49 — 811 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 — 8,013 ratings — published 1989
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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

Elizabeth Goudge
“It got worse still as time went on because people did not sympathize with you any more. They couldn't do enough for you at first, and that helped, and then they got bored with your troubles. But your troubles went on just the same and you had to bear them alone.”
Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water

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