👬 Friendship And Illness

The raw, tender territory of standing beside a friend through diagnosis, treatment, and mortality — where love is measured in presence and endurance.

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

by Marianne Cronin • 2021

A terminally ill teenager and an elderly woman bond over painting their shared century.

4.28

135k+

💔 Terminal Illness 🤝 Intergenerational Friendship 👪 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎨 Art And Creativity

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Summary

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot 89%

A terminally ill teenager and an elderly woman bond over painting their shared century.

by Marianne Cronin 2021

4.28

135k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness 🤝 Intergenerational Friendship 👪 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎨 Art And Creativity

Ms. Bixby's Last Day

by John David Anderson • 2016

Three boys skip school to give their dying teacher the perfect goodbye she deserves.

4.27

9k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 🍎 Beloved Teacher 👥 Best Friend Trio 🪣 Bucket List 😭 Tearjerker

Ms. Bixby's Last Day 89%

Three boys skip school to give their dying teacher the perfect goodbye she deserves.

by John David Anderson 2016

4.27

9k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 🍎 Beloved Teacher 👥 Best Friend Trio 🪣 Bucket List 😭 Tearjerker

In Five Years

by Rebecca Serle • 2020

A Manhattan lawyer's perfect plan shatters after a vision reveals a different man in her future.

3.78

659k+

👭 Female Friendship 🎗️ Terminal Illness 💔 Bittersweet 🔮 Premonition 💫 Fated Meeting

In Five Years 88%

A Manhattan lawyer's perfect plan shatters after a vision reveals a different man in her future.

by Rebecca Serle 2020

3.78

659k+ ratings

👭 Female Friendship 🎗️ Terminal Illness 💔 Bittersweet 🔮 Premonition 💫 Fated Meeting

In the Land of Pain

by Alphonse Daudet • 1929

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

3.68

597

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative 💀 Terminal Illness 🤕 Chronic Pain

In the Land of Pain 88%

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

by Alphonse Daudet 1929

3.68

597 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative 💀 Terminal Illness 🤕 Chronic Pain

The Ballad of Ronan McCoy

by Colin Morgan • 2026

A boy who washes hearses in secret already knows death. Then silence steals his only friend.

4.44

497

🖋️ Literary Coming-Of-Age 🍀 Northern Irish Fiction 👦 Childhood Friends 🤝 Caretaker Friendship 💔 Bittersweet Friendship

The Ballad of Ronan McCoy 88%

A boy who washes hearses in secret already knows death. Then silence steals his only friend.

by Colin Morgan 2026

4.44

497 ratings

🖋️ Literary Coming-Of-Age 🍀 Northern Irish Fiction 👦 Childhood Friends 🤝 Caretaker Friendship 💔 Bittersweet Friendship

We Should Get Together

by Kat Vellos • 2020

Loneliness hits like a smoking habit. The cure isn't more friends; it's a skill we forgot.

3.85

954

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendship 😔 Loneliness Epidemic 🫀 Social Health 💬 Platonic Intimacy 🌱 Friendship Maintenance

We Should Get Together 88%

Loneliness hits like a smoking habit. The cure isn't more friends; it's a skill we forgot.

by Kat Vellos 2020

3.85

954 ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendship 😔 Loneliness Epidemic 🫀 Social Health 💬 Platonic Intimacy 🌱 Friendship Maintenance

The Friendship Crisis

by Marla Paul • 2004

Why making friends after 30 feels impossible, and the concrete steps that actually work.

3.18

254

👫 Adult Friendships 🤝 Making Friends 💔 Combatting Loneliness 💚 Platonic Love 🧘 Social Wellness

The Friendship Crisis 88%

Why making friends after 30 feels impossible, and the concrete steps that actually work.

by Marla Paul 2004

3.18

254 ratings

👫 Adult Friendships 🤝 Making Friends 💔 Combatting Loneliness 💚 Platonic Love 🧘 Social Wellness

A Pessimist's Guide to Love

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2023

A near-death forces childhood best friends, haunted by tragedy, under one roof to heal or shatter.

4.00

13k+

👧👦 Childhood Best Friends 🖤 Shared Grief 😔 Guilt-Ridden Hero 🩺 Chronic Illness 🏠 Forced Proximity

A Pessimist's Guide to Love 88%

A near-death forces childhood best friends, haunted by tragedy, under one roof to heal or shatter.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2023

4.00

13k+ ratings

👧👦 Childhood Best Friends 🖤 Shared Grief 😔 Guilt-Ridden Hero 🩺 Chronic Illness 🏠 Forced Proximity

No and Me

by Delphine de Vigan • 2007

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

3.72

20k+

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator 💔 Limits Of Rescue 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

No and Me 88%

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

by Delphine de Vigan 2007

3.72

20k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator 💔 Limits Of Rescue 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

by Yoru Sumino • 2014

A withdrawn boy learns his classmate is dying; she asks him to be her only companion.

4.36

18k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 🔀 Opposites Attract 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌱 Emotional Awakening 🍂 Bittersweet Ending

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas 88%

A withdrawn boy learns his classmate is dying; she asks him to be her only companion.

by Yoru Sumino 2014

4.36

18k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 🔀 Opposites Attract 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌱 Emotional Awakening 🍂 Bittersweet Ending

Scars Like Wings

by Erin Stewart • 2019

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

4.05

7k+

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

Scars Like Wings 88%

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

by Erin Stewart 2019

4.05

7k+ ratings

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

Joined at the Joints

by Marissa Eller • 2024

An arthritis support group brings two guarded teens together. Neither knows how to stay apart.

4.14

717

🩺 Chronic Illness Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 First Love 🍞 Healing Through Food 🧠 Anxiety Representation

Joined at the Joints 87%

An arthritis support group brings two guarded teens together. Neither knows how to stay apart.

by Marissa Eller 2024

4.14

717 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 First Love 🍞 Healing Through Food 🧠 Anxiety Representation

Before the Ever After

by Jacqueline Woodson • 2020

When his NFL-star father's memory fails, ZJ must discover who he is without the legend.

4.17

16k+

📜 Novels In Verse 💔 Parental Illness 🤝 Loyal Friend Group 🍂 Bittersweet 👦🏾 Black Boyhood

Before the Ever After 87%

When his NFL-star father's memory fails, ZJ must discover who he is without the legend.

by Jacqueline Woodson 2020

4.17

16k+ ratings

📜 Novels In Verse 💔 Parental Illness 🤝 Loyal Friend Group 🍂 Bittersweet 👦🏾 Black Boyhood

Girl in Pieces

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2016

Charlie leaves a psych ward with scars, silence, and a bus ticket to nowhere she knows.

3.93

274k+

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Survival 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💔 Brutal And Tender

Girl in Pieces 87%

Charlie leaves a psych ward with scars, silence, and a bus ticket to nowhere she knows.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2016

3.93

274k+ ratings

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Survival 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💔 Brutal And Tender

I Fell in Love With Hope

by Lancali • 2022

They are collectors of moments, four terminally ill teens reclaiming life from death's waiting room.

3.81

34k+

🏥 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age ✨ Poetic Prose 🥀 Bittersweet

I Fell in Love With Hope 87%

They are collectors of moments, four terminally ill teens reclaiming life from death's waiting room.

by Lancali 2022

3.81

34k+ ratings

🏥 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age ✨ Poetic Prose 🥀 Bittersweet

Love in the Big City

by Sang Young Park • 2019

A gay man in Seoul chases love through friendship, loss, and a secret he cannot shake.

3.67

18k+

🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Friendship Drift 💊 Living With Hiv 🍂 Bittersweet 🇰🇷 Modern Seoul

Love in the Big City 87%

A gay man in Seoul chases love through friendship, loss, and a secret he cannot shake.

by Sang Young Park 2019

3.67

18k+ ratings

🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Friendship Drift 💊 Living With Hiv 🍂 Bittersweet 🇰🇷 Modern Seoul

You’re the Password to My Life

by Sudeep Nagarkar • 2014

Virat and Kavya share pranks, secrets, and an unbreakable bond. Love tests it. Tragedy redefines it.

3.68

3k+

🎓 College Romance 🏠 Found Family 💕 First Love 💫 Platonic Soulmates 💔 Terminal Illness

You’re the Password to My Life 87%

Virat and Kavya share pranks, secrets, and an unbreakable bond. Love tests it. Tragedy redefines it.

by Sudeep Nagarkar 2014

3.68

3k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance 🏠 Found Family 💕 First Love 💫 Platonic Soulmates 💔 Terminal Illness

Almond

by Sohn Won-Pyung • 2017

A Korean boy unable to feel loses his family. A violent stranger becomes his only companion.

4.14

184k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🕊️ Orphaned Protagonist 🌱 Grief And Healing

Almond 87%

A Korean boy unable to feel loses his family. A violent stranger becomes his only companion.

by Sohn Won-Pyung 2017

4.14

184k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 🕊️ Orphaned Protagonist 🌱 Grief And Healing

Some Bright Nowhere

by Ann Packer • 2025

A dying woman trades her husband's care for her friends'. He must learn to let go.

3.55

17k+

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 💍 Marriage Under Strain 🕯️ End Of Life Care 😔 Quiet Grief

Some Bright Nowhere 87%

A dying woman trades her husband's care for her friends'. He must learn to let go.

by Ann Packer 2025

3.55

17k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 💍 Marriage Under Strain 🕯️ End Of Life Care 😔 Quiet Grief

Platonic

by Marisa G. Franco • 2022

Why adult friendship is harder than romance, and the attachment science that fixes it.

4.04

8k+

🤝 Adult Friendships 🔗 Attachment Theory 💔 Vulnerability 🎭 Authenticity ⚖️ Conflict Resolution

Platonic 87%

Why adult friendship is harder than romance, and the attachment science that fixes it.

by Marisa G. Franco 2022

4.04

8k+ ratings

🤝 Adult Friendships 🔗 Attachment Theory 💔 Vulnerability 🎭 Authenticity ⚖️ Conflict Resolution

The Art of Showing Up

by Rachel Wilkerson Miller • 2020

The friendships you want require skills nobody taught you, starting with showing up for yourself.

3.77

3k+

🫂 Adult Friendships 💞 Friendship Skills 🧘 Self-Compassion Practices 👁️ Emotional Noticing 🗣️ Supportive Communication

The Art of Showing Up 87%

The friendships you want require skills nobody taught you, starting with showing up for yourself.

by Rachel Wilkerson Miller 2020

3.77

3k+ ratings

🫂 Adult Friendships 💞 Friendship Skills 🧘 Self-Compassion Practices 👁️ Emotional Noticing 🗣️ Supportive Communication

Tiger Eyes

by Judy Blume • 2005

After her father's murder, a girl moves to the desert and finds healing with a stranger.

3.92

19k+

💔 Grieving A Parent 🌱 Healing From Loss 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👫 Sibling Bond 😰 Panic Attacks

Tiger Eyes 87%

After her father's murder, a girl moves to the desert and finds healing with a stranger.

by Judy Blume 2005

3.92

19k+ ratings

💔 Grieving A Parent 🌱 Healing From Loss 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👫 Sibling Bond 😰 Panic Attacks

Good Joy, Bad Joy

by Mikki Brammer • 2026

An eighty-nine-year-old rule-follower plans a heist when her oldest friend asks for one last gift.

4.07

10k+

🧓 Late Life Fiction 👯 Lifelong Friendship 🏥 Terminal Illness 🥷 Late Life Rebellion 😊 Quietly Humorous

Good Joy, Bad Joy 87%

An eighty-nine-year-old rule-follower plans a heist when her oldest friend asks for one last gift.

by Mikki Brammer 2026

4.07

10k+ ratings

🧓 Late Life Fiction 👯 Lifelong Friendship 🏥 Terminal Illness 🥷 Late Life Rebellion 😊 Quietly Humorous

The Science of Breakable Things

by Tae Keller • 2018

To save her mom from depression, a girl enters an egg drop contest chasing an orchid.

4.12

5k+

🧠 Family Mental Health 🔬 Science Project 👫 Friendship Trio 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🌱 Hope And Healing

The Science of Breakable Things 87%

To save her mom from depression, a girl enters an egg drop contest chasing an orchid.

by Tae Keller 2018

4.12

5k+ ratings

🧠 Family Mental Health 🔬 Science Project 👫 Friendship Trio 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🌱 Hope And Healing

The Choice

by Henry Denker • 1987

A surgeon who prioritized patients over family must now watch his daughter fight leukemia.

3.84

103

🏥 Medical Family Drama 🩺 Pediatric Cancer 💔 Loss Of A Child 😢 Tearjerker 🏨 Hospital Setting

The Choice 87%

A surgeon who prioritized patients over family must now watch his daughter fight leukemia.

by Henry Denker 1987

3.84

103 ratings

🏥 Medical Family Drama 🩺 Pediatric Cancer 💔 Loss Of A Child 😢 Tearjerker 🏨 Hospital Setting

Till The Last Breath

by Durjoy Datta • 2013

She's dying. He's self-destructing. One hospital room makes them each other's last reason to live.

3.97

7k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 🏨 Hospital Setting ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 💔 Self-Destructive Lead 👥 Found Family

Till The Last Breath 87%

She's dying. He's self-destructing. One hospital room makes them each other's last reason to live.

by Durjoy Datta 2013

3.97

7k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 🏨 Hospital Setting ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 💔 Self-Destructive Lead 👥 Found Family

The Bridge Home

by Padma Venkatraman • 2019

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

4.26

12k+

🫂 Found Family 🌆 Street Children 👧 Sibling Caretaker 💙 Disability In Family ✉️ Epistolary Novel

The Bridge Home 87%

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

by Padma Venkatraman 2019

4.26

12k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌆 Street Children 👧 Sibling Caretaker 💙 Disability In Family ✉️ Epistolary Novel

[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on

by Barry Jonsberg • 2013

An earnestly literal twelve-year-old sets out to fix her broken family, one awkward plan at a time.

3.91

2k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Family Reconciliation ✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌏 Small Town Australia

[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on Summary

[(My Life as an Alphabet)] [By (author) Barry Jonsberg] published on 87%

An earnestly literal twelve-year-old sets out to fix her broken family, one awkward plan at a time.

by Barry Jonsberg 2013

3.91

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Family Reconciliation ✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌏 Small Town Australia

We Were Here

by Matt de la Peña • 2009

In a group home, a teen fills his court-ordered journal with everything but his brother's death.

4.10

4k+

🫂 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship 🛣️ Road Trip Journey 📓 Journal Format 💔 Survivor Guilt

We Were Here 87%

In a group home, a teen fills his court-ordered journal with everything but his brother's death.

by Matt de la Peña 2009

4.10

4k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship 🛣️ Road Trip Journey 📓 Journal Format 💔 Survivor Guilt

Art & Soul

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2015

A pregnant artist and a grieving boy, paired for class, find love born of shared wounds.

4.24

9k+

🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness 🌱 Emotional Healing

Art & Soul 87%

A pregnant artist and a grieving boy, paired for class, find love born of shared wounds.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2015

4.24

9k+ ratings

🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness 🌱 Emotional Healing

A Heart That Works

by Rob Delaney • 2022

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

4.62

35k+

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

A Heart That Works 87%

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

by Rob Delaney 2022

4.62

35k+ ratings

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening

by Carol Wall • 2014

Carol wanted a tidy yard. Giles, a Kenyan immigrant, gave her a way to face death.

3.67

3k+

🌱 Gardening Memoirs 🤝 Unlikely Friendships 🌿 Healing Through Nature 💀 Confronting Mortality ✝️ Christian Spirituality

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening Summary

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening 87%

Carol wanted a tidy yard. Giles, a Kenyan immigrant, gave her a way to face death.

by Carol Wall 2014

3.67

3k+ ratings

🌱 Gardening Memoirs 🤝 Unlikely Friendships 🌿 Healing Through Nature 💀 Confronting Mortality ✝️ Christian Spirituality

Texts We Never Sent

by G. Forsyth-Read • 2026

Four estranged friends are forced to face old secrets when delayed messages from prom night arrive.

4.10

152

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🖤 Abusive Relationship 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 💌 Secret Romance 🏥 Chronic Illness

Texts We Never Sent 87%

Four estranged friends are forced to face old secrets when delayed messages from prom night arrive.

by G. Forsyth-Read 2026

4.10

152 ratings

👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🖤 Abusive Relationship 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 💌 Secret Romance 🏥 Chronic Illness

Before I Die

by Jenny Downham • 2007

Sixteen, terminal, Tessa writes a bucket list. The boy next door offers what no dare can.

3.81

58k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 📋 Bucket List 🏡 Boy Next Door 💕 First Love 🔥 Teenage Rebellion

Before I Die 87%

Sixteen, terminal, Tessa writes a bucket list. The boy next door offers what no dare can.

by Jenny Downham 2007

3.81

58k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 📋 Bucket List 🏡 Boy Next Door 💕 First Love 🔥 Teenage Rebellion

The Etiquette of Illness

by Susan P. Halpern • 2004

What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.

3.76

601

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🏥 End Of Life Care 🤲 Caregiving 💛 Practical Empathy 🕯️ Grief Support

The Etiquette of Illness 87%

What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.

by Susan P. Halpern 2004

3.76

601 ratings

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🏥 End Of Life Care 🤲 Caregiving 💛 Practical Empathy 🕯️ Grief Support

A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara • 2015

Four friends, thirty years, and a secret past that no amount of devotion can undo.

4.27

951k+

🫂 Found Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Self-Harm 🤕 Chronic Pain 💕 Friends To Lovers

A Little Life 87%

Four friends, thirty years, and a secret past that no amount of devotion can undo.

by Hanya Yanagihara 2015

4.27

951k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Self-Harm 🤕 Chronic Pain 💕 Friends To Lovers

Crossing to Safety

by Wallace Stegner • 1987

An aging writer remembers the wealthy couple who rescued his family, and the debts that followed.

4.16

52k+

👥 Lifelong Friendship 📚 Literary Academia 💑 Marriage Over Decades 🩺 Illness And Caregiving 👑 Controlling Matriarch

Crossing to Safety 87%

An aging writer remembers the wealthy couple who rescued his family, and the debts that followed.

by Wallace Stegner 1987

4.16

52k+ ratings

👥 Lifelong Friendship 📚 Literary Academia 💑 Marriage Over Decades 🩺 Illness And Caregiving 👑 Controlling Matriarch

Find Your People

by Jennie Allen • 2022

More lethal than smoking: chronic loneliness. The cure is five people who actually know you.

3.94

21k+

🧩 Loneliness Epidemic ⛪ Christian Community 🕊️ Spiritual Friendship 💔 Vulnerability 📍 Proximity Friendship

Find Your People 87%

More lethal than smoking: chronic loneliness. The cure is five people who actually know you.

by Jennie Allen 2022

3.94

21k+ ratings

🧩 Loneliness Epidemic ⛪ Christian Community 🕊️ Spiritual Friendship 💔 Vulnerability 📍 Proximity Friendship

Out of My Mind

by Sharon M. Draper • 2010

Silent and brilliant, Melody finally speaks through a device, but the world still won't listen.

4.34

191k+

🤫 Underestimated Kid ♿ Living With Disability 💔 Toxic Friendship 🧑🏽‍🏫 Mentor Figure 🏆 Academic Competition

Out of My Mind 87%

Silent and brilliant, Melody finally speaks through a device, but the world still won't listen.

by Sharon M. Draper 2010

4.34

191k+ ratings

🤫 Underestimated Kid ♿ Living With Disability 💔 Toxic Friendship 🧑🏽‍🏫 Mentor Figure 🏆 Academic Competition

Wittgenstein’s Nephew

by Thomas Bernhard • 1982

A writer and his mad friend, the nephew of Wittgenstein, are confined to neighboring hospital wards.

4.02

7k+

🖋️ Autofiction 🤝 Male Friendship 🧠 Madness And Genius 🏥 Chronic Illness 😈 Dark Humor

Wittgenstein’s Nephew 87%

A writer and his mad friend, the nephew of Wittgenstein, are confined to neighboring hospital wards.

by Thomas Bernhard 1982

4.02

7k+ ratings

🖋️ Autofiction 🤝 Male Friendship 🧠 Madness And Genius 🏥 Chronic Illness 😈 Dark Humor

The Celebrants

by Steven Rowley • 2023

After a friend dies young, five college friends vow to celebrate whoever is in freefall.

3.62

56k+

🫂 Found Family 🎓 College Friendships 🕰️ Midlife Reckoning 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Friendship 🩺 Terminal Illness

The Celebrants 87%

After a friend dies young, five college friends vow to celebrate whoever is in freefall.

by Steven Rowley 2023

3.62

56k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🎓 College Friendships 🕰️ Midlife Reckoning 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Friendship 🩺 Terminal Illness

On a Beautiful Day

by Lucy Diamond • 2018

When a car crash disrupts a birthday lunch, four friends must confront their deepest secrets.

3.88

3k+

🖤 Female Friendship 🔒 Secret Past 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family 💔 Infertility 🏥 Serious Illness

On a Beautiful Day 87%

When a car crash disrupts a birthday lunch, four friends must confront their deepest secrets.

by Lucy Diamond 2018

3.88

3k+ ratings

🖤 Female Friendship 🔒 Secret Past 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family 💔 Infertility 🏥 Serious Illness

Everything, Everything

by Nicola Yoon • 2015

Her immune system makes the outside lethal. The boy next door is an impossible, irresistible risk.

3.96

682k+

🏠 Homebound Romance 🤒 Sick-Lit 🔒 Secret Relationship 💘 First Love 😤 Overbearing Mother

Everything, Everything 87%

Her immune system makes the outside lethal. The boy next door is an impossible, irresistible risk.

by Nicola Yoon 2015

3.96

682k+ ratings

🏠 Homebound Romance 🤒 Sick-Lit 🔒 Secret Relationship 💘 First Love 😤 Overbearing Mother

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite

by Pierre Bottero • 2002

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

4.06

136

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite Summary

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite 87%

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

by Pierre Bottero 2002

4.06

136 ratings

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

The Friendship Formula

by Caroline Millington • 2019

Adult friendship is harder than it looks. The science of how many hours closeness actually takes.

3.24

164

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendships 🔬 Friendship Science ❤️‍🩹 Social Health 💛 Platonic Friendship 🏚️ Loneliness Epidemic

The Friendship Formula 87%

Adult friendship is harder than it looks. The science of how many hours closeness actually takes.

by Caroline Millington 2019

3.24

164 ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Adult Friendships 🔬 Friendship Science ❤️‍🩹 Social Health 💛 Platonic Friendship 🏚️ Loneliness Epidemic

The Cancer Ladies' Running Club

by Josie Lloyd • 2020

A gift-shop owner's cancer diagnosis leads her to an irreverent running club of fellow patients.

4.03

6k+

🩺 Cancer Fiction 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Betrayal 😭 Uplifting Tearjerker

The Cancer Ladies' Running Club 87%

A gift-shop owner's cancer diagnosis leads her to an irreverent running club of fellow patients.

by Josie Lloyd 2020

4.03

6k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Fiction 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Betrayal 😭 Uplifting Tearjerker

I Wanted You To Know

by Laura Pearson • 2019

Given a terminal diagnosis at twenty-one, a new mother writes her baby a lifetime of letters.

4.32

6k+

🏥 Cancer Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond ✍️ Letters To A Child 👯 Best Friend Soulmate 🤱 Single Mother

I Wanted You To Know 87%

Given a terminal diagnosis at twenty-one, a new mother writes her baby a lifetime of letters.

by Laura Pearson 2019

4.32

6k+ ratings

🏥 Cancer Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond ✍️ Letters To A Child 👯 Best Friend Soulmate 🤱 Single Mother

Elle & Coach

by Stefany Shaheen • 2015

Her eight-year-old's blood sugar hit 964. A service dog named Coach took the night shift.

4.35

482

🩺 Chronic Illness Parenting 🐕 Service Dogs 💉 Diabetes Management ⚖️ Disability Rights 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Elle & Coach 87%

Her eight-year-old's blood sugar hit 964. A service dog named Coach took the night shift.

by Stefany Shaheen 2015

4.35

482 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness Parenting 🐕 Service Dogs 💉 Diabetes Management ⚖️ Disability Rights 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

How to Break Up with Your Friends

by Erin Falconer • 2022

Close friendships need the same clear-eyed evaluation you give your career. A guide to the audit.

3.74

479

🤝 Friendship Dynamics 👥 Adult Friendships 💔 Ending Friendships 🚧 Relationship Boundaries 🔗 Social Connection

How to Break Up with Your Friends Summary

How to Break Up with Your Friends 87%

Close friendships need the same clear-eyed evaluation you give your career. A guide to the audit.

by Erin Falconer 2022

3.74

479 ratings

🤝 Friendship Dynamics 👥 Adult Friendships 💔 Ending Friendships 🚧 Relationship Boundaries 🔗 Social Connection

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi • 2016

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

4.41

820k+

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

When Breath Becomes Air 87%

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

by Paul Kalanithi 2016

4.41

820k+ ratings

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

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