🦠 Rare Diseases

Books illuminating the world of uncommon medical conditions—the diagnostic odysseys, the isolation, and the fierce communities that form around shared struggle.

The Family Gene

by Joselin Linder • 2017

One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.

4.05

1k+

🧬 Genetic Disorders 🔍 Medical Mysteries 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inherited Illness

The Family Gene 92%

One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.

by Joselin Linder 2017

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Disorders 🔍 Medical Mysteries 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inherited Illness

Diagnosis

by Lisa Sanders • 2019

High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.

4.00

4k+

🧩 Medical Mysteries 🧠 Cognitive Biases ✍️ Narrative Medicine

Diagnosis 89%

High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.

by Lisa Sanders 2019

4.00

4k+ ratings

🧩 Medical Mysteries 🧠 Cognitive Biases ✍️ Narrative Medicine

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

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

Coping with Psoriasis

by David L. Cram • 2000

The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.

3.60

🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions 🦠 Autoimmune Disorders 🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership

Coping with Psoriasis 88%

The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.

by David L. Cram 2000

3.60

5 ratings

🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions 🦠 Autoimmune Disorders 🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership

The Long Covid Survival Guide

by Fiona Lowenstein • 2022

A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.

4.30

156

🩺 Chronic Illness 🫁 Long Covid 🚫 Medical Gaslighting

The Long Covid Survival Guide 88%

A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.

by Fiona Lowenstein 2022

4.30

156 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🫁 Long Covid 🚫 Medical Gaslighting

Far From The Tree

by Andrew Solomon • 2012

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

4.27

23k+

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability

Far From The Tree 88%

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

by Andrew Solomon 2012

4.27

23k+ ratings

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability

The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2010

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

4.34

116k+

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography

The Emperor of All Maladies 88%

Cancer's biography: a killer that turns out to be a warped reflection of our own biology.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

4.34

116k+ ratings

📜 Medical History 🔬 Cancer Biology 📖 Disease Biography

Not Fade Away

by Rebecca Alexander • 2014

At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.

3.96

1k+

🦽 Disability Memoirs 👂 Sensory Loss ⏳ Progressive Illness

Not Fade Away 88%

At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.

by Rebecca Alexander 2014

3.96

1k+ ratings

🦽 Disability Memoirs 👂 Sensory Loss ⏳ Progressive Illness

Brain on Fire

by Susannah Cahalan • 2012

A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.

4.09

239k+

🔍 Medical Mystery 📖 Illness Memoir 🦠 Autoimmune Disease

Brain on Fire 88%

A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.

by Susannah Cahalan 2012

4.09

239k+ ratings

🔍 Medical Mystery 📖 Illness Memoir 🦠 Autoimmune Disease

Ending Parkinson's Disease

by Ray Dorsey • 2020

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

4.31

328

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy

Ending Parkinson's Disease 87%

Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.

by Ray Dorsey 2020

4.31

328 ratings

🌍 Environmental Health 🧠 Neurological Disorders 📋 Public Health Policy

Lucky Man

by Michael J. Fox • 2002

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

4.08

29k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs

Lucky Man 87%

Diagnosed at 29, he hid Parkinson's seven years using props and pills. Then he went public.

by Michael J. Fox 2002

4.08

29k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🏥 Chronic Illness 🧊 Sobriety Memoirs

The Blink of an Eye

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

4.09

467

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation

The Blink of an Eye 87%

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018

4.09

467 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation

Poster Child

by Emily Rapp • 2006

Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.

3.72

645

🩺 Medical Memoir 🦿 Physical Disability 💭 Internalized Ableism

Poster Child 87%

Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.

by Emily Rapp 2006

3.72

645 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 🦿 Physical Disability 💭 Internalized Ableism

A Cancer in the Family

by Theodora Ross • 2016

Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.

4.11

190

🧬 Hereditary Cancer 🧪 Genetic Testing 🛡️ Cancer Prevention

A Cancer in the Family 87%

Your family cancer history is a message; decode it and reduce your risk before diagnosis.

by Theodora Ross 2016

4.11

190 ratings

🧬 Hereditary Cancer 🧪 Genetic Testing 🛡️ Cancer Prevention

World Without Cancer

by G. Edward Griffin • 1974

Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.

4.31

495

🎗️ Cancer Treatment 🍽️ Dietary Deficiency 🕵️ Medical Conspiracy

World Without Cancer 87%

Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.

by G. Edward Griffin 1974

4.31

495 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Treatment 🍽️ Dietary Deficiency 🕵️ Medical Conspiracy

Mutants

by Armand Marie Leroi • 2003

The hidden genetic rules that build the human body, revealed by its most extreme errors.

4.05

4k+

🔬 Developmental Biology 🧬 Human Genetics 🔀 Genetic Mutations

Mutants 87%

The hidden genetic rules that build the human body, revealed by its most extreme errors.

by Armand Marie Leroi 2003

4.05

4k+ ratings

🔬 Developmental Biology 🧬 Human Genetics 🔀 Genetic Mutations

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

4.35

2k+

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 87%

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine

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

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

A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type)

by Isobel Knight • 2011

Bendy joints are just the start: the full-body guide to EDS hypermobility type.

4.04

251

🏥 Chronic Illness Guides 🧬 Connective Tissue Disorders 👁️ Invisible Disabilities

A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type) Summary

A Guide to Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Hypermobility Type) 87%

Bendy joints are just the start: the full-body guide to EDS hypermobility type.

by Isobel Knight 2011

4.04

251 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness Guides 🧬 Connective Tissue Disorders 👁️ Invisible Disabilities

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind

by Barbara K. Lipska • 2018

She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.

3.89

8k+

🧠 Neuroscience Memoir 🔖 Medical Memoir 🩺 Medical Mystery

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Summary

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind 87%

She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.

by Barbara K. Lipska 2018

3.89

8k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Memoir 🔖 Medical Memoir 🩺 Medical Mystery

Ghost Boy

by Martin Pistorius • 2011

At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.

4.05

28k+

🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs 🧠 Locked-In Syndrome 🏥 Neurological Disorders

Ghost Boy 87%

At 12 his body went silent. His mind didn't. For thirteen years, no one noticed.

by Martin Pistorius 2011

4.05

28k+ ratings

🧑‍🦽 Disability Memoirs 🧠 Locked-In Syndrome 🏥 Neurological Disorders

Bleed

by Tracey Lindeman • 2023

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

4.32

518

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny

Bleed 87%

190 million bodies. A decade to be believed. The diagnosis: endometriosis. The disease: misogyny.

by Tracey Lindeman 2023

4.32

518 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🩸 Reproductive Health ⚖️ Medical Misogyny

Cannabis Is Medicine

by Bonni Goldstein MD • 2020

Cannabis activates your body's master regulator. A physician shows what it treats and how.

4.44

135

🏥 Medical Cannabis 🌿 Plant Medicine 💊 Chronic Pain Management

Cannabis Is Medicine 87%

Cannabis activates your body's master regulator. A physician shows what it treats and how.

by Bonni Goldstein MD 2020

4.44

135 ratings

🏥 Medical Cannabis 🌿 Plant Medicine 💊 Chronic Pain Management

Living Well with Hypothyroidism

by Mary J. Shomon • 2000

A normal TSH test can hide a failing thyroid. How to get diagnosed and treated right.

3.91

644

🦋 Thyroid Disorders 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🌿 Integrative Medicine

Living Well with Hypothyroidism 87%

A normal TSH test can hide a failing thyroid. How to get diagnosed and treated right.

by Mary J. Shomon 2000

3.91

644 ratings

🦋 Thyroid Disorders 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Age of Diagnosis

by Suzanne O'Sullivan • 2025

We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.

4.11

3k+

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 📈 Diagnostic Expansion 🧠 Expectation Effects

The Age of Diagnosis 87%

We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.

by Suzanne O'Sullivan 2025

4.11

3k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Overdiagnosis 📈 Diagnostic Expansion 🧠 Expectation Effects

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook

by George Jelinek MD • 2022

A lifestyle program that reframes MS as manageable, from a doctor who stabilized his own health.

4.22

🧠 Multiple Sclerosis 🧬 Autoimmune Disease 🌱 Lifestyle Medicine

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook Summary

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook 87%

A lifestyle program that reframes MS as manageable, from a doctor who stabilized his own health.

by George Jelinek MD 2022

4.22

18 ratings

🧠 Multiple Sclerosis 🧬 Autoimmune Disease 🌱 Lifestyle Medicine

Life on Delay

by John Hendrickson • 2023

One interview with Joe Biden forced a journalist to confront what he'd spent a lifetime hiding.

4.47

2k+

🗣️ Speech Disorders ♿ Living With Disability 📖 Disability Memoir

Life on Delay 87%

One interview with Joe Biden forced a journalist to confront what he'd spent a lifetime hiding.

by John Hendrickson 2023

4.47

2k+ ratings

🗣️ Speech Disorders ♿ Living With Disability 📖 Disability Memoir

Tripping Over the Truth

by Travis Christofferson • 2014

Cancer's real weakness may not be genetic. It may be metabolic: what tumors eat to survive.

4.53

952

🔬 Cancer Metabolism 🫀 Metabolic Health 💊 Metabolic Therapy

Tripping Over the Truth 87%

Cancer's real weakness may not be genetic. It may be metabolic: what tumors eat to survive.

by Travis Christofferson 2014

4.53

952 ratings

🔬 Cancer Metabolism 🫀 Metabolic Health 💊 Metabolic Therapy

Limits to Medicine

by Ivan Illich • 1974

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

4.04

612

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness

Limits to Medicine 87%

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

by Ivan Illich 1974

4.04

612 ratings

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness

The Invisible Kingdom

by Meghan O'Rourke • 2022

When doctors couldn't name her illness, she uncovered the medical blind spot affecting millions.

4.02

7k+

🩺 Chronic Illness 🚺 Women'S Health 🩻 Medical Gaslighting

The Invisible Kingdom 87%

When doctors couldn't name her illness, she uncovered the medical blind spot affecting millions.

by Meghan O'Rourke 2022

4.02

7k+ ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🚺 Women'S Health 🩻 Medical Gaslighting

An American Sickness

by Elisabeth Rosenthal • 2017

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

4.29

8k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine

An American Sickness 87%

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine

Follow the Science

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2024

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

4.25

569

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Follow the Science 87%

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2024

4.25

569 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

On Pluto

by Greg O'Brien • 2014

What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.

3.96

1k+

🧠 Dementia Memoir 🩺 Medical Memoir 🌫️ Cognitive Decline

On Pluto 87%

What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.

by Greg O'Brien 2014

3.96

1k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Memoir 🩺 Medical Memoir 🌫️ Cognitive Decline

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

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

Altered Inheritance

by Françoise Baylis • 2019

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

3.53

🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy

Altered Inheritance 87%

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

by Françoise Baylis 2019

3.53

94 ratings

🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy

High Risk

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky • 2020

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

4.39

803

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics

High Risk 87%

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020

4.39

803 ratings

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

3.61

1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

Doctored 87%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

Everything in Its Place

by Oliver Sacks • 2019

Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.

4.14

3k+

🧠 Neurology 🩺 Medical Humanities 📖 Narrative Medicine

Everything in Its Place 87%

Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.

by Oliver Sacks 2019

4.14

3k+ ratings

🧠 Neurology 🩺 Medical Humanities 📖 Narrative Medicine

Everything Is Tuberculosis

by John Green • 2025

Tuberculosis is curable. Its persistence reveals not biology but a record of whose lives are valued.

4.32

279k+

🦠 Infectious Disease 🏥 History Of Medicine 🌍 Global Health Inequity

Everything Is Tuberculosis 87%

Tuberculosis is curable. Its persistence reveals not biology but a record of whose lives are valued.

by John Green 2025

4.32

279k+ ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🏥 History Of Medicine 🌍 Global Health Inequity

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

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

Divided Minds

by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards

Divided Minds 87%

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards

Musicophilia

by Oliver Sacks • 2007

When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.

3.95

75k+

🧠 Music And The Brain 🩻 Clinical Case Studies 🧬 Neuroplasticity

Musicophilia 87%

When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.

by Oliver Sacks 2007

3.95

75k+ ratings

🧠 Music And The Brain 🩻 Clinical Case Studies 🧬 Neuroplasticity

Forbidden Health

by Andreas Kalcker • 2019

A single dose cured 154 malaria patients; the protocol, why it works, and why it's banned.

4.29

206

🌿 Alternative Medicine 🫧 Oxygen Therapy 🪱 Parasite Cleansing

Forbidden Health 87%

A single dose cured 154 malaria patients; the protocol, why it works, and why it's banned.

by Andreas Kalcker 2019

4.29

206 ratings

🌿 Alternative Medicine 🫧 Oxygen Therapy 🪱 Parasite Cleansing

The Reason I Jump

by Naoki Higashida • 2005

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

3.88

63k+

🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing

The Reason I Jump 87%

A nonverbal 13-year-old with autism answers the questions others are afraid to ask.

by Naoki Higashida 2005

3.88

63k+ ratings

🧩 Autism Spectrum 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔊 Sensory Processing

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

by Izabella Wentz • 2013

Your pills mask the problem. A pharmacist's protocol for reversing Hashimoto's at the immune level.

4.11

2k+

🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧑‍⚕️ Functional Medicine 🧱 Leaky Gut

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 87%

Your pills mask the problem. A pharmacist's protocol for reversing Hashimoto's at the immune level.

by Izabella Wentz 2013

4.11

2k+ ratings

🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧑‍⚕️ Functional Medicine 🧱 Leaky Gut

Drug Dealer, MD

by Anna Lembke • 2016

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

4.00

1k+

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management

Drug Dealer, MD 87%

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

by Anna Lembke 2016

4.00

1k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management

One Hundred Names for Love

by Diane Ackerman • 2011

A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.

3.85

2k+

🏥 Stroke Recovery 🗨️ Aphasia 💝 Caregiving Memoirs

One Hundred Names for Love 87%

A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.

by Diane Ackerman 2011

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏥 Stroke Recovery 🗨️ Aphasia 💝 Caregiving Memoirs

Crooked

by Forrest Maready • 2018

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

4.38

178

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism

Crooked 86%

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

by Forrest Maready 2018

4.38

178 ratings

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism

First Comes Love

by Marion Winik • 1996

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

4.14

441

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage

First Comes Love 86%

She fell for a gay man during Mardi Gras. Marriage, meth, motherhood, abuse, and AIDS came next.

by Marion Winik 1996

4.14

441 ratings

✍️ Literary Memoir 💊 Aids Crisis 💔 Unconventional Marriage

Nearly Departed

by Gila Pfeffer • 2024

Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.

4.40

360

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🧬 Genetic Risk 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness

Nearly Departed 86%

Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.

by Gila Pfeffer 2024

4.40

360 ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🧬 Genetic Risk 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness

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