Young Onset Disease Books | Summaries & Audio

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 🦠 Rare Diseases 🔍 Medical Mysteries 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inherited Illness 🔬 Genetic Research

The Family Gene 89%

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 🦠 Rare Diseases 🔍 Medical Mysteries 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inherited Illness 🔬 Genetic Research

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 📢 Disability Advocacy 💰 Medical Philanthropy

Lucky Man 89%

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 📢 Disability Advocacy 💰 Medical Philanthropy

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 89%

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

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 🧬 Early-Onset Alzheimer's 🫂 Family Caregiving

On Pluto 89%

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 🧬 Early-Onset Alzheimer's 🫂 Family Caregiving

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 88%

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

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 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families In Crisis 🖐️ Body Loss And Identity

The Blink of an Eye 88%

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 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families In Crisis 🖐️ Body Loss And Identity

Old Age

by Michael Kinsley • 2016

Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.

3.20

2k+

🧠 Parkinson's Disease ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👶 Boomer Generation 🧩 Cognitive Decline 🏥 Living With Illness

Old Age 88%

Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.

by Michael Kinsley 2016

3.20

2k+ ratings

🧠 Parkinson's Disease ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👶 Boomer Generation 🧩 Cognitive Decline 🏥 Living With 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 88%

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

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 88%

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

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

by Natalia Sylvester • 2022

A Peruvian American teen hides her dream of becoming a mermaid performer from her immigrant parents.

3.82

4k+

🏡 Boy Next Door 👨‍👩‍👧 Strict Parents 🎭 Performing Arts 💔 Chronic Illness 💕 First Love

Breathe and Count Back from Ten 88%

A Peruvian American teen hides her dream of becoming a mermaid performer from her immigrant parents.

by Natalia Sylvester 2022

3.82

4k+ ratings

🏡 Boy Next Door 👨‍👩‍👧 Strict Parents 🎭 Performing Arts 💔 Chronic Illness 💕 First Love

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 🧠 Neurological Disorders 👁️ Firsthand Psychosis

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 🧠 Neurological Disorders 👁️ Firsthand Psychosis

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 🪞 Disability And Body Image 🎭 Disability Representation

Poster Child 88%

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 🪞 Disability And Body Image 🎭 Disability Representation

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 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Caregiver Devotion

Ghost Boy 88%

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 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Caregiver Devotion

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

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 🦠 Rare Diseases 🧠 Cognitive Biases ✍️ Narrative Medicine 🩺 Popular Medicine

Diagnosis 87%

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 🦠 Rare Diseases 🧠 Cognitive Biases ✍️ Narrative Medicine 🩺 Popular Medicine

La fuerza de Sheccid

by Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez • 1997

A sensitive teen falls for an unreachable classmate whose coldness masks a devastating secret.

3.51

4k+

💕 Coming Of Age Romance ✨ Idealized First Love 💔 Tragic Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness 🥀 Bittersweet

La fuerza de Sheccid 87%

A sensitive teen falls for an unreachable classmate whose coldness masks a devastating secret.

by Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez 1997

3.51

4k+ ratings

💕 Coming Of Age Romance ✨ Idealized First Love 💔 Tragic Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness 🥀 Bittersweet

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 🧱 Posttraumatic Growth 🤟 Deaf Culture

Not Fade Away 87%

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 🧱 Posttraumatic Growth 🤟 Deaf Culture

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

Write Me for You

by Tillie Cole • 2025

Two dying teens meet at a ranch and fall in love, determined to write their ending.

4.30

9k+

🤒 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 📚 Metafiction 💞 First Love 💔 Tragic Romance

Write Me for You 87%

Two dying teens meet at a ranch and fall in love, determined to write their ending.

by Tillie Cole 2025

4.30

9k+ ratings

🤒 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 📚 Metafiction 💞 First Love 💔 Tragic Romance

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 87%

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

Beautiful Scars

by Kilee Brookbank • 2017

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

4.29

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Caregiving 🏗️ Reconstructive Surgery

Beautiful Scars 87%

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

by Kilee Brookbank 2017

4.29

41 ratings

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Caregiving 🏗️ Reconstructive Surgery

Campos de fresas (Novela ambientada en el mundo de las drogas).

by Jordi Sierra i Fabra • 1997

A teenager overdoses on a party drug; her friends have hours to find the antidote.

3.24

8k+

💊 Teen Drug Use 🍽️ Eating Disorder 👥 Friends In Crisis ⏳ Race Against Time 🎭 Gritty Realism

Campos de fresas (Novela ambientada en el mundo de las drogas). Summary

Campos de fresas (Novela ambientada en el mundo de las drogas). 87%

A teenager overdoses on a party drug; her friends have hours to find the antidote.

by Jordi Sierra i Fabra 1997

3.24

8k+ ratings

💊 Teen Drug Use 🍽️ Eating Disorder 👥 Friends In Crisis ⏳ Race Against Time 🎭 Gritty Realism

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 🧬 Brain Disorders 🔄 Neural Plasticity

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 🧬 Brain Disorders 🔄 Neural Plasticity

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 ✊ Disability Justice 🤝 Community Care

The Long Covid Survival Guide 87%

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 ✊ Disability Justice 🤝 Community Care

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 ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

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 ⚗️ Chemical Regulation 📢 Disease Activism

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 🥗 Diet Therapy ☀️ Vitamin D

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 🥗 Diet Therapy ☀️ Vitamin D

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 🧠 Neuroplasticity ✍️ Writing As Therapy

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 🧠 Neuroplasticity ✍️ Writing As Therapy

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

Still Alice

by Lisa Genova • 2007

Facing early Alzheimer's, a brilliant linguist plans her final exit. But she's forgetting the plan.

4.32

362k+

🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 🫂 Caregiver Family 💡 Brilliant Mind Fading 🧬 Genetic Inheritance 🧡 Mother Daughter Relationship

Still Alice 87%

Facing early Alzheimer's, a brilliant linguist plans her final exit. But she's forgetting the plan.

by Lisa Genova 2007

4.32

362k+ ratings

🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 🫂 Caregiver Family 💡 Brilliant Mind Fading 🧬 Genetic Inheritance 🧡 Mother Daughter Relationship

Girl in Pieces

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2016

After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.

3.93

274k+

🏨 Psychiatric Hospital 🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 💔 Toxic Relationship 🏠 Found Family

Girl in Pieces 87%

After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2016

3.93

274k+ ratings

🏨 Psychiatric Hospital 🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 💔 Toxic Relationship 🏠 Found Family

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 💪 Chronic Illness Coping 📋 Medical Self Advocacy

Coping with Psoriasis 87%

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 💪 Chronic Illness Coping 📋 Medical Self Advocacy

Between Two Kingdoms

by Suleika Jaouad • 2021

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

4.42

130k+

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing ✍️ Writing To Heal 📖 Narrative Medicine

Between Two Kingdoms 87%

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

by Suleika Jaouad 2021

4.42

130k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing ✍️ Writing To Heal 📖 Narrative Medicine

My Father's Brain

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

4.13

2k+

🧠 Dementia Care 🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving 👴 Aging Parents

My Father's Brain 87%

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2023

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Caregiving 👴 Aging Parents

Five Feet Apart

by Rachael Lippincott • 2018

Two cystic fibrosis patients fall in love, but hospital rules demand they stay six feet apart.

4.17

260k+

🔒 Forbidden Love 💔 Terminal Illness 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🌟 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏥 Hospital Setting

Five Feet Apart 87%

Two cystic fibrosis patients fall in love, but hospital rules demand they stay six feet apart.

by Rachael Lippincott 2018

4.17

260k+ ratings

🔒 Forbidden Love 💔 Terminal Illness 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🌟 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏥 Hospital Setting

Everything Happens for a Reason

by Kate Bowler • 2018

She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.

3.80

54k+

🏛️ American Evangelicalism 🩺 Cancer Memoirs ✝️ Theology Of Suffering ☢️ Toxic Positivity 🖤 Grief And Loss

Everything Happens for a Reason 87%

She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.

by Kate Bowler 2018

3.80

54k+ ratings

🏛️ American Evangelicalism 🩺 Cancer Memoirs ✝️ Theology Of Suffering ☢️ Toxic Positivity 🖤 Grief And Loss

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

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 💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🏥 Alternative Medicine

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 💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🏥 Alternative Medicine

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 from A to Z

by S.K. Ali • 2019

Two Muslim teens in Doha bond over life's wonders and wrongs, hiding a suspension and a diagnosis.

4.09

24k+

🕌 Muslim Teen Romance 🩺 Chronic Illness 📓 Journal Format ☯️ Opposites Attract 🚫 Confronting Islamophobia

Love from A to Z 87%

Two Muslim teens in Doha bond over life's wonders and wrongs, hiding a suspension and a diagnosis.

by S.K. Ali 2019

4.09

24k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim Teen Romance 🩺 Chronic Illness 📓 Journal Format ☯️ Opposites Attract 🚫 Confronting Islamophobia

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 💪 Body Reclamation ✡️ Jewish Memoir

Nearly Departed 87%

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 💪 Body Reclamation ✡️ Jewish Memoir

Bố con cá gai

by Cho Chang-In • 2000

When leukemia strikes his son, a Korean father begins selling the only asset left: himself.

4.41

2k+

👨‍👦 Father And Son 💔 Parental Sacrifice 🎗️ Childhood Cancer 🥀 Quiet Grief 🇰🇷 Contemporary Korea

Bố con cá gai 87%

When leukemia strikes his son, a Korean father begins selling the only asset left: himself.

by Cho Chang-In 2000

4.41

2k+ ratings

👨‍👦 Father And Son 💔 Parental Sacrifice 🎗️ Childhood Cancer 🥀 Quiet Grief 🇰🇷 Contemporary Korea

The Map That Leads to You

by J.P. Monninger • 2017

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

3.56

14k+

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

The Map That Leads to You 87%

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

by J.P. Monninger 2017

3.56

14k+ ratings

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

Words on Bathroom Walls

by Julia Walton • 2017

A boy hides schizophrenia at his new school, but the drug keeping him stable is temporary.

4.06

16k+

🧠 Living With Schizophrenia 🤫 Hidden Diagnosis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💬 Witty Narrator 📓 Journal Format

Words on Bathroom Walls 87%

A boy hides schizophrenia at his new school, but the drug keeping him stable is temporary.

by Julia Walton 2017

4.06

16k+ ratings

🧠 Living With Schizophrenia 🤫 Hidden Diagnosis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💬 Witty Narrator 📓 Journal Format

Shark Girl

by Kelly Bingham • 2007

A shark takes her drawing arm. Now she must learn who she is without it.

3.85

4k+

🖋️ Novel In Verse 🦾 Acquired Disability 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Quiet And Lyrical

Shark Girl 87%

A shark takes her drawing arm. Now she must learn who she is without it.

by Kelly Bingham 2007

3.85

4k+ ratings

🖋️ Novel In Verse 🦾 Acquired Disability 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Quiet And Lyrical

The Sun Is Also a Star

by Nicola Yoon • 2016

Her immune system keeps her prisoner. The new boy next door makes her want to escape.

3.95

360k+

🏥 Illness Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🌅 Bittersweet Romance 💕 Tender First Love

The Sun Is Also a Star 87%

Her immune system keeps her prisoner. The new boy next door makes her want to escape.

by Nicola Yoon 2016

3.95

360k+ ratings

🏥 Illness Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🌅 Bittersweet Romance 💕 Tender First Love

Before I Forget

by B. Smith • 2016

She forgot her husband's name at 64: a couple's fight against Alzheimer's and racial inequity.

4.20

1k+

🧠 Alzheimer's Disease 🫂 Dementia Care 😔 Caregiver Burnout ⚖️ Health Disparities ⏳ Early Onset Dementia

Before I Forget 87%

She forgot her husband's name at 64: a couple's fight against Alzheimer's and racial inequity.

by B. Smith 2016

4.20

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

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135k+ ratings

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