20 Best nonfiction books like Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System by Kathryn Giusti

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Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System

By: Kathryn Giusti

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An empowering, soul-baring personal account and guide from a two-time cancer survivor and healthcar…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System by Kathryn Giusti , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Shoemaker's Wife

By: Adriana Trigiani

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The majestic and haunting beauty of the Italian Alps is the setting of the first meeting of Enza, a… read more

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2. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

By: Karen Joy Fowler

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club, the story of an American f… read more

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3. The Wren, the Wren

By: Anne Enright

3.55

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

An incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of… read more

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"It's not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror."

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

"We don't walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

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4. Blank

By: Zibby Owens

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

A wife, mother, and frustrated writer faces an impossible deadline for turning her life around in a… read more

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5. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

By: Stephanie Land

3.62

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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6. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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7. Day

By: Michael Cunningham

3.57

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more

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"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"

-Michael Cunningham, Day

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8. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

By: Jonathan Rosen

4.07

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."

-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"

-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

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9. Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You

By: Maisie Hill

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Period Power is a profound but practical blueprint for aligning daily life with the menstrual cycle… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • health
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10. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • health
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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11. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

By: Kate Andersen Brower

4.16

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever auth… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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12. The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

By: Rhaina Cohen

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Why do we place romantic partnership on a pedestal? What do we lose when we expect one person to me… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

By: Amy Bloom

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This powerful memoir by New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom is an illuminating story of two… read more

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  • medical
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • health
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14. Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health

By: Anupam B. Jena

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Does timing, circumstance, or luck impact your health care? This groundbreaking book reveals the hi… read more

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  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • health
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15. The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

By: Maggie Bullock

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One of Vogue's most anticipated books of 2023. A quintessentially American fashion narrative abo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Black Candle Women

By: Diane Marie Brown

3.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show “If you like Practical Magic… you wi… read more

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"Some folks struggled disproportionately, carrying things that others couldn't even lift."

-Diane Marie Brown, Black Candle Women

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17. Chris Beat Cancer: A Comprehensive Plan for Healing Naturally

By: Chris Wark

4.47

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Colon cancer survivor who opted out of chemotherapy after surgery provides the toxin-free diet, lif… read more

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  • memoir
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
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18. The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health

By: Ellen J. Langer

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Learn how adjusting your thoughts can change your health—from the “mother of mindfulness” and first… read more

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  • medical
  • nonfiction
  • health
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19. Calm Your Mind with Food: A Revolutionary Guide to Controlling Your Anxiety

By: Uma Naidoo

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary look at the surprising connections between anxiety, immunity, and gut health, with … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • health
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20. The Night the Lights Went Out: A Memoir of Life After Brain Damage

By: Drew Magary

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, darkly funny comeback story of learning to live with a broken mind after a near-fata… read more

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  • memoir
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
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21. Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

By: Jedidiah Jenkins

4.03

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

When his mother, Barbara, turns seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins is reminded of a sobering fact: Our pare… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"In my midthirties, I realized that my parents would die soon. Not like a terminal illness. I just mean in the flow of time. It hit me hardest when my mother turned seventy. I did a quick bit of math.…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

"I wondered about my friendship with my mom. Is it friendship? How can it be? Friendship is chosen. Friendship is discovered. But a mother and a son have a bond that is necessary. If the son exists, t…"

-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences

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22. Eat for Life: The Breakthrough Nutrient-Rich Program for Longevity, Disease Reversal, and Sustained Weight Loss

By: Joel Fuhrman

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Add years to your life and life to your years with #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Joel Fu… read more

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  • medical
  • nonfiction
  • health
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23. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

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"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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24. Playground

By: Richard Powers

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more

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25. Dear Oliver: An Unexpected Friendship with Oliver Sacks

By: Susan R. Barry

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this intimate and inspiring book, Susan Barry shares the heartfelt letters through which she and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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26. Colored Television

By: Danzy Senna

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more

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27. What Does It Feel Like?

By: Sophie Kinsella

4.66

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story—by turns heartbreaking and life-… read more

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28. Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery

By: Theodore H. Schwartz

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a mus… read more

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  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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29. Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System

By: Kathryn Giusti

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An empowering, soul-baring personal account and guide from a two-time cancer survivor and healthcar… read more

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  • memoir
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
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30. How to Prevent Dementia: Understanding and Managing Cognitive Decline

By: Richard Restak

4.03

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

A comprehensive guide to preventing Alzheimer’s and other thinking disorders from bestselling autho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • health
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31. Pictures of You

By: Emma Grey

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

If you knew then what you know now, would you make the same choices? Imagine having a second chance… read more

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11 must-read memoir books like Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System by Kathryn Giusti

Transform Your Habits

Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

Stephanie Land

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Anne Lamott

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions

Jonathan Rosen

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

Kate Andersen Brower

4.16

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Til We Meet Again: A Memoir of Love and War

Craig Borlase , Ray Whipps , Betty Whipps

4.50

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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie

4.10

Transform Your Habits

My Name Is Barbra

Barbra Streisand

4.20

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