Books on cancer, health and disease

This post is inspired by the announcment of the winner of the first Wellcome Trust Book prize.  The prize is awarded to outstanding works on the theme of health and medicine.  Both fiction and non-fiction books are eligible.  This year the winner is Keeper by Andrea Gillies, it is a non fiction book about caring for someone with Alzheimers. I also like the look of “Intuition” which is a novel set in a research lab. Apparently “LabLit” (literature set in a lab is a growing genre…)

You can read more about the books on the Wellcome Trust website by clicking here. I’ve put together a list of the other shortlisted books below, all are available on Amazon. I’d read them all if I had a) the time and b) the money!

If you are looking for books specifically on cancer then Cancer Research UK have a “General Reading List“.  Macmillan also have some suggestions as part of their CancerTalk resource for teachers called “Useful Resources” If you want to recommend a book please feel free to leave a comment below. Thanks