Cancer · How to live well with chronic pain and illness. A mindful guide (2015) Bernhard T. Somerville, MA, USA: Wisdom Publications, 2015. xiv, 338pp. ISBN 9781614292487. £14.99

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Introduction We have produced the Core Books List to help cancer information centres and public libraries improve the quality and reliability of the cancer books they stock. The list includes books about cancer itself and people’s experience of living with cancer. All the books on the list have been reviewed favourably by our volunteer book reviewers. This list is not prescriptive but intended to help libraries to make informed choices between the very wide range of books available, which can be of variable quality and accuracy. We review and update the list annually and welcome suggestions for how we might improve the content, including adding books that deal with subjects not currently included on the list. The electronic version is available on our website here: Core Book List. A list of Mood Boosting Books is also available to download on the Reading Well website. These are books chosen by people affected by cancer and which they have found uplifting. The books are novels, non-fiction and poetry and complement the core books. We also add reviews to the Directory of information materials for people affected by cancer so that people affected by cancer can see what others in a similar situation think about a book.

Please note: Reviews are not the views of Macmillan Cancer Support and inclusion of a book in this list does not imply endorsement by Macmillan Cancer Support.

Feedback If you have any comments, please email Sue Hawkins, Information Materials Researcher at Macmillan Cancer Support.

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Living with cancer

Achievement: cancer free after 20 years (2016) Martin C. Achievement Specialists Ltd, 2016. 236 pp. ISBN 9780995485808. £13.48.

Average star rating 4.0

Anti cancer living. The six-step solution to transform your health (2018) Cohen L, Jefferies A. London@ Vermillion, 2018. xiii, 416pp. ISBN 9781785040757. £14.99.


Connecting with cancer. Living with and beyond cancer (2017) Hall RR. Ely: Melrose Books, 2017. x, 170pp. ISBN 9781912026357. £10.99.


The fabulous woman’s guide through cancer. A lifestyle guide to help you through (2016) Bourne N. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016. 2nd edition. i, 181pp. ISBN 9781514315583. £8.99.

Average star rating 4.2 (over the two editions)

Laughing at cancer. How to heal with love, laughter and mindfulness (2017) Ben-Moshe R. Melbourne: Brolga Publishing Pty, 2017. 236pp. ISBN 9781925367843. £9.95.


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Living with cancer. A step-by-step guide for coping medically and emotionally with a serious diagnosis (2017) Jackson VA. Baltimore, USA: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. 334pp. ISBN 9781421422336. £17.00.


Tea & chemo. Fighting cancer, living life (2015) Buxton J. Urbane Publications Limited, 2015. 208pp. ISBN 9781910692394. £7.99.


Thirty things about cancer: a guide to getting through (2015) Goldsmith M. Grammaticus Books, 2015. 72pp. ISBN 9781508549918. £2.75.


Treatment

Going into hospital? A guide for patients, carers and families (2015) Warren O, Dean Franklin B, Vincent C. Eastdown Publishing, 2015. ix, 298pp. ISBN 9780993312205. £9.99.










Diet and nutrition

The cancer-fighting kitchen. Nourishing, big-flavor recipes for cancer treatment and recovery (2017) Katz R, Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2017. 2nd edition. xii, 228pp. ISBN 9780399578717.


Cook for your life: delicious, nourishing recipes for before, during, and after cancer treatment (2015) Gaffney AO. Avery Publishing Group, 2015. 352pp. ISBN 9781583335819. £29.00.


The living well with cancer cookbook. An essential guide to nutrition, lifestyle and health (2016) Warde F, Zabilowicz C. Bantam Press, 2016. 288pp. ISBN 9780593075753. £16.99.


The Royal Marsden cancer cookbook (2015) Shaw C. London: Kyle Books, 2015. 256pp. ISBN 9780857832320. £19.99.


Symptoms and side effects

How to feel better. Practical ways to recover from illness and injury (2015) Goodhart F and Atkins L. London: Piatkus, 2015. 288pp. ISBN 9780749958206. £9.99.











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How to live well with chronic pain and illness. A mindful guide (2015) Bernhard T. Somerville, MA, USA: Wisdom Publications, 2015. xiv, 338pp. ISBN 9781614292487. £14.99.


Pretty sick. The beauty guide for woman with cancer. How to look your best when you feel your worst (2017) Caitlin M Kiernan. London: Piatkus, 2017. ISBN 9780349417271.


Recognise yourself. Beauty despite cancer. A

practical guide to maintaining your appearance and well-being as you go through surgery, chemotherapy,

radiotherapy, or experience hair loss (2015) Young J. Lotus Publishing, 2015. 288pp. ISBN 9781905367597. £14.99.

Average star rating 4.2.

Life after treatment/survivorship

The cancer survivors club (2015) Geiger C. Oneworld Pubs, 2015. 276pp. ISBN: 9781780747262. £9.99. www.thecancersurvivorsclub.com.


Rise. Surviving and thriving after trauma (2016) Williams S. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2016. xiv, 318pp. ISBN 9781474602686. £18.99.












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Books for carers and family

There is no good card for this: what to say and do when life is scary, awful, and unfair to people you love (2017) Crowe K, McDowell E. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2017. 260pp. ISBN 9780062469991. £16.99.


Advanced cancer, end of life

The iceberg. A memoir (2014) Coutts M. London: Atlantic Books, 2014. 264pp. ISBN 9781782393504. £14.99.


Late fragments. Everything I want to tell you (about this magnificent life) (2014) Gross K. London: William Collins, 2014. 256pp. ISBN 9780008103453. £9.99. (The hardback is out of print but a paperback edition is available. ISBN 9780008103477. £8.99.)


Not that kind of love (2018) Wise C, Wise G, London: Quercus, 2018. 320pp. ISBN 9781786488459.









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There's something I've been dying to tell you (2014) Bellingham L. London: Coronet (Hodder & Stoughton imprint), 2014. vii, 275pp. ISBN 9781473608566. £16.99.


When breath becomes air (2016) Kalanithi P. London: Random House, 2016. 256 pp. ISBN 9780812988406. £12.99. (The hardback is out of print but a paperback edition is available. Vintage. ISBN 9781784701994. £8.99.)


With the end in mind. Dying, death and wisdom in an age of denial (2017) Mannix K. London: William Collins, 2017. 352pp. ISBN 9780008210885. £16.99.


Bereavement

Grief works. Stories of life, death and surviving (2017) Samuel J. London: Penguin Life, 2017. 304pp. ISBN 9780241270745. £14.99.







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Thinking out loud. Love, grief and being mum and dad (2017) Ferdinand R. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2017. 288pp. ISBN 9781473670235.


Breast cancer

Breast cancer. The facts (2018) Saunders CM, Jassal S, Lim E. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. viii, 144pp. ISBN 9780198813040. £14.99.


The breast cancer cookbook (2015) Keshtgar M. Quadrille Publishing Ltd, 2015. 176pp. ISBN 9781849495561. £20.00.


The complete guide to breast cancer: how to feel empowered and take control (2018) Greenhalgh T, O’Riordan L. London: Vermilion, 2018. 304pp. ISBN 9781785041877. £14.99.


The essential guide to breast cancer (2017) Duffy R. Peterborough: Need2Know, 2017. 100pp. ISBN 9781910843604. £9.99.









Personal experience

B is for breast cancer: From anxiety to recovery and everything in between - a beginner's guide (2014) Hamill C. London: Piatkus, 2014. 240pp. ISBN 9780349401348. £13.99.


Bald is better with earrings. A survivor’s guide to getting through breast cancer (2015) Hutton A. New York: HarperCollins, 2015. xiv, 206pp. ISBN 9780062375650. £10.99.


The c-word (2015) Lynch L. London: Arrow Books (Random House), 2015. 320pp. ISBN 9781784750473. £7.99.

Average star rating 4.8 (Please note: we reviewed the

2010 edition.)

Dear cancer, love Victoria: a mum's diary of hope (2017) Derbyshire V. London: Trapeze, 2017. 304pp. ISBN 9781409172949. £18.99. (The paperback version “Dear cancer. A diary of hope to help you through” is due to be published 3rd May 2018. ISBN 9781409172963. £9.99.)








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From both ends of the stethoscope. Getting through breast cancer – by a doctor who knows (2015) Thompson K. Faito Books, 2015. 256pp. ISBN 9780993508301. £12.99.


A funny thing happened on the way to chemo. A rather unusual memoir (2018) von Hirsch I. London: Short Books Ltd, 2018. 256pp. ISBN 9781780723532. £8.99.


My cancer journey. A rendezvous with myself (2015) Banka P. Balboa Press (USA), 2015. xxiv, 278pp. ISBN 9781504327404. £13.10.


On smaller dogs and larger life questions (2018) Figes K. London: Virago, 2018. 192pp. ISBN 9780349011028. £14.99.


Run for your life. How one woman ran rings around breast cancer (2017) Baker J. Worthing: Pitch Publishing, 2017. 192pp. ISBN 9781785312618. £8.99.










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Well. A doctor's journey through fear to freedom (2017) Gunn M. Edinburgh: Saraband, 2017. xx, 266pp. ISBN 9781910192931. £8.99.


Colon and rectal cancer

The c list. How I survived bowel cancer (2014) Bown R. London: Watkins Publishing, 2014. 256pp. ISBN

9781780286792. £10.99.


Cancer was my companion. A memoir (2017) Brown DI. Sorrell Books, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2017. 170pp. ISBN 9781548074326. £9.99.


F*** you cancer. How to face the big C, live your life and still be yourself (2018) James D. London: Vermilion, 2018. viii, 264pp. ISBN 9781785042058.







Head and neck cancers

Tommy v cancer. One man’s battle against the big C (2017) Donvaband T. Independently published, 2017. 318pp. ISBN

9781521903681. £9.99.


Lymphoma

Living with lymphoma. A patient's guide (2016) Adler EM. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. 2nd edition. xxxi, 444pp. ISBN 9781421418100. £20.00.


Ovarian cancer

Love, light and mermaid tails: one woman's healing journey back to wholeness through stage four cancer (2017) Munro F. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. 204pp. ISBN 9781548312923. £11.95.








Prostate cancer

Embroidered cancer comic (2016) Shefrim SE. London: Singing Dragon, 2016. 32pp. ISBN 9781848192898. £7.99.


Skin cancer

A series of catastrophes and miracles. A true story of love, science, and cancer (2016) Williams ME. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2016. 304pp. ISBN 9781426216336. £17.99.


P.S. I have cancer. Wrestling melanoma and falling in love (2018) Sims M. Bristol: Poetry Space Ltd, 2018. 320pp. ISBN 9781909404274. £9.99.







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Documents

Cancer · How to live well with chronic pain and illness. A mindful guide (2015) Bernhard T. Somerville, MA, USA: Wisdom Publications, 2015. xiv, 338pp. ISBN 9781614292487. £14.99