'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green
'Now or Never' by Logan Belle
Need a little spice in your life? Logan Belle always delivers. Claire is a mom who’s ready to live her own life once her son goes off to college. But as soon as Claire gets her freedom back, she’s dealt with an awful blow: cancer. Instead of wallowing in misery, Claire decides to do all of the things she’s missed out on … including a sexual bucket list. Let the sparks fly!
To buy: Amazon e-book, $3
'A Walk to Remember' by Nicholas Sparks
A trouble-making teenager, a preacher's daughter: When their paths collide, Landon Carter falls hard for angelic Jamie. But when her secret is revealed — cancer — Landon doesn’t run away. He gives her everything she'd always wished for, and more.
To buy: Amazon, $13
'Before I Die' by Jenny Downham
Think young adult novels can’t be just as compelling and real as their adult contemporaries? Think again. When 16-year-old Tessa is told that her cancer is terminal, she creates a list of 10 things she needs to do before she dies. She soon discovers that not all of the items on her list are easy to tackle, and that sometimes the littlest things in life are the most important.
To buy: Amazon, $9
'Black and White' by Dani Shapiro
The daughter of renowned photographer Ruth Dunne, Clara is known as “the girl in the pictures,” because of the unsettling nude portraits her mother took of her as a young child. At age 18, Clara flees her old life and starts a new one far away from the microscope of New York City's art scene, in which she is infamous. But when she discovers her mother is dying of cancer, Clara returns to Manhattan, where she must come to terms with her mother, their strained relationship and who she is now. A gorgeous novel that will stay with you.
To buy: Amazon, $13
'My Sister's Keeper' by Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult novels always throw you for a loop. "My Sister’s Keeper" is the story of a girl who was conceived and raised only as a bone marrow match for her sister, who is battling leukemia. When Anna begins to question who she really is, and who she is apart from her sister, she sets off on a course that no one could have expected. A total roller-coaster ride.
To buy: Amazon, $9
'Cancer Vixen' by Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Like graphic novels? Like memoirs? Then try this graphic memoir, which details this self-described "shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, single-forever, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life” and her fight with breast cancer, which she discovered three weeks before her wedding. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll want her shoes.
To buy: Amazon, $12
