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Cancer survivors like to share their stories with the world. Couched in humour and positivity, these books dwell on the realities of the struggle with the attendant insecurities and anxieties. These stories also help dispel the stigma and taboo around cancer.

Such inspirational stories on recovery play a great role in motivating cancer-afflicted as they wage a valiant battle against the disease. Ultimate victory over cancer that these writer-survivors have achieved, encourages the patients to look forward to similar happy outcomes.

Please find below a select list of 23 titles in this genre.

Anatomy of a Tumour

by Sudhansu Mohanty

Book review

Being Single with Cancer

by Tracy Maxwell

An overview

Cancer as a Wake-Up Call

by Dr M Laura Nasi

Book details

Cancer: You Picked the Wrong Girl

by Sharmistha Mukherjee

An overview

Close to the Bone

by Lisa Ray

Book review

Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer to Near Death to True Healing

by Anita Moorjani

An overview

Face to Face with Cancer

by Anagha Morje Ghosh

An overview

Fearless Fabulous You!

by Melanie Young

An overview

Fragrance of a Wild Soul

by Ruby Ahluwalia

Review

Healed: How Cancer Gave me a new Life

by Manisha Koirala

An overview

Help me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know

by Lori Hope

Book review

Here and Now: Inspiring Stories of Cancer Survivors

by Elena Dorfman and Heidi Schlutz

An overview

Holy Cancer: How A Cow Saved My Life

by Amit Vaidya

Blog on the book

I am a Survivor

Dr. Vijay Anand Reddy

An overview

I’m Sorry You Have to Be Here

by Lois Cappetta Bhatt

An overview

Let’s Take the Long Way Home

by Gail Caldwell

Book review

My Cancer Is Me: The Journey from Illness to Wholeness

by Vijay Bhat & Nilima Bhat

Website of the author

Never Fear cancer Again

by Dr Raymond Francis

Preview

Now It's Funny: How I Survived Cancer Divorce and Other Looming Disasters

by Michael Solomon

Book review

So It's Cancer: Now What?

by Ranjana Srivastava

An overview

Tales from the Tail End: My Cancer Diary

by Ananya Mukherjee

Book review

Thank You Cancer

by Megha Bajaj

Synopsis

The Cancer Survivors Club

by Chris Geiger

An overview

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

by Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee

Book review

The Test of My Life

by Yuvraj Singh

Book review

To Cancer With Love - My Journey of Joy

by Neelam Kumar

Book review

What Helped Me Get Through

Edited by Julie K. Silver

An overview

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi

Book review