i don't know if such a book exists. and i know chronic illness experiences aren't a monolith. appreciate any recommendations though. 🙂 by maladaptivemalarky Related: Literaturre from Ireland/U.K. Non-fantasy/scifi fiction novel with a main character who is crafting, building, tinkering a lot e.g. a kid during summer vacation building treehouses, gadgets in his freetime. I’m looking for something that a teenage boy who is into videogames would love to read. Recommendation needed – something like The Ploughmen Suggest me a book which entirely changed your perspective on life Books where unsettling/new/unexpected customs and tribal groups emerge
asimone00 on November 2, 2025 4:23 pm Not a book, but Joan Didion famously suffered from and wrote about debilitating migraines — here’s one of her essays, “[In Bed](https://fisherp.scripts.mit.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/InBed.pdf)”
seaotterbutt on November 2, 2025 4:33 pm All’s Well by Mona Awad explores this perspective, but it’s also very strange and might not be for everyone because of that
Present-Tadpole5226 on November 2, 2025 4:40 pm *A Brain Wider Than The Sky* It’s an essay, but *Spoon Theory*? [https://lymphoma-action.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/documents/2020-05/Spoon%20theory%20by%20Christine%20Miserandino.pdf](https://lymphoma-action.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/documents/2020-05/Spoon%20theory%20by%20Christine%20Miserandino.pdf)
Ok_Instruction7805 on November 2, 2025 4:43 pm The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey is a short, award-winning novel that let me understand life from the perspective of a bedridden young woman. It helped me appreciate what I have. It’s not depressing at all.
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Physical or mental?
Not a book, but Joan Didion famously suffered from and wrote about debilitating migraines — here’s one of her essays, “[In Bed](https://fisherp.scripts.mit.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/InBed.pdf)”
All’s Well by Mona Awad explores this perspective, but it’s also very strange and might not be for everyone because of that
*A Brain Wider Than The Sky*
It’s an essay, but *Spoon Theory*? [https://lymphoma-action.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/documents/2020-05/Spoon%20theory%20by%20Christine%20Miserandino.pdf](https://lymphoma-action.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/documents/2020-05/Spoon%20theory%20by%20Christine%20Miserandino.pdf)
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey is a short, award-winning novel that let me understand life from the perspective of a bedridden young woman. It helped me appreciate what I have. It’s not depressing at all.