I've read a few books that deal with cancer, but hardly any that deal with it in the selfless more true to life way TFiOS does. This is probably the only "cancer" book I would comfortably recommend to my friends who have recently lost parents to the disease, because it showed a focus on life with cancer than a life controlled by it that to me whilst sad was extremely comforting, something that I wish came through more in books that deal with this difficult subject. Definitely John's best book in my opinion and couldn't put it down, I recommend to EVERYONE.