Stand-up comic Schimmel was about to make it big: his HBO special was a huge hit and Fox had just picked up his sitcom. But his career plans took a turn when he was diagnosed with stage III non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Read his memoir for its colorful, laugh-out-loud humor and for Schimmel's moving account of how cancer changed him for the better.

Kathie Lee's kooky, outspoken cohost on the Today Show reveals, with warmth and humor, what it was like to get cancer—and get a divorce—in the same year. Buy it here.

Three years after calling home to tell her parents she'd given birth to a baby girl, newspaper columnist Corrigan placed a call to tell them she had breast cancer. In her engaging, deeply relatable memoir, she writes about the bonds of family: "Calling home. Instinctively. Even when all the paperwork—a marraige license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns—clearly indicates you're an adult, but all the same, there you are, clutching the phone and thanking God that you're still somebody's daughter."

Mischevious Miles Kington, one of England's best-loved humorists, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given only a few months to live. He decided to spend his remaining days riffing on his situation in this hilarious book, which is written as a series of letters to his literary agent Gill.

In her inspiring graphic memoir, Marchetto is shocked to discover she has breast cancer one month before her wedding. But the New Yorker cartoonist doesn’t let the disease keep her down: "Cancer, I’m going to kick your butt! And I’m going to do it in killer four-inch heels!" Available at Amazon.com.

Norton’s irreverent memoir chronicles not just her breast cancer experience, but also her offbeat life. Stories from her childhood (a somewhat racist ski trip, a family reunion at a Florida alligator farm) give insight into her humorous take on cancer while providing much comic relief in the face of harrowing treatments. Available at Amazon.com.

It’s Valentine’s Day and Baker, a mother of three, has an appointment with the oncologist. "Cancer is a bitch," she declares. "It doesn’t give a shit about my holidays." And so begins Baker’s sharp, funny, relatable tale of her experience with the disease-and the gnawing fear that it will come back. Or, as she puts it, every mammogram feels like a "call back" for an audition. Available at Amazon.com.

Engelberg channeled her intense feelings about breast cancer into this engaging, darkly funny graphic memoir, which follows the author as she gets treatments, meets with support groups and goes wig shopping. Available at Amazon.com.

What to do with a cancer diagnosis? After mapping out a course of action with her doctor, Lloyd decided to stop taking her family for granted and start living a better life. This involves throwing herself a party, healing through retail therapy and always looking her best before a chemo treatment. Available at Amazon.com.

Katan had a breast removed when she was diagnosed with cancer at 21. Ten years later, the disease re-entered her life. Here, she tells of picking up women while she’s bald, running two 10K races and swearing off crazy partners because "toxic girlfriends give me cancer," all with an enduring sense of humor. Available at Amazon.com.

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