The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Siddhartha Mukherjee accomplished something really difficult in The Emperor of All Maladies. He gave his readers super technical and scientific information about the origins and future of cancer... while also showing a sensitive and empathetic respect to those whose lives have been affected by this disease. In giving cancer a face, I feel that Mukherjee gives cancer victims (both those stricken by the disease and their loved ones) a bad-guy they can focus on. The book disc
