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Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, adapted as a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer.
Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years.
The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist.
Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.
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“A beautifully written account of the ingenuity, hubris, courage, and utter confusion humankind has brought to its attempts to grapple with cancer.”
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“A brilliant, riveting history of the disease.”
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“Mukherjee has a storyteller’s flair and a gift for translating complex medical concepts into simple language.”
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“He imbues decades of painstaking laboratory investigation with the suspense of a mystery novel and urgency of a thriller.”
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“[A] surprisingly accessible and encouraging narrative.”
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“Mukherjee’s formidable intelligence and compassion produce a stunning account.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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A New York Times Pick of Best Books of the Century
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Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction
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Winner of the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
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Winner of the London Guardian First Book Award
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A New York Times Bestseller
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A Time Magazine Best Book of the Year
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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
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Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
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A #1 Amazon Bestseller in Oncology
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Finalist for the Audie Award for Best Narration
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About Siddhartha Mukherjee
Siddhartha Mukherjee is the multiaward-winning author of several books, including The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. He has published articles in many journals, including Nature, the New England Journal of Medicine, Cell, the New York Times Magazine, and the New Yorker. In 2023, he was elected as a new member of the National Academy of Medicine. He is an associate professor of medicine at Columbia University and a cancer physician and researcher. A Rhodes scholar, he graduated from Stanford University, University of Oxford, and Harvard Medical School. Visit his website at: SiddharthaMukherjee.com
About Fred Sanders
Fred Sanders, an actor and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has received critics’ praise for his audio narrations that range from nonfiction, memoir, and fiction to mystery and suspense. He been seen on Broadway in The Buddy Holly Story, in national tours for Driving Miss Daisy and Big River, and on such television shows as Seinfeld, The West Wing, Will and Grace, Numb3rs,Titus, and Malcolm in the Middle. His films include Sea of Love, The Shadow, and the Oscar-nominated short Culture. He is a native New Yorker and Yale graduate.