NBCC nominees: the best 5 nonfiction books of 2010

4. The Emperor of All Maladies, by Siddhartha Mukherjee

"The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer," by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Simon & Schuster, 571 pp.)

In this “biography” of cancer, physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee traces appearances of cancer dating back thousands of years and then works his way up through the 20th-century attempts to cure, control, and conquer the disease. Mukherjee writes that he hopes to "demystify" cancer for his readers.

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