Humorous (Yes, Humorous!) Books about Battling Breast Cancer

Of all the amazing women I know who have done battle with breast cancer (my sister, my mother, my friends, my coworkers, my relatives) there is one thing they all have in common - they faced their battle with humor as a weapon.

My sister Heather had to have her fake Billy Bob teeth in before going to chemotherapy, my mother Becky proudly shows off her 5 breast tattoos (used to line up her radiation), my friend Julie sent out, as her Christmas cards, a picture of her, her husband, and their two boys, all proudly donning bald heads. Humor is a MUST when facing the fear, pain, and mystery of breast cancer.

Books that tackle breast cancer are few and far between. No one wants to put "laughter" and "breast cancer" in the same sentence - yet the books on the list below do so and do so with great success. Please think about picking up one of these books for a woman in your life in the midst of her own fight - I think you'll find it will be her most favorite gift.

1. The Courage Muscle - A Chicken's Guide to Living with Breast Cancer
2. My One-Night Stand with Cancer: A Memoir
3. Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy
4. The Victoria's Secret Catalog Never Stops Coming: And Other Lessons I Learned from Breast Cancer
5. B.O.O.B.S: A Bunch of Outrageous Breast Cancer Survivors Tell Their Stories of Courage, Hope, and Healing
6. I'm Alive and the Doctor's Dead
7. Breast Cancer? Let Me Check My Schedule
8. Humor After the Tumor
9. The Feisty Woman's Breast Cancer Book
10. No Mountain Too High: A Triumph over Breast Cancer : The Story of the Women of Expedition Inspiration
11. Plant A Geranium In Your Cranium
12. Breast Cancer Be-Attitudes!
13. Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Breast Cancer
14. Breast Cancer for Dummies
15. Uplift : Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors
16. Mammograms and Mastectomies: Facing Them With Humor and Prayer
17. Complete Idiot's Guide to Living with Breast Cancer
18. Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
19. Red Devil: To Hell with Cancer and Back
20. Dreamwalk: A Survivor's Journey Through Breast Cancer
21. Don't Count Me Out: Surviving Breast Cancer
22. Bosom Buddies : Lessons and Laughter on Breast Health and Cancer
23. Breast Cancer Husband : How to Help Your Wife (and Yourself) during Diagnosis, Treatment and Beyond
24. Various Breast Cancer Support Books