Emperor of All Maladies

By: Siddhartha Mukherjee

Published by Scribner, 2025-11-25

<b>WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE * A <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>TOP 100 BOOK OF THE CENTURY * A <i>NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW </i>BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A <i>TIME</i> ALL-TIME 100 NONFICTION BOOK</b><br> <br><b>Updated with FOUR NEW MAJOR CHAPTERS illuminating the new developments in cancer detection, prevention, treatment, and understanding in the fifteen years since the book’s first publication, this <i>New York Times </i>bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (<i>The New Yorker</i>)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer.</b><br><br>Siddhartha Mukherjee’s <i>The Emperor of All Maladies </i>became an instant classic when it was published in 2010<i>. </i>A magnificent, humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic 20th century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence—<i>The Emperor</i> <i>of All Maladies </i>is one of the most highly acclaimed books of its time.<br> <br>In the years since Mukherjee dazzled readers with <i>The Emperor of All Maladies</i>, much has changed in the universe of cancer—in our understanding of its causes; in our attempts to prevent it; and in the revolutionary new treatments. In four profound and revelatory new chapters—essentially a new book about cancer—he illuminates this disease with both a bird’s eye view of the landscape and an acute focus on the role of the cell. He also looks at imminent new studies—and to the future. <br> <br>Riveting, audacious, and now more urgent than ever in this vast update, <i>The Emperor of All Maladies </i>is a masterpiece.