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Also a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi wrote this book after being diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer at the age of 36—and it was published to enormous acclaim shortly after his death a year later. Kalanithi was motivated “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life,” and it is this searching, compassionate tone that marks his book out. Deeply moving and—against all odds—life affirming. Make sure you keep tissues close at hand.
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