When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I like reading dying memoirs. I think death provides a lot of clarity and generally, in the last moments, people start accepting reality. After doing meditation for a year or two, you start to get a realization that everything is impermanent except death. It's a positive feeling rather than a negative one. You start understanding the importance of time and start focusing on things that are valuable to you.
I really liked this book. One thing that will perplex your mind is the ironies in the life of Paul Kalanithi: an English major returning to writing, a doctor becoming a patient, a new life was born when one was dying, etc.
If this book doesn't move you (especially the epilogue by his wife), you probably are not a human.
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