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by Viktor E. Frankl
by Paul Kalanithi
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it and find meaning in it.
Neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, diagnosed with terminal lung cancer at age 36, reflects on mortality, meaning, and what makes life worth living. Written in the final months of his life, it's a devastating and beautiful meditation on death and purpose.