When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air is a posthumously published memoir by Paul Kalanithi, a Stanford neurosurgeon who was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in his mid-thirties. The book chronicles his journey from medical student to neurosurgeon and then to patient, as he grapples with his inoperable diagnosis and contemplates death. Kalanithi reflects on mortality, the doctor-patient relationship, and finding meaning and hope in the face of adversity.