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24 alternatives to Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Being Mortal launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Essentialism▲80

   The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   When Breath Becomes Air ▲63

   What makes a life worth living?

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Essentialism▲70

   The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Do No Harm▲55

   Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Surrender Experiment ▲61

   Surrendering to life

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Meaning of Things▲60

   Applying Philosophy to Life

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

   The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Happiness▲69

   A guide to developing life's most important skill

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Knowledge▲62

    A too close to true novel

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Practicing Mind▲62

    Developing focus and discipline in your life

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Road to Character▲73

    The deeper values that should inform our lives

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Waking Up▲71

    A guide to spirituality without religion

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Prosper!▲55

    How to create a world worth inheriting

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Winning Isn't Normal▲53

    Meditations on the art of ass-kicking

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Stiff▲62

    The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The End of Absence▲82

    Reclaiming what we've lost in a world of constant connection

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Tao Te Ching▲90

    Wisdom in action

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    How to Stop Worrying and Start Living▲59

    Time tested methods for conquering worrying

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Excellence Habit▲64

    How small changes in our mindset can make a big difference

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Mind Club▲67

    Who thinks, what feels and why it matters

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Meaningful▲69

    The story of ideas that fly

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Managing Oneself▲56

    We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →