How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final ChapterModern · Nonfiction, Medicine, Science
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
1994 · 278 pages · Nonfiction
53
Modern
★ 4.07 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1994). 4.07★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
53Must-Read Score
- Critics70 out of 100 · counts 35%+28
- Readers45 out of 100 · counts 50%+25
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #36 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #141 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #441 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (1994)
Shortlisted
- Pulitzer Prize (General Nonfiction) finalist (1995)
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (1994)
Reads as
Thought-provoking, True story
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