⏳ Aging And Loss

Tender, unflinching books about growing older and watching the world you knew — people, capacities, certainties — slowly recede. These works find meaning in diminishment and beauty in what remains.

Somewhere Towards the End

by Diana Athill • 2008

At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.

3.72

3k+

📖 Literary Memoir ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👩 Women'S Lives

Somewhere Towards the End 89%

At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.

by Diana Athill 2008

3.72

3k+ ratings

📖 Literary Memoir ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👩 Women'S Lives

Las gratitudes

by Delphine de Vigan • 2019

A woman losing language searches for the strangers who saved her during the war, to thank them.

4.33

57k+

🕯️ Aging And Dignity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🗣️ Language Loss

Las gratitudes 89%

A woman losing language searches for the strangers who saved her during the war, to thank them.

by Delphine de Vigan 2019

4.33

57k+ ratings

🕯️ Aging And Dignity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🗣️ Language Loss

Aging Thoughtfully

by Martha C. Nussbaum • 2017

Wrinkles, retirement, and desire: a moral philosopher's guide to the challenges of growing old.

3.42

119

🏛️ Philosophy Of Aging 📊 Retirement Policy 🧬 Aging Bodies

Aging Thoughtfully 88%

Wrinkles, retirement, and desire: a moral philosopher's guide to the challenges of growing old.

by Martha C. Nussbaum 2017

3.42

119 ratings

🏛️ Philosophy Of Aging 📊 Retirement Policy 🧬 Aging Bodies

How to Age

by Anne Karpf • 2014

You were born aging. The fear is cultural, not biological, and it can be unlearned.

3.66

477

🏛️ Aging And Culture ⚖️ Ageism 👩 Aging And Gender

How to Age 88%

You were born aging. The fear is cultural, not biological, and it can be unlearned.

by Anne Karpf 2014

3.66

477 ratings

🏛️ Aging And Culture ⚖️ Ageism 👩 Aging And Gender

Old Age

by Michael Kinsley • 2016

Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.

3.20

2k+

🧠 Parkinson'S Disease ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👶 Boomer Generation

Old Age 88%

Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.

by Michael Kinsley 2016

3.20

2k+ ratings

🧠 Parkinson'S Disease ⏳ Aging And Mortality 👶 Boomer Generation

On the Brink of Everything

by Parker J. Palmer • 2018

The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.

4.06

2k+

🧘 Conscious Aging 📿 Spiritual Memoir 🕯️ Contemplative Practice

On the Brink of Everything 88%

The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.

by Parker J. Palmer 2018

4.06

2k+ ratings

🧘 Conscious Aging 📿 Spiritual Memoir 🕯️ Contemplative Practice

Everyman by Philip Roth

by Philip Roth • 2006

He was a good boy who became a bad husband, and now his heart is closing.

3.63

22k+

🪦 Mortality Meditation 🫀 Body As Betrayer 💔 Infidelity And Guilt

Everyman by Philip Roth 87%

He was a good boy who became a bad husband, and now his heart is closing.

by Philip Roth 2006

3.63

22k+ ratings

🪦 Mortality Meditation 🫀 Body As Betrayer 💔 Infidelity And Guilt

Hector and the Search for Lost Time

by François Lelord • 2006

A psychiatrist follows a vanished monk to the Arctic, searching for why life feels too short.

3.65

1k+

🦊 Philosophical Fable ⏳ Aging And Mortality 🔄 Midlife Reflection

Hector and the Search for Lost Time Summary

Hector and the Search for Lost Time 87%

A psychiatrist follows a vanished monk to the Arctic, searching for why life feels too short.

by François Lelord 2006

3.65

1k+ ratings

🦊 Philosophical Fable ⏳ Aging And Mortality 🔄 Midlife Reflection

A Matter of Death and Life

by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021

A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.

4.40

10k+

🪦 Grief Memoir 🛋️ Existential Therapy 💀 Death Acceptance

A Matter of Death and Life 87%

A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.

by Irvin D. Yalom 2021

4.40

10k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoir 🛋️ Existential Therapy 💀 Death Acceptance

Delirious

by Damien Wilkins • 2024

Thirty years on, their son's killer wants to meet. Mary and Pete are leaving his home.

3.83

885

😔 Grieving Parents 👴 Aging Couple 🏘️ Retirement Community

Delirious 87%

Thirty years on, their son's killer wants to meet. Mary and Pete are leaving his home.

by Damien Wilkins 2024

3.83

885 ratings

😔 Grieving Parents 👴 Aging Couple 🏘️ Retirement Community

Montauk

by Max Frisch • 1975

At Montauk with a young woman, an aging writer confronts every life he failed to live.

3.82

3k+

🖋️ Autobiographical Novel 💔 Age Gap Relationship ⏳ Brief Encounter

Montauk 87%

At Montauk with a young woman, an aging writer confronts every life he failed to live.

by Max Frisch 1975

3.82

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Autobiographical Novel 💔 Age Gap Relationship ⏳ Brief Encounter

How to Grow Old

by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Old age as the summit, not the slide: Cicero's ancient case, still undiminished.

4.06

1k+

🏛️ Stoicism 📜 Ancient Philosophy 🧓 Philosophy Of Aging

How to Grow Old 87%

Old age as the summit, not the slide: Cicero's ancient case, still undiminished.

by Marcus Tullius Cicero

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Stoicism 📜 Ancient Philosophy 🧓 Philosophy Of Aging

How to Live Forever

by Marc Freedman • 2018

Everyone's chasing a longer life. The real answer is pouring yours into the generation behind you.

3.81

126

🤝 Age Integration 💞 Generational Bonds 🎯 Purposeful Aging

How to Live Forever 87%

Everyone's chasing a longer life. The real answer is pouring yours into the generation behind you.

by Marc Freedman 2018

3.81

126 ratings

🤝 Age Integration 💞 Generational Bonds 🎯 Purposeful Aging

Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor

by Micht Albom • 2013

Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.

4.10

🏥 Illness Memoir 🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom 🤝 Humanistic Philosophy

Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor 87%

Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.

by Micht Albom 2013

4.10

29 ratings

🏥 Illness Memoir 🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom 🤝 Humanistic Philosophy

30 Lessons for Living

by Karl Pillemer • 2011

What 1,000 older Americans wish they'd known at your age. None of them said money.

4.11

3k+

🧓 Elder Wisdom 🌅 Aging Well ⏳ Living Without Regret

30 Lessons for Living 87%

What 1,000 older Americans wish they'd known at your age. None of them said money.

by Karl Pillemer 2011

4.11

3k+ ratings

🧓 Elder Wisdom 🌅 Aging Well ⏳ Living Without Regret

The Summer of the Great-Grandmother

by Madeleine L'Engle • 1974

One summer, her ninety-year-old mother forgot her. Four generations in one house. No one was ready.

4.16

3k+

🏠 Family Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 👵 Aging Parents

The Summer of the Great-Grandmother Summary

The Summer of the Great-Grandmother 87%

One summer, her ninety-year-old mother forgot her. Four generations in one house. No one was ready.

by Madeleine L'Engle 1974

4.16

3k+ ratings

🏠 Family Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 👵 Aging Parents

Elderhood

by Louise Aronson • 2019

A geriatrician's diagnosis: ageism is the last tolerated prejudice, right in your doctor's office.

3.96

2k+

🩺 Geriatric Medicine 🏥 Ageism In Healthcare 💊 Medicalization Of Aging

Elderhood 87%

A geriatrician's diagnosis: ageism is the last tolerated prejudice, right in your doctor's office.

by Louise Aronson 2019

3.96

2k+ ratings

🩺 Geriatric Medicine 🏥 Ageism In Healthcare 💊 Medicalization Of Aging

Death and the Gardener

by Georgi Gospodinov • 2024

A son tends his dying father, a gardener, finding that stories root where words cannot.

4.44

13k+

🕯️ Parental Loss 🪢 Father-Son Bond 🏥 Terminal Illness

Death and the Gardener 87%

A son tends his dying father, a gardener, finding that stories root where words cannot.

by Georgi Gospodinov 2024

4.44

13k+ ratings

🕯️ Parental Loss 🪢 Father-Son Bond 🏥 Terminal Illness

Baumgartner

by Paul Auster • 2023

An elderly professor, a decade into widowhood, still makes coffee for his dead wife.

3.72

18k+

🖤 Grieving Widower 🕰️ Aging And Memory 💔 Embodied Grief

Baumgartner 87%

An elderly professor, a decade into widowhood, still makes coffee for his dead wife.

by Paul Auster 2023

3.72

18k+ ratings

🖤 Grieving Widower 🕰️ Aging And Memory 💔 Embodied Grief

Being Mortal

by Atul Gawande • 2014

Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.

4.49

220k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 👴 Aging With Dignity 💀 Facing Mortality

Being Mortal 87%

Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.

by Atul Gawande 2014

4.49

220k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 👴 Aging With Dignity 💀 Facing Mortality

From Age-ing to Sage-ing

by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi • 1995

The spiritual curriculum no one teaches: how to turn your final decades from decline into meaning.

3.99

368

🌅 Conscious Aging 👴 Elderhood 📝 Life Review

From Age-ing to Sage-ing 87%

The spiritual curriculum no one teaches: how to turn your final decades from decline into meaning.

by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi 1995

3.99

368 ratings

🌅 Conscious Aging 👴 Elderhood 📝 Life Review

Ageless Soul

by Thomas Moore • 2017

What if aging deepens rather than diminishes you? A soul path through the later years.

3.90

430

🧠 Conscious Aging 🙏 Spiritual Psychology 📖 Life Review

Ageless Soul 87%

What if aging deepens rather than diminishes you? A soul path through the later years.

by Thomas Moore 2017

3.90

430 ratings

🧠 Conscious Aging 🙏 Spiritual Psychology 📖 Life Review

Dancing Fish and Ammonites

by Penelope Lively • 2013

A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.

3.65

1k+

📖 Literary Memoir 🏺 Material Memory 📚 Reading Life

Dancing Fish and Ammonites 87%

A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.

by Penelope Lively 2013

3.65

1k+ ratings

📖 Literary Memoir 🏺 Material Memory 📚 Reading Life

Come of Age

by Stephen Jenkinson • 2018

More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.

4.25

173

🪦 Death And Dying 🔍 Cultural Criticism ⏳ Limits And Endings

Come of Age 87%

More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.

by Stephen Jenkinson 2018

4.25

173 ratings

🪦 Death And Dying 🔍 Cultural Criticism ⏳ Limits And Endings

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers

by Barry J. Jacobs • 2006

The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.

3.93

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 💪 Emotional Resilience

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers Summary

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers 87%

The emotional roadmap: care for your aging parent without losing your marriage, sanity, or self.

by Barry J. Jacobs 2006

3.93

57 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving 👴 Elder Care 💪 Emotional Resilience

Passages in Caregiving

by Gail Sheehy • 2010

No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.

4.13

287

🧓 Elder Care 🤝 Caregiver Support 🏥 Healthcare Navigation

Passages in Caregiving 87%

No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.

by Gail Sheehy 2010

4.13

287 ratings

🧓 Elder Care 🤝 Caregiver Support 🏥 Healthcare Navigation

My Father's Brain

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

4.13

2k+

🧠 Dementia Care 🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir

My Father's Brain 87%

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2023

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir

The Missing Piece

by Shel Silverstein • 1976

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

4.28

32k+

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable

The Missing Piece 87%

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

by Shel Silverstein 1976

4.28

32k+ ratings

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable

The Last Romantics

by Tara Conklin • 2019

After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.

3.70

49k+

💔 Parental Neglect ⭐ Golden Boy Downfall ✍️ Writer Narrator

The Last Romantics 87%

After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.

by Tara Conklin 2019

3.70

49k+ ratings

💔 Parental Neglect ⭐ Golden Boy Downfall ✍️ Writer Narrator

Happiness Is a Choice You Make

by John Leland • 2018

People with positive views of aging live 7.5 years longer. Six elders over 85 show why.

3.72

4k+

👵 Positive Aging 👴 Elder Wisdom 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Happiness Is a Choice You Make 87%

People with positive views of aging live 7.5 years longer. Six elders over 85 show why.

by John Leland 2018

3.72

4k+ ratings

👵 Positive Aging 👴 Elder Wisdom 🙏 Gratitude Practice

The Name of the World

by Denis Johnson • 2000

A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.

3.55

3k+

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

The Name of the World 87%

A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.

by Denis Johnson 2000

3.55

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Quiet Melancholy

Dementia Reimagined

by Tia Powell • 2019

Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.

3.90

445

🧠 Dementia Care 🧓 Aging And Health 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care

Dementia Reimagined 87%

Alzheimer's drugs fail 99.6 percent of the time. A physician's case for joy over cure.

by Tia Powell 2019

3.90

445 ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 🧓 Aging And Health 🕊️ End-Of-Life Care

Travels with Epicurus

by Daniel Klein • 2012

On a Greek island, one man discovers that Epicurus had old age figured out.

3.82

4k+

🧓 Philosophy Of Aging 🏛️ Epicurean Philosophy 🌿 Aging With Intention

Travels with Epicurus 87%

On a Greek island, one man discovers that Epicurus had old age figured out.

by Daniel Klein 2012

3.82

4k+ ratings

🧓 Philosophy Of Aging 🏛️ Epicurean Philosophy 🌿 Aging With Intention

The Heart of Winter

by Jonathan Evison • 2025

Ruth's loose tooth is cancer. Abe is ninety. Their sixty-eight-year marriage faces its final winter.

4.07

9k+

🕰️ Decades-Spanning Marriage 🧬 Generational Family Saga 🕯️ Aging And Mortality

The Heart of Winter 87%

Ruth's loose tooth is cancer. Abe is ninety. Their sixty-eight-year marriage faces its final winter.

by Jonathan Evison 2025

4.07

9k+ ratings

🕰️ Decades-Spanning Marriage 🧬 Generational Family Saga 🕯️ Aging And Mortality

Necessary Losses

by Judith Viorst • 1986

From your mother's arms to your own mortality, every step of growth requires a loss.

4.07

4k+

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🕯️ Grief Work

Necessary Losses 87%

From your mother's arms to your own mortality, every step of growth requires a loss.

by Judith Viorst 1986

4.07

4k+ ratings

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🕯️ Grief Work

The Geography of Memory

by Jeanne Murray Walker • 2013

She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.

3.98

117

🧠 Alzheimer'S Caregiving 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Family Stories

The Geography of Memory 87%

She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.

by Jeanne Murray Walker 2013

3.98

117 ratings

🧠 Alzheimer'S Caregiving 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Family Stories

The Age of Dignity

by Ai-jen Poo • 2015

Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.

3.88

413

🧓 Elder Care 🥪 Sandwich Generation 📜 Aging Policy

The Age of Dignity 87%

Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.

by Ai-jen Poo 2015

3.88

413 ratings

🧓 Elder Care 🥪 Sandwich Generation 📜 Aging Policy

A Heart That Works

by Rob Delaney • 2022

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

4.62

35k+

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir

A Heart That Works 87%

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

by Rob Delaney 2022

4.62

35k+ ratings

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir

The Gift of Years

by Joan D. Chittister • 2008

Getting older is not decline; it is the stage where life's deepest gifts finally arrive.

4.22

2k+

🕊️ Aging And Spirituality 🌱 Positive Aging 📖 Life Review

The Gift of Years 87%

Getting older is not decline; it is the stage where life's deepest gifts finally arrive.

by Joan D. Chittister 2008

4.22

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Aging And Spirituality 🌱 Positive Aging 📖 Life Review

The Tartar Steppe

by Dino Buzzati • 1940

A young officer at a remote fort waits a lifetime for a battle that never comes.

4.20

43k+

🏰 Existential Allegory ⏳ Wasted Life 🇮🇹 Italian Modernism

The Tartar Steppe 87%

A young officer at a remote fort waits a lifetime for a battle that never comes.

by Dino Buzzati 1940

4.20

43k+ ratings

🏰 Existential Allegory ⏳ Wasted Life 🇮🇹 Italian Modernism

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

by Charles Bukowski • 1986

Five cats, a bottle, and a typewriter: what survival looks like when you stop pretending.

4.17

19k+

🖋️ Confessional Poetry 🚬 Dirty Realism 🍷 Alcoholism And Art

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense Summary

You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense 87%

Five cats, a bottle, and a typewriter: what survival looks like when you stop pretending.

by Charles Bukowski 1986

4.17

19k+ ratings

🖋️ Confessional Poetry 🚬 Dirty Realism 🍷 Alcoholism And Art

Why We Die

by Venki Ramakrishnan • 2024

100,000 DNA hits daily: why youth survives, but age still wins.

4.03

3k+

🧬 Aging Biology 🧫 Cellular Senescence ⚡ Mitochondria

Why We Die 87%

100,000 DNA hits daily: why youth survives, but age still wins.

by Venki Ramakrishnan 2024

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧬 Aging Biology 🧫 Cellular Senescence ⚡ Mitochondria

How to Stop Time / The Humans / The Radleys

by Matt Haig

He's 400 years old. His society forbids love. Then a colleague recognizes him from a past life.

3.33

🐢 Slow Aging 🕵️ Secret Societies 🏝️ Solitude

How to Stop Time / The Humans / The Radleys Summary

How to Stop Time / The Humans / The Radleys 87%

He's 400 years old. His society forbids love. Then a colleague recognizes him from a past life.

by Matt Haig

3.33

21 ratings

🐢 Slow Aging 🕵️ Secret Societies 🏝️ Solitude

I've Decided to Live 120 Years

by Ilchi Lee • 2017

Post-retirement life spans decades. A body-mind-spirit plan to fill them with growth, not decline.

4.12

339

🧬 Longevity Practices 🌅 Conscious Aging 🏡 Second Half Of Life

I've Decided to Live 120 Years 87%

Post-retirement life spans decades. A body-mind-spirit plan to fill them with growth, not decline.

by Ilchi Lee 2017

4.12

339 ratings

🧬 Longevity Practices 🌅 Conscious Aging 🏡 Second Half Of Life

Mr Salary

by Sally Rooney • 2016

For her dying father, she returns to Dublin and the older man she has never left.

3.73

43k+

📚 Literary Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 💭 Unspoken Attraction

Mr Salary 87%

For her dying father, she returns to Dublin and the older man she has never left.

by Sally Rooney 2016

3.73

43k+ ratings

📚 Literary Romance 🕰️ Age Gap 💭 Unspoken Attraction

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

by Rachel Joyce • 2012

A retired brewer walks across England, certain his walk alone can keep a dying friend alive.

3.94

196k+

🛤️ Pilgrimage Story 👴 Elderly Protagonist 💍 Marriage In Crisis

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry 86%

A retired brewer walks across England, certain his walk alone can keep a dying friend alive.

by Rachel Joyce 2012

3.94

196k+ ratings

🛤️ Pilgrimage Story 👴 Elderly Protagonist 💍 Marriage In Crisis

The View from Ninety

by Charles B. Handy • 2025

At ninety, a former Shell executive reveals what the corporation could never teach him.

3.94

231

🧓 Elder Wisdom 📚 Management Humanism 🌊 Embracing Uncertainty

The View from Ninety 86%

At ninety, a former Shell executive reveals what the corporation could never teach him.

by Charles B. Handy 2025

3.94

231 ratings

🧓 Elder Wisdom 📚 Management Humanism 🌊 Embracing Uncertainty

Etta and Otto and Russell and James

by Emma Hooper • 2015

An elderly woman with fading memory walks from Saskatchewan to the ocean she has never seen.

3.67

15k+

🧠 Memory Loss 👵 Late-Life Quest 🐺 Talking Animal

Etta and Otto and Russell and James Summary

Etta and Otto and Russell and James 86%

An elderly woman with fading memory walks from Saskatchewan to the ocean she has never seen.

by Emma Hooper 2015

3.67

15k+ ratings

🧠 Memory Loss 👵 Late-Life Quest 🐺 Talking Animal

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

by Gabriel García Márquez • 2004

At ninety, a lifelong bachelor discovers love while watching a fourteen-year-old girl sleep.

3.57

99k+

📖 Literary Novella 🌅 Love In Old Age 💤 Unconsummated Love

Memories of My Melancholy Whores Summary

Memories of My Melancholy Whores 86%

At ninety, a lifelong bachelor discovers love while watching a fourteen-year-old girl sleep.

by Gabriel García Márquez 2004

3.57

99k+ ratings

📖 Literary Novella 🌅 Love In Old Age 💤 Unconsummated Love

Midlife

by Kieran Setiya • 2017

A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.

3.56

3k+

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💀 Mortality Acceptance

Midlife 86%

A philosopher's diagnosis of the midlife crisis: you're chasing goals when you need meaning.

by Kieran Setiya 2017

3.56

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💀 Mortality Acceptance

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