Books like The top five regrets of the dying

The top five regrets of the dying by Bronnie Ware reads as poignant, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch · 2008

Both explore mortality

62% genome match

How to Save Your Own Life

Michael Gates Gill · 2009

Same memoir feel

65% genome match

A Not Entirely Benign Procedure

Perri Klass · 1987

Both explore mortality

63% genome match

Black box thinking

Matthew Syed · 2015

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Final gifts

Maggie Callanan · 1992

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Anatomy of an illness as perceived by the patient

Norman Cousins · 1979

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

The language of kindness

Christie Watson · 2018

Same memoir feel

61% genome match

Think big

Ben Carson · 1992

Both explore personal-growth

73% genome match

El mundo amarillo

Albert Espinosa · 2008

Same memoir feel

59% genome match

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi · 2016

Both explore mortality

83% genome match

Outlive

Peter Attia · 2023

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Black man in a white coat

Damon Tweedy · 2015

Same memoir feel

59% genome match