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When Breath Becomes Air

2016 posthumous memoir by American neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, reflecting on his battle with lung cancer.

2 questions · 2 categories · As of Nov 12, 2026

Best category rank
#34
Biography & Memoir · of 345
Questions
2
2 categories
Answers naming it
6/12
Of the answers measured on this brand's questions

Visibility by category

CategoriesCategory rankQuestionsScore
Biography & Memoir#34of 345135.5
Non-Fiction#79of 237116.1

Ranking by question

Named alongside in Biography & Memoir

Brands named in the same answers as When Breath Becomes Air in the last four weeks, counted in answers.

  1. 111Educated
  2. 210Man's Search for Meaning
  3. 38Born a Crime
  4. 47I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  5. 56Paul Kalanithi
  6. 66Tara Westover
  7. 76The Glass Castle
  8. 85Becoming
  9. 95Wild
  10. 104Trevor Noah
  11. 114Viktor Frankl
  12. 124Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
  13. 134The Warmth of Other Suns
  14. 143Know My Name
  15. 153The Diary of a Young Girl
  16. 163A Short History of Nearly Everything
  17. 173Jeannette Walls
  18. 183Maya Angelou
  19. 193Michelle Obama
  20. 203Thinking, Fast and Slow

Sources cited when this brand is named

Sites the answers naming this brand cited in the last four weeks. Counts are citing answers.

Sources cited when this brand is named
RankSourceCiting answers
1penguinrandomhouse.com4
2goodreads.comreview and listing sites2
3rd.com2
4shortform.com2
5bookriot.com2
6camillestyles.com2
7assets.penguinrandomhouse.com1
8biography.com1
9bookauthority.org1
10bookbub.com1

Named by surface, by question

For the brand's best questions: of each surface's 1 answers, how many named it.

Named by surface, by question
QuestionsGoogle AI OverviewsChatGPTClaudeGeminiGoogle AI ModeMicrosoft Copilot
1Which memoirs are most inspiring to read?011101
2What are the best non-fiction books to read?000101