Being Mortal - Atul Gawande

An interesting read for anyone who is getting older.  He really shift the focus from extending life to extending quality of life for the time that you have.  From the book, you get a number of things to think about before you get to those last stages of your life.  The most important is to think about what are the things in your daily life that you want to maintain the most, and then build your life around supporting these things as much as possible.  This thinking involves planning where and in what sort of situation you will live, what your goals will be as you lose abilities or become ill.
Worth revisiting every so often.

Quicksand - Henning Menkell

A set of short pieces from this Swedish author, written between his cancer diagnosis and his death.  A mix of reminiscences about childhood, growing up and his time in Africa; thinking about what really matters in life; looking at his path; stories that come to mind and why; life lessons to pass on.