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dad passed away - requesting reading recommendations

Hi reddit - my dad passed away 10 days ago. I am looking for reading material dealing broadly with the subject of death and existence. I would love some recommendations for good philosophical writing that you found meaningful or interesting or compelling. What are your favorites? Thank you!
gpt
I'd recommend Tolstoy's novella **The Death of Ivan Ilyich**.

It's one of the greatest works of philosophical fiction written.
Martin Heidegger emphasizes it as an expression of Being towards death in his seminal work *Being and Time*