The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionA Grief Observed by C.S. LewisA Monster Calls by Patrick NessThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Books About Grief
351 books — 266 voters
Being Mortal by Atul GawandeKnocking on Heaven's Door by Katy ButlerCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz ChastParley After Life - DIY Guide to Death and other Taxes by Robby MillerFinal Balance by Stephen   Black
Best Books on Death with Dignity
12 books — 14 voters

Wild by Cheryl StrayedThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionFeeling Left Behind by Kim MurdockA Grief Observed by C.S. LewisAn Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
Memoirs About Grief
180 books — 151 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyHamlet by William ShakespeareFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality
582 books — 264 voters