Stiff by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyDe Rerum Natura by David HillstromThe Undead by Dick TeresiWhack Job by Rachel McCarthy James
O Death
260 books — 21 voters

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyStiff by Mary RoachFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyThe Art of Dying Well by Katy ButlerWith the End in Mind by Kathryn Mannix
Death Positivity: Non Fiction
63 books — 24 voters

Being Mortal by Atul GawandeWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiSacred Dying by Megory AndersonSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyThe Good Death by Ann Neumann
End-of-Life Books
194 books — 31 voters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyStiff by Mary RoachWorking Stiff by Judy MelinekBeing Mortal by Atul Gawande
Thanatology 101
132 books — 41 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtySmoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyThe American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica MitfordAll That Remains by Sue Black
Mortuary Reads
65 books — 16 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

Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 541 voters