Stiff by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyThe Undead by Dick TeresiWhack Job by Rachel McCarthy JamesSevered by Frances Larson
O Death
259 books — 19 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 — 23 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
196 books — 32 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
133 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
68 books — 16 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality
592 books — 266 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 — 545 voters