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Interesting books about cemeteries - nonfiction only. Please keep books about haunted cemeteries to a minimum :-)

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1	San Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History by Beth Winegarner (Goodreads Author) 4.65 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Necropolis: London and Its Dead by Catharine Arnold (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 2,250 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and its Symbols, 1650–1815 by Allen Ludwig 4.42 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Grave Tales: Melbourne Vol.1 by Helen Goltz (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Bonaventure Cemetery: Savannah, GA by Charles St Arnaud 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Mount Carmel and Queen of Heaven Cemeteries (Images of America: Illinois) by Jenny Floro-Khalaf 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	London's Dead: A Guided Tour of the capital's dead by Ed Glinert 3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Oconee Hill Cemetery of Athens, Georgia - Volume 1, 2009 Revised Edition by Charlotte Thomas Marshall 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Bodysnatchers: Digging Up the Untold Stories of Britain's Resurrection Men by Suzie Lennox 3.69 avg rating — 120 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Tombstone Tourist: Musicians by Scott Stanton 4.05 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Faithful Unto Death: Pet cemeteries, animal graves, and eternal devotion by Paul Koudounaris 4.35 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Beautiful Death: Art of the Cemetery by David Robinson 4.11 avg rating — 241 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Historic Oakland Cemetery by Tevi Taliaferro 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Cemeteries Of New Orleans: A Journey Through The Cities Of The Dead by Jan Arrigo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Empires of the Dead: How One Man’s Vision Led to the Creation of WWI’s War Graves by David Crane 3.71 avg rating — 196 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Historic Oakland Cemetery of Atlanta: Speaking Stones by Cathy J. Kaemmerlen 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries by Matt Hucke (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Distant Grief: Australians, War Graves and the Great War by Bart Ziino 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Historic Bonaventure Cemetery: Photographs from the Collection of the Georgia Historical Society by Amie Marie Wilson 4.12 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	London's Cemeteries by Darren Beach 3.98 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography by Douglas Keister 4.14 avg rating — 847 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Missing in Action: Australia's World War I Grave Services, an astonishing true story of misconduct, fraud and hoaxing by Marianne van Velzen 3.62 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Cleveland Cemeteries: Stone, Symbols & Stories by Vicki Blum Vigil 3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery: An Illustrated History and Guide by Ren Davis 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Philadelphia Graveyards and Cemeteries by Thomas H. Keels 4.26 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Decoration Day in the Mountains: Traditions of Cemetery Decoration in the Southern Appalachians by Alan Jabbour 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Grave Tales: Brisbane by Helen Goltz (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The American Resting Place: 400 Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds by Marilyn Yalom 3.86 avg rating — 278 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Louisiana's Sacred Places: Churches, Cemeteries and Voodoo by Deborah Burst (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	New Orleans Cemeteries: Life in the Cities of the Dead by Mason Florence 4.14 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Cities of the Dead: The Ancestral Cemeteries of Kyrgyzstan by Margaret Morton really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Cemeteries (Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks) by Keith Eggener 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Dead Book: Burials In The City Cemetery Milledgeville, Georgia, 1869-1904 by Susan J. Harrington it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Restless Peace: Images from the Cemeteries of Paris (Volume 1) by Stephen Sharnoff 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Wish You Were Here: Adventures in Cemetery Travel by Loren Rhoads (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Where Valor Rests: Arlington National Cemetery by Rick Atkinson 4.57 avg rating — 128 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Honoring Ancestors in Sacred Space: The Archaeology of an Eighteenth-Century African-Bahamian Cemetery (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series) by Grace Turner it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	In Honored Glory: Arlington National Cemetery, The Final Post by Philip Bigler (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Grave Landscapes: The Nineteenth-Century Rural Cemetery Movement by James R. Cothran 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Historic Memory Hill Cemetery Milledgeville Georgia, 1804-1997: Milledgeville, Georgia by Susan J. Harrington; Hugh T. Harrington; Floride Moore Gardner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves by China Galland 3.54 avg rating — 199 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Lively Place: Mount Auburn, America's First Garden Cemetery, and Its Revolutionary and Literary Residents by Stephen Kendrick 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery: Where War Comes Home by Robert M. Poole 4.34 avg rating — 263 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	How to Read a Graveyard by Peter Stanford 3.62 avg rating — 114 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry (Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architecture and the Decorative Arts) by Daniel W. Patterson 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? A Tour of Presidential Gravesites by Brian Lamb (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 221 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars