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The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as dying)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,901,596 ratings — published 2012
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as dying)
avg rating 4.49 — 228,031 ratings — published 2014
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as dying)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,285,093 ratings — published 1997
When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 33 times as dying)
avg rating 4.41 — 858,753 ratings — published 2016
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as dying)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,294,230 ratings — published 2004
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dying)
avg rating 4.06 — 250,113 ratings — published 2003
The End of Your Life Book Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as dying)
avg rating 3.81 — 56,539 ratings — published 2012
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as dying)
avg rating 4.02 — 840,063 ratings — published 2003
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as dying)
avg rating 4.24 — 568,655 ratings — published 2008
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as dying)
avg rating 4.16 — 27,934 ratings — published 1969
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as dying)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,990,620 ratings — published 2005
Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as dying)
avg rating 3.71 — 2,236 ratings — published 2010
Tinkers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as dying)
avg rating 3.42 — 40,459 ratings — published 2009
The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as dying)
avg rating 4.48 — 54,182 ratings — published 2023
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as dying)
avg rating 4.16 — 32,873 ratings — published 2014
Benediction (Plainsong, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as dying)
avg rating 4.02 — 24,534 ratings — published 2013
Before I Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as dying)
avg rating 3.81 — 58,657 ratings — published 2007
The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as dying)
avg rating 3.93 — 325,262 ratings — published 2005
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as dying)
avg rating 3.75 — 912,729 ratings — published 2017
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (Harold Fry, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as dying)
avg rating 4.08 — 34,044 ratings — published 2014
If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as dying)
avg rating 3.91 — 981,737 ratings — published 2009
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dying)
avg rating 4.07 — 9,529 ratings — published 1994
Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dying)
avg rating 4.22 — 652,465 ratings — published 2021
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dying)
avg rating 3.80 — 55,058 ratings — published 2018
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as dying)
avg rating 4.20 — 33,784 ratings — published 1992
Going Bovine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dying)
avg rating 3.67 — 35,402 ratings — published 2009
The Last Lecture (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as dying)
avg rating 4.26 — 369,621 ratings — published 2008
Some Bright Nowhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dying)
avg rating 3.53 — 21,711 ratings — published 2025
Mortality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dying)
avg rating 4.12 — 30,237 ratings — published 2012
Before I Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dying)
avg rating 3.88 — 348,974 ratings — published 2010
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dying)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,081,635 ratings — published 1999
The Denial of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.04 — 17,087 ratings — published 1973
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.25 — 26,675 ratings — published 2022
With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.57 — 8,554 ratings — published 2017
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.12 — 49,830 ratings — published 2019
The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,779 ratings — published 2019
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.29 — 48,741 ratings — published 2017
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,290,148 ratings — published 2012
Gratitude (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.17 — 25,423 ratings — published 2015
Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,200 ratings — published 2013
Blue Nights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 3.95 — 52,460 ratings — published 2011
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.39 — 5,754 ratings — published 1992
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 3.51 — 150,346 ratings — published 2012
A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.34 — 298,329 ratings — published 2011
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 4.06 — 8,003 ratings — published 2007
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,492,193 ratings — published 2002
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dying)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,791,586 ratings — published 2005
The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as dying)
avg rating 4.45 — 262,122 ratings — published 2023
We All Want Impossible Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dying)
avg rating 3.94 — 66,253 ratings — published 2022
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as dying)
avg rating 4.30 — 46,002 ratings — published 2020
“It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, it’s how many things we have to quit all at once: holding hands, hotel rooms, music, the physics of falling leaves, vanilla and jasmine, poppies, smiling, anthills, the color of the sky, coffee and cashmere, literature, sparks and subway trains... If only one could leave this life slowly!”
― Hope and Despair
― Hope and Despair
“It’s not that we have to quit
this life one day, but it’s how
many things we have to quit
all at once: music, laughter,
the physics of falling leaves,
automobiles, holding hands,
the scent of rain, the concept
of subway trains... if only one
could leave this life slowly!”
― Rooftop Soliloquy
this life one day, but it’s how
many things we have to quit
all at once: music, laughter,
the physics of falling leaves,
automobiles, holding hands,
the scent of rain, the concept
of subway trains... if only one
could leave this life slowly!”
― Rooftop Soliloquy
