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The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanMina and the Undead by Amy McCawWait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing HahnRuined by Paula MorrisThe Legend of Decimus Croome by Kevin Purdy
YA & Middle Grade Graveyards
136 books — 64 voters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyStiff by Mary RoachWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals ... by Caitlin DoughtySevered by Frances Larson
Non-Fiction Books About Death and Death Culture
173 books — 48 voters

Same Old Truths by Delora DennisThe Green Reaper by Elizabeth FournierDéjà Dead by Kathy ReichsThe Coroner's Lunch by Colin CotterillThe Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
Death becomes him or her
128 books — 43 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 — 40 voters

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 & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyStiff by Mary RoachWorking Stiff by Judy MelinekFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyDeath by Joanna Ebenstein
Death Studies
45 books — 18 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyGrave Peril by Jim ButcherThird Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda JonesStiff by Mary Roach
Title Challenge: Cemeteries
370 books — 17 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

Wild Oats by Pamela MorsiCasket Cache by Janice J. RichardsonThe Thoughts & Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Super... by Wendy JonesThe Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan BannenThe Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley by Jeremy Massey
FICTION: Funeral-based jobs (Mortician, Funeral Director, Undertaker, etc)
39 books — 16 voters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyStiff by Mary RoachFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyThe Good Death by Ann NeumannThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Best Books About Death and the Funeral Industry
53 books — 15 voters

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine HarrisRemember Me by Lisa Takeuchi CullenThe Dead I Know by Scot GardnerOpen Me by Sunshine O'DonnellThe Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock by Jane Riley
Coffins
17 books — 11 voters
One Day in October by Yair AgmonWe Will Dance Again by Aviva GatRoad to October 7 by Erik SkareBattles in White by Yael DreznikGaza Faces History by Enzo Traverso
War Against Hamas (Testimonies about the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack and the Gaza War)
106 books — 9 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan PoeA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Parties And Social Gatherings
66 books — 6 voters
Funny Ways of Staying Alive by Willis BarnstoneThe Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick LencioniThe 7th Function of Language by Laurent BinetA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future... by Michael J. FoxSqueaky Chalk by Joy Sikorski
'Fun'time
119 books — 5 voters

I died for beauty, but was scarce by Emily DickinsonSoul Support by Joan Paddock MaxwellNow You See the Sky by Catharine H. MurrayCarrying the Tiger by Tony StewartBecause I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson
Books About Facing Death And Terminal Illness
57 books — 4 voters
Driving with Dead People by Monica HollowaySix Feet Under or Up in Smoke by Jim EamesA Tale Du Mort by Katrina MonroeGood Mourning by Elizabeth MeyerThe Country Undertaker by Jim Eames
Hearse
7 books — 3 voters

Goodbye, Bella by Katherine PendergastThe Hare-Shaped Hole by John DoughertyThe Rainbow Bridge by Adrian RaesideThe Goodbye Book by Todd ParrI'll Always Love You by Hans Wilhelm
Children's Picture Books About Mourning the Loss of a Pet
36 books — 2 voters
December by Linda Oatman HighThe Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiereHappy Holidays, Jessi by Ann M. MartinThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenThe Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen
Tragic Christmas Stories
56 books — 2 voters

Black Widows by Cate QuinnBlood on Their Hands by Bob BrinkAmerican Black Widow by Gregg OlsenBlack Widow by Victor MethosBlack Widow by Nikki Turner
Murderous Wives - Black Widows
17 books — 2 voters

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