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The Power of Now by Eckhart TolleFrom Darkness Into Light by A. HelwaSecrets of Divine Love by A. HelwaThe Four Agreements by Miguel RuizEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Healing & Spirituality
1,020 books — 1,358 voters
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. MaasWinter by Marissa MeyerEmpire of Storms by Sarah J. MaasA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasLady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
DYING TO READ
967 books — 1,216 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldIf I Stay by Gayle FormanElsewhere by Gabrielle ZevinBefore I Fall by Lauren OliverA Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
YA Post-Death Novels
193 books — 389 voters
How Learning to Say Goodbye Taught Me How to Live by Joffre McClungWalk On by Stephen PanusThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionA Grief Observed by C.S. LewisA Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Best Books About Grief
400 books — 374 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
594 books — 268 voters
Walk On by Stephen PanusLost and Found by Jennifer Bryan YarbroughThe Living Memories Project by Meryl AinCold Noses At The Pearly Gates by Gary KurzCome As You Are by G. Scott Graham
Recovering from Grief and Loss
196 books — 221 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldCold Noses At The Pearly Gates by Gary KurzThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStiff by Mary Roach
Death - Fiction and Non-Fiction
239 books — 113 voters
Oliver Twist by Charles DickensA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsRebecca by Daphne du MaurierGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Death of a Parent in Fiction
416 books — 66 voters

Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksDoomsday Book by Connie WillisWorld Without End by Ken FollettForever Amber by Kathleen WinsorThe Plague by Albert Camus
Bubonic Plague
104 books — 63 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonA Monster Calls by Patrick NessThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Fiction Books About Grief, Death and Loss
253 books — 52 voters

If I Stay by Gayle FormanThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Beginning of After by Jennifer CastleLovely, Dark and Deep by Amy McNamaraAmy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
YA with Car Accidents
157 books — 41 voters
2003 - Thanks for the Vodka by HarpieA Rather Unusual Romance by Stevie TurnerThe Orphan Conspiracies by James MorcanThe Right To The Truth by I.C. PapachristosYou Can't Drive Your Car to Your Own Funeral by Ann Marie Hancock
Medical Humanities
158 books — 37 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieOne by One by Ruth WareThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieBreathless by Amy McCulloch
Group in Isolation But There is a Killer Among Them
120 books — 37 voters
Goodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley CoriellThe F-It List by Julie HalpernSince You've Been Gone by Morgan MatsonWays to Live Forever by Sally NichollsSide Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy
The Bucket List
58 books — 35 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy1984 by George OrwellAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
I Won't Die Before I Read These:
85 books — 33 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Thing About Jellyfish by Ali BenjaminOlive's Ocean by Kevin HenkesA Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan SmithMick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
Death of a Child in Middle Grade Fiction
123 books — 32 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Secrets We Keep by Trisha LeaverHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingOne by Sarah Crossan
Twin Loss Fiction
102 books — 25 voters
Future Widow by Jenny LiskOwn Your Care by Jeanne LeeLight in the Last Days by Shari Brase-SmithWhen Evening Comes by Christine AndreaeSort of Forever by Sally Warner
Hospice
25 books — 25 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingWhat Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherDeath's Acre by William M. BassThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
Dead Titles
784 books — 25 voters
Embraced by the Light by Betty J. EadieA Blessed Olive Tree by Zain HashmiThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVJust Be by Suresh RamaswamyHello from Heaven by Bill Guggenheim
Books to read as I lay dying
28 books — 18 voters

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Magician’s Daughter by H.G. ParryA Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. SchwabChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Magic is Dying/Fading/Disappearing
22 books — 10 voters
Breathing Room by Marsha HaylesRiver Runs Deep by Jennifer BradburyThe Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Megan ShepherdQueen of Hearts by Martha BrooksThe Year of My Indian Prince by Ella Thorp Ellis
Tuberculosis in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
23 books — 8 voters

H is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldI See You've Called in Dead by John KenneyA Voice From Heaven by Alexander V. GirmanShattered Light by Lori Caputo-HartfordTokens from Heaven by Aaron Kelsall
Books about Grief and Death
37 books — 7 voters
From Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtySmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyCirce by Madeline MillerStiff by Mary RoachThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books for When You've Seen Too Many Corpses
24 books — 6 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyFrom Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyThe Work of the Dead by Thomas W. LaqueurYou'll Leave This World With Your Butt Sewn Shut by Robyn Grimm
The Order of the Good Death Reading List
97 books — 5 voters
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinDead Sea Conspiracy by Jerry B. JenkinsDead Sea by Brian KeeneDeath in Spring by Mercè RodoredaDeath Orbit by Nick Carter
Book Titles with death in them
169 books — 5 voters

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaolaMy Grandson Lew by Charlotte ZolotowSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrBadger's Parting Gifts by Susan VarleyThe Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst
Youth Services Recommendations: Books About Death and Dying for Younger Kids
38 books — 4 voters
If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki KawamuraThe Foxhunter by Dr Andrew J RynneCloser to the Light by Melvin MorseInto the Gray Zone by Adrian OwenThe Afterlife of Billy Fingers by Annie Kagan
Death
7 books — 2 voters

Should We Go Extinct? by Todd MayThe Foxhunter by Dr Andrew J RynneWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead B... by Caitlin DoughtyDeath Nesting by Anne-Marie KeppelDeath Interrupted by Blair Bigham
Death Cafe Picks
11 books — 2 voters
Memoir of a Debulked Woman by Susan GubarStardust to Stardust by Erik Olin WrightIllness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan SontagEverything Happens for a Reason by Kate BowlerI Live a Life Like Yours by Jan Grue
Disease Memoirs by Scholars
6 books — 1 voter

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