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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 859 times as death)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,641,132 ratings — published 2012
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory (Paperback)
by (shelved 756 times as death)
avg rating 4.22 — 106,742 ratings — published 2014
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 673 times as death)
avg rating 4.06 — 237,058 ratings — published 2003
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 613 times as death)
avg rating 4.30 — 45,896 ratings — published 2017
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When Breath Becomes Air When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 606 times as death)
avg rating 4.41 — 784,018 ratings — published 2016
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 523 times as death)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,835,227 ratings — published 2005
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Hardcover)
by (shelved 519 times as death)
avg rating 4.49 — 214,093 ratings — published 2014
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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 452 times as death)
avg rating 3.91 — 961,037 ratings — published 2009
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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies (Paperback)
by (shelved 423 times as death)
avg rating 4.12 — 47,047 ratings — published 2019
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Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 417 times as death)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,019,125 ratings — published 2007
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 410 times as death)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,730,443 ratings — published 2005
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The Year of Magical Thinking The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 364 times as death)
avg rating 3.93 — 292,042 ratings — published 2005
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 359 times as death)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,728,552 ratings — published 2008
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A Monster Calls A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 320 times as death)
avg rating 4.35 — 287,021 ratings — published 2011
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 307 times as death)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,449,942 ratings — published 2002
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Before I Fall Before I Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 305 times as death)
avg rating 3.88 — 345,232 ratings — published 2010
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The Denial of Death The Denial of Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 248 times as death)
avg rating 4.05 — 15,542 ratings — published 1973
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 247 times as death)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,363,424 ratings — published 2020
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Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
by (shelved 247 times as death)
avg rating 4.32 — 401,181 ratings — published 2016
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They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1) They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 245 times as death)
avg rating 3.75 — 853,137 ratings — published 2017
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 239 times as death)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,652,276 ratings — published 2010
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 230 times as death)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,174,755 ratings — published 1997
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All the Living and the Dead All the Living and the Dead (Hardcover)
by (shelved 224 times as death)
avg rating 4.25 — 12,117 ratings — published 2022
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On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families (Paperback)
by (shelved 223 times as death)
avg rating 4.16 — 27,446 ratings — published 1969
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Under the Whispering Door Under the Whispering Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 219 times as death)
avg rating 4.11 — 311,653 ratings — published 2021
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All the Bright Places All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 219 times as death)
avg rating 4.11 — 621,500 ratings — published 2015
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The Graveyard Book The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 213 times as death)
avg rating 4.15 — 563,510 ratings — published 2008
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The Death of Ivan Ilych The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 208 times as death)
avg rating 4.14 — 213,171 ratings — published 1886
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Bridge to Terabithia Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 206 times as death)
avg rating 4.06 — 584,403 ratings — published 1977
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 201 times as death)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,077,659 ratings — published 2009
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Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1) Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
by (shelved 201 times as death)
avg rating 4.24 — 268,624 ratings — published 1987
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 180 times as death)
avg rating 4.45 — 997,683 ratings — published 2017
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How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter (Paperback)
by (shelved 178 times as death)
avg rating 4.07 — 9,238 ratings — published 1994
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 175 times as death)
avg rating 4.01 — 791,529 ratings — published 2003
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Elsewhere Elsewhere (Paperback)
by (shelved 171 times as death)
avg rating 3.90 — 70,311 ratings — published 2005
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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 169 times as death)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,779,665 ratings — published 2012
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Paperback)
by (shelved 165 times as death)
avg rating 3.60 — 40,415 ratings — published 2005
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Crying in H Mart Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 162 times as death)
avg rating 4.24 — 575,373 ratings — published 2021
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 158 times as death)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,054,340 ratings — published 2007
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 156 times as death)
avg rating 3.51 — 147,968 ratings — published 2012
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Everything I Never Told You Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 155 times as death)
avg rating 3.83 — 604,806 ratings — published 2014
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Long Way Down Long Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 154 times as death)
avg rating 4.25 — 134,845 ratings — published 2017
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (Hardcover)
by (shelved 152 times as death)
avg rating 4.26 — 27,193 ratings — published 2014
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The Sky Is Everywhere The Sky Is Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as death)
avg rating 3.95 — 109,837 ratings — published 2010
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Lincoln in the Bardo Lincoln in the Bardo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 140 times as death)
avg rating 3.75 — 172,449 ratings — published 2017
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Mortality Mortality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as death)
avg rating 4.12 — 29,269 ratings — published 2012
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We Were Liars We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 137 times as death)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,358,086 ratings — published 2014
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All That Remains: A Life in Death All That Remains: A Life in Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as death)
avg rating 4.16 — 15,227 ratings — published 2018
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The Collected Regrets of Clover The Collected Regrets of Clover (Hardcover)
by (shelved 134 times as death)
avg rating 4.16 — 114,335 ratings — published 2023
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The American Way of Death Revisited The American Way of Death Revisited (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as death)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,604 ratings — published 1963
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Langston Hughes
“Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems

Mitch Albom
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

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