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Books Recommended by the Order of the Good Death - Page 2

A list of books about death, and topics surrounding it, recommended by The Order of the Good Death, an organization dedicated to educating the public on death and the funeral industry.
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Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death (Irvin D. Yalom)
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
41
Irvin D. Yalom
With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial (Kathryn Mannix)
With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial
42
Kathryn Mannix
After We Die: The Life and Times of the Human Cadaver (Norman L. Cantor)
After We Die: The Life and Times of the Human Cadaver
43
Norman L. Cantor
Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies? (Kenneth V. Iserson)
Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies?
44
Kenneth V. Iserson
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Mary Roach)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
45
Mary Roach
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
46
Atul Gawande
Bone Rooms: From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums (Samuel J. Redman)
Bone Rooms: From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums
47
Samuel J. Redman
The Anatomical Venus (Joanna Ebenstein)
The Anatomical Venus
48
Joanna Ebenstein
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime (Judith Flanders)
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
49
Judith Flanders
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (Melinek Judy)
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
50
Melinek Judy
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime (Val Mcdermid)
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
51
Val Mcdermid
Human Body Decomposition (Jarvis Hayman, Marc Oxenham)
Human Body Decomposition
52
Jarvis Hayman, Marc Oxenham
The Skull Collectors: Race, Science, and America's Unburied Dead (Ann Fabian)
The Skull Collectors: Race, Science, and America's Unburied Dead
53
Ann Fabian
199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die (Loren Rhoads)
199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die
54
Loren Rhoads
Looking at Death (Barbara Norfleet)
Looking at Death
55
Barbara Norfleet
Reimagining Death: Stories and Practical Wisdom for Home Funerals and Green Burials (Lucinda Herring)
Reimagining Death: Stories and Practical Wisdom for Home Funerals and Green Burials
56
Lucinda Herring
The Victorian Celebration of Death (James Stevens Curl)
The Victorian Celebration of Death
57
James Stevens Curl
The Victorian Book of the Dead (Chris Woodyard, Jessica Wiesel)
The Victorian Book of the Dead
58
Chris Woodyard, Jessica Wiesel
A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death (B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger)
A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
59
B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger
The Morbid Anatomy Anthology (Joanna Ebenstein)
The Morbid Anatomy Anthology
60
Joanna Ebenstein
Mourning Animals: Rituals and Practices Surrounding Animal Death (Margo De Mello)
Mourning Animals: Rituals and Practices Surrounding Animal Death
61
Margo De Mello
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (Roz Chast)
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
62
Roz Chast
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality (Sarah McBride)
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
63
Sarah McBride
Lead Me Home: An African American's Guide Through the Grief Journey (Carleen Brice)
Lead Me Home: An African American's Guide Through the Grief Journey
64
Carleen Brice
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
65
Paul Kalanithi
Rest in Power (Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin)
Rest in Power
66
Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand (Megan Devine)
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand
67
Megan Devine
The Light of the World (Elizabeth Alexander)
The Light of the World
68
Elizabeth Alexander
Peach & Blue (Sarah S. Kilborne)
Peach & Blue
69
Sarah S. Kilborne
The Funeral (Matt James)
The Funeral
70
Matt James
Where Do They Go? (Julia Alvarez)
Where Do They Go?
71
Julia Alvarez
The Heart and the Bottle (Oliver Jeffers)
The Heart and the Bottle
72
Oliver Jeffers
The Dead Bird (Margaret Wise Brown)
The Dead Bird
73
Margaret Wise Brown
Saying Goodbye to Lulu (Corinne Demas)
Saying Goodbye to Lulu
74
Corinne Demas
Rosita Y Conchita: A Rhyming Storybook (Eric Gonzalez, Erich Haeger)
Rosita Y Conchita: A Rhyming Storybook
75
Eric Gonzalez, Erich Haeger
Duck, Death and the Tulip (Wolf Erlbruch)
Duck, Death and the Tulip
76
Wolf Erlbruch
Cry Heart but Never Break (Glenn Ringtved, Charlotte Pardi, Robert Moulthrop)
Cry Heart but Never Break
77
Glenn Ringtved, Charlotte Pardi, Robert Moulthrop
The Bug Cemetery (Frances Hill)
The Bug Cemetery
78
Frances Hill
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
79
Angie Thomas
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Erika L. Sanchez)
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
80
Erika L. Sanchez
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