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Memento Mori -- Thanatology - Death Related Lit

This is a list of books relating to death. Many relate specifically to non-fiction about the world surrounding death - the death industry and the rights and traditions around death. Others are about suicide or memoirs about the deaths others. There are books about surviving death. Fictional and non-fictional books about death. There are books about mass deaths historical and completely fictional but both attempting to consider the difficulties we humans face when confronted with death. Some portray travesties of death. I tried to avoid mysteries, thrillers, or suspense because that would blow this list up. I have read all the books you see here.
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Thirteen Reasons Why (Asher, Jay)
Thirteen Reasons Why
1
Asher, Jay
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Brown, Dee)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2
Brown, Dee
Helter Skelter (Bugliosi, Vincent)
Helter Skelter
3
Bugliosi, Vincent
All the Living and the Dead (Campbell, Hayley)
All the Living and the Dead
4
Campbell, Hayley
The Plague (Camus, Albert)
The Plague
5
Camus, Albert
In Cold Blood (Capote, Truman)
In Cold Blood
6
Capote, Truman
The Awakening (Chopin, Kate)
The Awakening
7
Chopin, Kate
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (De Las Casas, Bartolomé)
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
8
De Las Casas, Bartolomé
Guns, Germs, and Steel (Diamond, Jared)
Guns, Germs, and Steel
9
Diamond, Jared
The Year of Magical Thinking (Didion, Joan)
The Year of Magical Thinking
10
Didion, Joan
The House of Dead (Dostoevsky, Fyodor)
The House of Dead
11
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory (Doughty, Caitlin)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory
12
Doughty, Caitlin
Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life (Ebenstein, Joanna)
Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life
13
Ebenstein, Joanna
Madame Bovary (Flaubert, Gustave)
Madame Bovary
14
Flaubert, Gustave
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance (Forche, Carolyn)
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
15
Forche, Carolyn
Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl (Frank, Anne)
Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl
16
Frank, Anne
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 (Graff, Garrett M)
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
17
Graff, Garrett M
Killers of the Flower Moon (Grann, David)
Killers of the Flower Moon
18
Grann, David
Death Be Not Proud (Gunther, John)
Death Be Not Proud
19
Gunther, John
Empire of the Summer Moon (Gwynne, S.C.)
Empire of the Summer Moon
20
Gwynne, S.C.
Still Life With Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains (Hagerty, Alexa)
Still Life With Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains
21
Hagerty, Alexa
Les Miserables (Hugo, Victor)
Les Miserables
22
Hugo, Victor
In the Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Dying (Joseph, Eve)
In the Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Dying
23
Joseph, Eve
Isaac's Storm (Larson, Erik)
Isaac's Storm
24
Larson, Erik
The Children's Blizzard (Laskin, David)
The Children's Blizzard
25
Laskin, David
A Grief Observed (Lewis, C.S.)
A Grief Observed
26
Lewis, C.S.
The Feast of the Goat (Llosa, Mario Vargas)
The Feast of the Goat
27
Llosa, Mario Vargas
Death in Venice (Mann, Thomas)
Death in Venice
28
Mann, Thomas
Spoon River Anthology (Masters, Edgar Lee)
Spoon River Anthology
29
Masters, Edgar Lee
The Painted Veil (Maugham, Somerset)
The Painted Veil
30
Maugham, Somerset
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (Melinek, Judy and Mitchell, T.J.)
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
31
Melinek, Judy and Mitchell, T.J.
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death (Monso, Susana)
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death
32
Monso, Susana
It Tolls for Thee: A Guide to Celebrating and Reclaiming the End of Life (Morton, Tom)
It Tolls for Thee: A Guide to Celebrating and Reclaiming the End of Life
33
Morton, Tom
Norwegian Wood (Murakami, Haruki)
Norwegian Wood
34
Murakami, Haruki
Portrait of Jennie (Nathan, Robert)
Portrait of Jennie
35
Nathan, Robert
About David (Pfeffer, Susan Beth)
About David
36
Pfeffer, Susan Beth
The Bell Jar (Plath, Sylvia)
The Bell Jar
37
Plath, Sylvia
The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels (Prickett, Pamela and Timmermans, Stefan)
The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels
38
Prickett, Pamela and Timmermans, Stefan
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder (Rushdie, Salman)
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
39
Rushdie, Salman
Lincoln in the Bardo (Saunders, George)
Lincoln in the Bardo
40
Saunders, George
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