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Read on Theme: Titles of Life and Death

"In this latest installment of our semi-regular Themed Reading adventure series, we tackle the heaviest theme of all: Life and Death!

It's not as serious as it sounds, really. We're mostly just selecting for popular Goodreads books that play off the words "life" and "death" in the title. Many of the books listed here are funny as well as exhaustive in scope, as evidenced by Douglas Adams' classic Life, The Universe, and Everything—the most thorough topic declaration ever set to print.

You'll find plenty of genre choices here, from rich speculative fiction (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue) to metaphysical suspense (Death in Her Hands); romantic comedy (Get a Life, Chloe Brown) to Lit 101 classics (Death of a Salesman). Alert readers will note that "The [Adjective] Life of [Full Name]" remains a go-to template for novelists. Also on tap: memoirs, biographies, and plenty of old-school murder mysteries."
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Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
1
Yann Martel
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
2
Sue Monk Kidd
Real Life (Brandon Taylor)
Real Life
3
Brandon Taylor
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
4
Junot Díaz
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
5
Kate Atkinson
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
6
Hanya Yanagihara
Still Life With Woodpecker (Tom Robbins)
Still Life With Woodpecker
7
Tom Robbins
The Lying Life of Adults (Elena Ferrante)
The Lying Life of Adults
8
Elena Ferrante
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (Talia Hibbert)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
9
Talia Hibbert
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry (Gabrielle Zevin)
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
10
Gabrielle Zevin
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler (Kelly Harms)
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
11
Kelly Harms
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill (Abbi Waxman)
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
12
Abbi Waxman
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue (V.E. Schwab)
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
13
V.E. Schwab
Life, the Universe and Everything (Douglas Adams)
Life, the Universe and Everything
14
Douglas Adams
Stories of Your Life (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life
15
Ted Chiang
Still Life (Louise Penny)
Still Life
16
Louise Penny
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
17
Rebecca Skloot
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
18
Frederick Douglass
Entangled Life (Merlin Sheldrake)
Entangled Life
19
Merlin Sheldrake
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life (Samantha Irby)
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
20
Samantha Irby
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Marie Kondo)
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
21
Marie Kondo
A Life on Our Planet (David Attenborough)
A Life on Our Planet
22
David Attenborough
My Life in France (Julia Child)
My Life in France
23
Julia Child
The Writing Life (Annie Dillard)
The Writing Life
24
Annie Dillard
The Death of Vivek Oji (Akwaeke Emezi)
The Death of Vivek Oji
25
Akwaeke Emezi
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty (Akwaeke Emezi)
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty
26
Akwaeke Emezi
Death in Her Hands (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Death in Her Hands
27
Ottessa Moshfegh
Death With Interruptions (José Saramago)
Death With Interruptions
28
José Saramago
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
29
Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Dies Dreaming (Xochitl Gonzalez)
Olga Dies Dreaming
30
Xochitl Gonzalez
They Both Die at the End (Adam Silvera)
They Both Die at the End
31
Adam Silvera
Mostly Dead Things (Kristen Arnett)
Mostly Dead Things
32
Kristen Arnett
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead (Emily Austin)
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
33
Emily Austin
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
34
Tom Stoppard
The Dead Romantics (Ashley Poston)
The Dead Romantics
35
Ashley Poston
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
36
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Who Fears Death (Nnedi Okorafor)
Who Fears Death
37
Nnedi Okorafor
The Library of the Dead (T.L. Huchu)
The Library of the Dead
38
T.L. Huchu
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Stuart Turton)
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
39
Stuart Turton
The Death of Jane Lawrence (Caitlin Starling)
The Death of Jane Lawrence
40
Caitlin Starling
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