Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality

1.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 4.06 avg rating — 234,439 ratings
2.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory 4.22 avg rating — 104,609 ratings
3.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,092 ratings
4.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,640 ratings
5.
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death 4.30 avg rating — 45,183 ratings
6.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,460 ratings
7.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,121 ratings
8.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 284,927 ratings
9.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,280 ratings
10.
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 4.20 avg rating — 1,153,938 ratings
11.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,062 ratings
12.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Five People You Meet in Heaven 4.01 avg rating — 781,555 ratings
13.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating — 210,878 ratings
14.
Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying
Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying 3.97 avg rating — 1,133 ratings
15.
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter 4.07 avg rating — 9,156 ratings
16.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,810 ratings
17.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 205,012 ratings
18.
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 4.16 avg rating — 27,319 ratings
19.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,480 ratings
20.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,715,934 ratings
21.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,756 ratings
22.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,891 ratings
23.
Spoiler Alert: You're Gonna Die
Spoiler Alert: You're Gonna Die 3.88 avg rating — 266 ratings
24.
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating — 767,162 ratings
25.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
by: Anonymous
3.91 avg rating — 5,990 ratings
26.
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife 3.60 avg rating — 40,170 ratings
27.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,129 ratings
28.
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying 4.21 avg rating — 31,766 ratings
29.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,265 ratings
30.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,459 ratings
31.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,743 ratings
32.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,024 ratings
33.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,614 ratings
34.
Memento Mori
Memento Mori 3.61 avg rating — 7,114 ratings
35.
Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die
Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die 3.96 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
36.
Veronika Decides to Die
Veronika Decides to Die 3.73 avg rating — 237,023 ratings
37.
A Long Way Down
A Long Way Down 3.44 avg rating — 90,596 ratings
38.
Mortality
Mortality 4.12 avg rating — 29,012 ratings
39.
The American Way of Death Revisited
The American Way of Death Revisited 3.97 avg rating — 2,582 ratings
40.
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 265,332 ratings
41.
Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found
Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found 3.75 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
42.
A Grief Observed
A Grief Observed 4.22 avg rating — 91,664 ratings
43.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating — 86,434 ratings
43.
Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial
Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial 4.14 avg rating — 687 ratings
45.
Ordinary People
Ordinary People 3.93 avg rating — 22,722 ratings
46.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story 4.07 avg rating — 260,072 ratings
47.
Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs
Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs 4.54 avg rating — 826 ratings
48.
Nothing to Be Frightened Of
Nothing to Be Frightened Of 3.81 avg rating — 4,817 ratings
49.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) 4.62 avg rating — 4,009,204 ratings
49.
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book 4.16 avg rating — 560,845 ratings
51.
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies 4.13 avg rating — 46,323 ratings
52.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1)
The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 81,796 ratings
53.
What Dreams May Come
What Dreams May Come 3.96 avg rating — 14,701 ratings
54.
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade 3.87 avg rating — 3,140 ratings
55.
Her Fearful Symmetry
Her Fearful Symmetry 3.27 avg rating — 95,638 ratings
56.
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating — 47,416 ratings
57.
Death Be Not Proud
Death Be Not Proud 3.86 avg rating — 12,769 ratings
58.
Necropolis: London and Its Dead
Necropolis: London and Its Dead 3.78 avg rating — 2,214 ratings
59.
Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius
Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius 3.56 avg rating — 248 ratings
60.
Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies?
Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies? 4.41 avg rating — 229 ratings
61.
Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us
Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us 4.56 avg rating — 441 ratings
62.
The Dying Game: A Curious History of Death
The Dying Game: A Curious History of Death 4.06 avg rating — 64 ratings
63.
Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab
Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab 3.96 avg rating — 2,065 ratings
64.
The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead
The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead 4.10 avg rating — 866 ratings
65.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,414,975 ratings
66.
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death 4.36 avg rating — 1,043 ratings
67.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,293 ratings
68.
Saying Goodbye: to the people, places, and things in our lives
Saying Goodbye: to the people, places, and things in our lives 4.03 avg rating — 65 ratings
68.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,668 ratings
70.
Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death
Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death 3.97 avg rating — 1,203 ratings
71.
Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear
Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear 3.52 avg rating — 500 ratings
72.
The Final Leap: Suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge
The Final Leap: Suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge 3.78 avg rating — 345 ratings
73.
The Mütter Museum: Of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
The Mütter Museum: Of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia 4.28 avg rating — 402 ratings
74.
All the Living and the Dead
All the Living and the Dead 4.25 avg rating — 11,719 ratings
75.
The Big Book of Death
The Big Book of Death 4.19 avg rating — 279 ratings
75.
The Epic of Gilgamesh: the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian
The Epic of Gilgamesh: the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating — 114,162 ratings
77.
A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove 4.38 avg rating — 1,164,689 ratings
78.
Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths
Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths 3.78 avg rating — 218 ratings
79.
'night, Mother
'night, Mother 3.91 avg rating — 12,567 ratings
80.
Suddenly Last Summer
Suddenly Last Summer 3.94 avg rating — 7,607 ratings
81.
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
by: Clea Koff
4.01 avg rating — 2,952 ratings
82.
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures 3.74 avg rating — 84 ratings
83.
Past Mortems: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors
Past Mortems: Life and Death Behind Mortuary Doors 3.91 avg rating — 2,455 ratings
84.
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Tell the Wolves I'm Home 4.03 avg rating — 147,988 ratings
85.
The Trial and Death of Socrates
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by: Plato
4.12 avg rating — 44,772 ratings
86.
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why
by: Jay Asher
3.84 avg rating — 1,013,852 ratings
87.
Driving with Dead People
Driving with Dead People 3.86 avg rating — 5,918 ratings
87.
Suicide and Attempted Suicide: Methods and Consequences
Suicide and Attempted Suicide: Methods and Consequences
by: Geo Stone
4.12 avg rating — 173 ratings
87.
After the Funeral: The Posthumous Adventures of Famous Corpses
After the Funeral: The Posthumous Adventures of Famous Corpses 3.55 avg rating — 204 ratings
87.
Coroner's Journal: Stalking Death in Louisiana
Coroner's Journal: Stalking Death in Louisiana 3.99 avg rating — 1,272 ratings
91.
Good Mourning
Good Mourning 3.60 avg rating — 1,364 ratings
92.
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 376,617 ratings
93.
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning 3.41 avg rating — 30,059 ratings
94.
No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life
No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life 4.22 avg rating — 6,141 ratings
95.
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages 4.30 avg rating — 1,820 ratings
96.
Death in Venice and Other Tales
Death in Venice and Other Tales 3.92 avg rating — 16,075 ratings
97.
Nox
Nox 4.37 avg rating — 3,924 ratings
97.
Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses
Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses 4.56 avg rating — 511 ratings
99.
A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal 4.02 avg rating — 48,424 ratings
100.
The Blackwater Lightship
The Blackwater Lightship 3.94 avg rating — 8,108 ratings
Next