Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality

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The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century 3.99 avg rating — 4,344 ratings
102.
Oscar et la dame rose
Oscar et la dame rose 4.24 avg rating — 57,315 ratings
102.
Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon
Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon 4.03 avg rating — 3,475 ratings
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The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,316 ratings
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A Very Easy Death
A Very Easy Death 4.05 avg rating — 13,266 ratings
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Wit
Wit 4.14 avg rating — 17,229 ratings
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Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra 3.98 avg rating — 5,126 ratings
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Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales 4.22 avg rating — 14,001 ratings
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The Mourning Handbook: The Most Comprehensive Resource Offering Practical and Compassionate Advice on Coping with All Aspects of Death and Dying
The Mourning Handbook: The Most Comprehensive Resource Offering Practical and Compassionate Advice on Coping with All Aspects of Death and Dying 3.87 avg rating — 78 ratings
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How Do We Tell the Children?: A Step-By-Step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies
How Do We Tell the Children?: A Step-By-Step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings
111.
A Widow's Story
A Widow's Story 3.75 avg rating — 4,174 ratings
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Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Pale Horse, Pale Rider 3.96 avg rating — 4,803 ratings
113.
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat 4.05 avg rating — 7,624 ratings
114.
Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #44)
Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #44) 4.10 avg rating — 48,406 ratings
115.
The Way We Die: An Investigation of Death and Dying in America Today
The Way We Die: An Investigation of Death and Dying in America Today 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
116.
How Do You Say Goodbye
How Do You Say Goodbye
by: Pam Logan
4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
116.
Ruminations on Necromancy
Ruminations on Necromancy 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
116.
Levels of Life
Levels of Life 3.90 avg rating — 13,857 ratings
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In Love With Death
In Love With Death 3.55 avg rating — 47 ratings
116.
Necrophilia Variations
Necrophilia Variations
by: Supervert
3.97 avg rating — 837 ratings
116.
After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond
After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond 4.18 avg rating — 4,788 ratings
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Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir
Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir 4.51 avg rating — 11,142 ratings
123.
Death in Rome
Death in Rome 3.90 avg rating — 578 ratings
124.
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too 4.24 avg rating — 574 ratings
124.
The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead
The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead 3.34 avg rating — 1,828 ratings
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Heaven is Real, Heaven Exists; Proof of Life-after Death; Real stories of Near-death experiences. (Heaven is Real; Heaven Exists. Book 1)
Heaven is Real, Heaven Exists; Proof of Life-after Death; Real stories of Near-death experiences. (Heaven is Real; Heaven Exists. Book 1) 3.93 avg rating — 99 ratings
127.
Before I Say Goodbye: Recollections and Observations from One Woman's Final Year
Before I Say Goodbye: Recollections and Observations from One Woman's Final Year 4.15 avg rating — 623 ratings
127.
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster 3.90 avg rating — 29,485 ratings
129.
The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play
The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play 3.93 avg rating — 3,153 ratings
129.
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
by: Roz Chast
4.16 avg rating — 31,596 ratings
129.
Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death
Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death 4.26 avg rating — 2,001 ratings
132.
Western Attitudes Toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present
Western Attitudes Toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present 3.83 avg rating — 1,117 ratings
132.
Alex: The Life of a Child
Alex: The Life of a Child 4.42 avg rating — 1,788 ratings
132.
Death Scenes: A Homicide Detective's Scrapbook
Death Scenes: A Homicide Detective's Scrapbook 4.13 avg rating — 1,211 ratings
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The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries 3.42 avg rating — 1,444 ratings
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Dead Ends: An Irreverent Field Guide to the Graves of the Famous
Dead Ends: An Irreverent Field Guide to the Graves of the Famous 3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
136.
All That Remains: A Life in Death
All That Remains: A Life in Death
by: Sue Black
4.16 avg rating — 14,783 ratings
138.
Being Dead
Being Dead
by: Jim Crace
3.73 avg rating — 5,342 ratings
138.
Last Wish
Last Wish 3.99 avg rating — 144 ratings
138.
The Life of Death: The Bare Bones of Undertaking
The Life of Death: The Bare Bones of Undertaking 4.30 avg rating — 92 ratings
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A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America
A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America 4.07 avg rating — 43 ratings
142.
Death: The Trip of a Lifetime
Death: The Trip of a Lifetime 3.68 avg rating — 41 ratings
142.
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death 4.23 avg rating — 15,185 ratings
144.
A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember 4.20 avg rating — 837,850 ratings
145.
Wisconsin Death Trip
Wisconsin Death Trip 4.01 avg rating — 1,998 ratings
146.
They Went That-A-Way: How the Famous, the Infamous, and the Great Died
They Went That-A-Way: How the Famous, the Infamous, and the Great Died 3.79 avg rating — 214 ratings
147.
The Graveyard Wanderers: The Wise Ones and the Dead in Sweden
The Graveyard Wanderers: The Wise Ones and the Dead in Sweden 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
147.
Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life
Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life
by: Ira Byock
4.35 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
147.
Dying: A Memoir
Dying: A Memoir 3.74 avg rating — 4,609 ratings
150.
The Loved One
The Loved One 3.75 avg rating — 13,361 ratings
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Final Arrangements 101: How and Why to Plan A Meaningful Funeral or Memorial Service, Before It's Too Late
Final Arrangements 101: How and Why to Plan A Meaningful Funeral or Memorial Service, Before It's Too Late 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
152.
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets 4.36 avg rating — 19,839 ratings
153.
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard 4.20 avg rating — 4,588 ratings
153.
CSI Told You Lies
CSI Told You Lies 3.81 avg rating — 750 ratings
155.
Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America
Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America 3.63 avg rating — 109 ratings
155.
The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant 3.59 avg rating — 117,634 ratings
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Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine 4.01 avg rating — 8,184 ratings
158.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,186 ratings
159.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 4.01 avg rating — 844,237 ratings
159.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,914 ratings
161.
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital 3.93 avg rating — 39,329 ratings
161.
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History 3.98 avg rating — 42,018 ratings
161.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,031 ratings
164.
The Right To Die: Understanding Euthanasia
The Right To Die: Understanding Euthanasia really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings
164.
One Station Away
One Station Away 3.39 avg rating — 1,216 ratings
166.
I Don't Know What to Say : How to Help and Support Someone Who is Dying
I Don't Know What to Say : How to Help and Support Someone Who is Dying 4.11 avg rating — 35 ratings
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On Death
On Death 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Death and the Afterlife: A Chronological Journey, from Cremation to Quantum Resurrection (Union Square & Co. Chronologies)
Death and the Afterlife: A Chronological Journey, from Cremation to Quantum Resurrection (Union Square & Co. Chronologies) 3.82 avg rating — 882 ratings
169.
Death: A User's Guide
Death: A User's Guide 3.56 avg rating — 57 ratings
169.
The Friend
The Friend 3.74 avg rating — 54,697 ratings
171.
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel 4.18 avg rating — 359 ratings
172.
Mop Men: Inside the World of Crime Scene Cleaners
Mop Men: Inside the World of Crime Scene Cleaners 3.62 avg rating — 1,131 ratings
172.
Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir
Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir 3.34 avg rating — 627 ratings
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Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them 4.23 avg rating — 13,612 ratings
175.
The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility, #4)
The Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 5,213 ratings
176.
When We Die : The Science, Culture, and Rituals of Death
When We Die : The Science, Culture, and Rituals of Death 3.87 avg rating — 138 ratings
176.
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death 3.99 avg rating — 49,909 ratings
178.
On the Beach
On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 48,156 ratings
179.
Thanatos
Thanatos it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
180.
Supplement to Final Exit
Supplement to Final Exit 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
181.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,936 ratings
181.
The Years
The Years 3.76 avg rating — 6,366 ratings
183.
Prescription Medicide
Prescription Medicide 3.99 avg rating — 75 ratings
183.
Grief, Dying, and Death: Clinical Interventions for Caregivers
Grief, Dying, and Death: Clinical Interventions for Caregivers 4.12 avg rating — 43 ratings
185.
The Nature of Life and Death: Every Body Leaves a Trace
The Nature of Life and Death: Every Body Leaves a Trace 3.39 avg rating — 742 ratings
186.
Traditions of Death and Burial
Traditions of Death and Burial 3.67 avg rating — 78 ratings
187.
The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life
The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life 4.28 avg rating — 1,556 ratings
188.
The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death
The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death 4.08 avg rating — 2,376 ratings
189.
Whispers of the Dead (David Hunter, #3)
Whispers of the Dead (David Hunter, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 17,788 ratings
189.
Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials
Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials 3.28 avg rating — 64 ratings
189.
Dancing with Mister D: Notes on Life and Death
Dancing with Mister D: Notes on Life and Death 4.01 avg rating — 100 ratings
189.
Death in Hollywood (Transaction Large Print Books)
Death in Hollywood (Transaction Large Print Books) 3.52 avg rating — 63 ratings
189.
Mercy Lily
Mercy Lily 3.81 avg rating — 222 ratings
189.
The Daily Death - How I Killed My Coworkers in 30 Days
The Daily Death - How I Killed My Coworkers in 30 Days liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
189.
The True Heaven: Not What You Thought, Better Than You Expected
The True Heaven: Not What You Thought, Better Than You Expected
by: Joe Beam
4.58 avg rating — 24 ratings
189.
Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual
Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual 3.69 avg rating — 114 ratings
189.
Talking About Death Won't Kill You
Talking About Death Won't Kill You 4.22 avg rating — 45 ratings
189.
Parley After Life - DIY Guide to Death and other Taxes
Parley After Life - DIY Guide to Death and other Taxes 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
189.
The Orange Girl
The Orange Girl 3.91 avg rating — 35,673 ratings
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Death and Remembrance: Thirty Three Poems from Godey's Lady's Book
Death and Remembrance: Thirty Three Poems from Godey's Lady's Book 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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