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Book Riot's 50 Must-Read Books for Tackling Fear of Death

"Sure, it's morbid to dwell on the fear of dying. It's also very human.
For those who'd rather read their way through this fear than ignore it (and I think those are equally valid strategies), here's a list of suggested reading."
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Memento Mori (Muriel Spark)
Memento Mori
1
Muriel Spark
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
2
Don Delillo
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
3
Oscar Wilde
A Long Way Down (Nick Hornby)
A Long Way Down
4
Nick Hornby
The Cure for Grief (Nellie Herman)
The Cure for Grief
5
Nellie Herman
The Caregiver (Samuel Park)
The Caregiver
6
Samuel Park
If Cats Disappeared From the World (Genki Kawamura)
If Cats Disappeared From the World
7
Genki Kawamura
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
8
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Heart (Maylis De Kerangal)
The Heart
9
Maylis De Kerangal
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
10
Jodi Picoult
Two Old Women (Velma Wallis)
Two Old Women
11
Velma Wallis
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
12
Kazuo Ishiguro
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
13
John Steinbeck
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
14
Toni Morrison
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (Aldous Huxley)
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
15
Aldous Huxley
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
16
Kurt Vonnegut
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
17
Cormac McCarthy
Family Matters (Rohinton Mistry)
Family Matters
18
Rohinton Mistry
Three Tall Women (1994) (Edward Albee)
Three Tall Women (1994)
19
Edward Albee
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
20
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Iceman Cometh (Eugene O'Neill)
The Iceman Cometh
21
Eugene O'Neill
The Ferryman (Jez Butterworth)
The Ferryman
22
Jez Butterworth
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End (Atul Gawande)
Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End
23
Atul Gawande
The Emperor of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies
24
Siddhartha Mukherjee
How to Change Your Mind (Michael Pollan)
How to Change Your Mind
25
Michael Pollan
How We Die (Sherwin B. Nuland)
How We Die
26
Sherwin B. Nuland
Final Exam (Pauline W. Chen)
Final Exam
27
Pauline W. Chen
From Here to Eternity (Caitlin Doughty)
From Here to Eternity
28
Caitlin Doughty
The Morbid Anatomy Anthology (Joanna Ebenstein)
The Morbid Anatomy Anthology
29
Joanna Ebenstein
How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells (Lewis Wolpert)
How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells
30
Lewis Wolpert
Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality From the Human Anatomy Lab (Christine Montross)
Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality From the Human Anatomy Lab
31
Christine Montross
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) (Sallie Tisdale)
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)
32
Sallie Tisdale
Nothing to Be Frightened of (Julian Barnes)
Nothing to Be Frightened Of
33
Julian Barnes
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
34
Paul Kalanithi
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
35
Joan Didion
The Bright Hour (Nina Riggs)
The Bright Hour
36
Nina Riggs
Traveling With Pomegranates (Sue Monk Kidd)
Traveling With Pomegranates
37
Sue Monk Kidd
The Unwinding of the Miracle (Julie Yip-Williams)
The Unwinding of the Miracle
38
Julie Yip-Williams
Dying : A Memoir (Cory Taylor)
Dying : A Memoir
39
Cory Taylor
Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies That I've Loved (Kate Bowler)
Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies That I've Loved
40
Kate Bowler
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