Reading List
DEATH AND DYING (Nonfiction and Novels)
- Ostaseski, Frank: The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
- Mannix, Kathryn: With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial
- Gawande, Atul: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
- Kübler-Ross, Elizabeth: On Death and Dying.
- Kübler-Ross, Elizabeth: Death: The Final Stage of Growth
- Kalanithi, Paul: When Breath Becomes Air
- Yalom, Irvin: Staring at the Sun
- Hitchens,Christopher: Mortality
- Hollis, James: Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey
- Byock, Ira: Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life
- Dalai Lama: Advice on Dying - and living a better life
- Chödrön, Pema: How we Live is How we Die
- Sogyal Rinpoche: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
- Bullen, Sarah: The Other Side
- Halifax, Joan: Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death
- Ram Dass & Bush, Mirabai: Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying
- Ryan, Mary : Viriditas, Memoir of a Green Carer
- Holloway, Richard: Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death
- Pausch, Randy & Zaslow Jeffrey: The Last Lecture
- Warner, Felicity: The Soul Midwives’ Handbook
- Doughty, Caitlin: Smoke gets in your eyes and other Lessons from the Crematory
- Doughty, Caitlin: Will my cat eat my eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies
- Nuland, Sherwin B: How we Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
- Alexander, Eben: Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
- Taylor Smith, Scott & Castleman, Michael: When Someone Dies: The Practical Guide to the Logistics of Death
GRIEF
- Dolny, Helena: Before Forever Ever After
- Kübler Ross & David Kessler: On grief and grieving
- Lewis, C.S: A Grief Observed
- Wilber, Ken: Grace and Grit
- Edelman, Hope: Motherless Daughters
- Samuel, Julia: Grief Works
- Brook, Noel & Blair, Pamela: I Wasn’t Ready To Say Goodbye
- Bullen, Sarah: Love and Above
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Notes on Grief
- Allende, Isabel: Paula
- Riggs, Nina: The Bright Hour – A Memoir of Living and Dying,
- McNulty, Bridget: The Grief Handbook
- Weller, Francis: The Wild Edge of Sorrow
- Didion, Joan: The Year of Magical Thinking
- Samuel, Julia: This Too Shall Pass
- Stanford, Peter (editor): The Death of a Child
- Hitchens, Joanne: Death and the After Parties
- Ndlovu, Malika: Invisible Earthquake, a woman’s journal through still birth
POETRY
- Kick, Russ, compiler: Death Poems
- Hoffman, Yoel, compiler: Japanese Death Poems, written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
- Young, Kevin: Dear Darkness
- Young, Kevin, compiler: The Art of Losing
- Oliver, Mary: Devotions
- Mahlangu, Busisiwe: Surviving Loss
- Hammerton, Kerry: Secret Keeper
- Duffy, Carol Ann: Stopping for Death: Poems of Death and Loss
- Whyte, David: Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
CHILDRENS AND YOUTH BOOKS
- Alvarez, Julia: Where Do They Go?
- Erlbruch, Wolf: Duck, Death, and the Tulip
- Hole, Stian: Anna's Heaven
- Reid Sliwerski, Jessica: Cancer Hates Kisses
- Wood, Douglas: Grandad's Prayers of the Earth
- Booth, Anne & Litchfield, David: A Shelter for Sadness
- Rowland, Joanna: The Memory Box: A Book About Grief
- Thompson, Holly: One Wave at a Time
- Walker, Alice: To Hell with Dying
- Rosen, Michael & Blake, Quentin: Sad Book
- Narayanan, Priya: When Grandma Climbed The Magic Ladder
- Varley, Susan: Badger’s Parting Gifts
- Wilhelm, Hans: I’ll Always Love You
- Kowalski, Gary: Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Lost a Pet
- Rofes, Eric: The Kid’s book about Death and Dying
