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