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Showing 45 results from 1980 to 2025 with a minimum of 1,000 ratings.
Matched genres: Memoir, Death

Title Year Ratings Rating
Sunshine: A Graphic Novel
Graphic Novels , Memoir , Nonfiction , Middle Grade , Comics , Biography , Death
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
2023 3.2K 4.54
Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir
Graphic Novels , Memoir , Nonfiction , Comics , Grief , Death , Family
Tyler Feder
2020 10.9K 4.51
The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
Nonfiction , Memoir , Audiobook , Death , Medical , Spirituality , Health
Hadley Vlahos
2023 42.6K 4.51
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Nonfiction , Death , Science , History , Audiobook , Travel , Memoir
Caitlin Doughty
2017 44.1K 4.30
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
Memoir , Nonfiction , Death , Biography Memoir , Biography , Audiobook , Grief
Nina Riggs
2017 18.6K 4.30
Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title
Memoir , Nonfiction , Grief , Humor , Audiobook , Death , Biography Memoir
Leslie Gray Streeter
2020 1.1K 4.28
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Memoir , Nonfiction , Audiobook , Biography , Biography Memoir , Grief , Death
Amy Bloom
2022 23.4K 4.26
Obit
Poetry , Nonfiction , Grief , Death , Memoir , Contemporary , Asian Literature
Victoria Chang
2020 4.0K 4.26
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Nonfiction , Memoir , Death , Science , Audiobook , Biography , Biography Memoir
Caitlin Doughty
2014 101.5K 4.22
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Nonfiction , Memoir , Death , Science , Audiobook , Biography , Biography Memoir
Caitlin Doughty
2015 101.5K 4.22
Comfort: A Journey Through Grief
Memoir , Grief , Nonfiction , Biography , Death , Psychology , Parenting
Ann Hood
2008 1.9K 4.19
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
Memoir , Nonfiction , Grief , Biography , Parenting , Biography Memoir , Death
Elizabeth McCracken
2008 6.6K 4.19
All That Remains: A Life in Death
Nonfiction , Science , True Crime , Memoir , Death , Audiobook , Medicine
Sue Black
2018 14.1K 4.16
Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir
Graphic Novels , Memoir , Comics , Nonfiction , Death , Biography , Grief
Tom Hart
2016 3.4K 4.14
Notes Left Behind
Nonfiction , Biography , Memoir , Biography Memoir , Medical , Inspirational , Death
Brooke Desserich
2009 1.3K 4.13
The Rules of Inheritance
Memoir , Nonfiction , Grief , Biography Memoir , Biography , Death , Autobiography
Claire Bidwell Smith
2012 3.6K 4.13
Mortality
Nonfiction , Philosophy , Memoir , Biography , Essays , Death , Atheism
Christopher Hitchens
2012 28.7K 4.12
The Light of the World
Memoir , Nonfiction , Poetry , Biography Memoir , Grief , Biography , Death
Elizabeth Alexander
2015 10.1K 4.10
The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
Memoir , Nonfiction , Biography , Biography Memoir , Death , Audiobook , Grief
Julie Yip-Williams
2019 10.8K 4.10
Teasing Secrets from the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes
Nonfiction , True Crime , Science , Crime , Memoir , Death , Anthropology
Emily Craig
2004 2.7K 4.10
The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order
Memoir , Nonfiction , Psychology , Death , Mental Health , Biography , Mental Illness
Joan Wickersham
2008 1.6K 4.05
Coroner's Journal: Stalking Death in Louisiana
Nonfiction , True Crime , Crime , Science , Memoir , Death , Medical
Louis Cataldie
2006 1.2K 4.00
Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die
Nonfiction , Animals , Dogs , Grief , Self Help , Memoir , Death
Jon Katz
2011 1.1K 3.98
Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab
Nonfiction , Medicine , Science , Medical , Memoir , Death , Philosophy
Christine Montross
2007 2.0K 3.97
I'll See You Again
Nonfiction , Memoir , True Crime , Biography , Grief , Death , Biography Memoir
Jackie Hance
2013 4.3K 3.95
The Guardians: An Elegy for a Friend
Memoir , Nonfiction , Grief , Death , Literature , Essays , Biography
Sarah Manguso
2012 1.1K 3.93
The Year of Magical Thinking
Nonfiction , Memoir , Biography , Grief , Audiobook , Biography Memoir , Death
Joan Didion
2007 276.0K 3.93
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
Nonfiction , Memoir , Death , Essays , Philosophy , Biography , Biography Memoir
Thomas Lynch
1997 3.1K 3.87
Driving with Dead People
Memoir , Nonfiction , Biography , Death , Coming Of Age , Biography Memoir , Contemporary
Monica Holloway
2007 5.9K 3.86
Death Be Not Proud
Nonfiction , Classics , Memoir , Biography , Biography Memoir , Death , School
John Gunther
1998 12.7K 3.86
Down Among the Dead Men: A Year in the Life of a Mortuary Technician
Nonfiction , Memoir , Death , Biography , Medical , Science , Autobiography
Michelle Williams
2010 2.3K 3.84
Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living
Nonfiction , Memoir , Audiobook , True Crime , History , Biography , Death
Robert A. Jensen
2021 1.4K 3.83
Nothing to Be Frightened Of
Nonfiction , Memoir , Philosophy , Biography , Death , Essays , Religion
Julian Barnes
2008 4.8K 3.81
The End of Your Life Book Club
Nonfiction , Memoir , Books About Books , Biography , Audiobook , Biography Memoir , Death
Will Schwalbe
2012 55.2K 3.81
A Widow's Story
Memoir , Nonfiction , Biography , Grief , Biography Memoir , Death , Womens
Joyce Carol Oates
2011 4.1K 3.75
The Still Point of the Turning World
Memoir , Nonfiction , Grief , Parenting , Biography , Biography Memoir , Death
Emily Rapp
2013 2.3K 3.72
Name All the Animals: A Memoir
Memoir , Nonfiction , Biography Memoir , Biography , LGBT , Queer , Death
Alison Smith
2005 3.3K 3.68
Say Her Name
Memoir , Nonfiction , Grief , Contemporary , Romance , Biography , Death
Francisco Goldman
2011 2.8K 3.68
The Undertaker's Daughter
Nonfiction , Memoir , Death , Biography , Biography Memoir , Autobiography , Family
Kate Mayfield
2014 2.4K 3.66
Mop Men: Inside the World of Crime Scene Cleaners
Nonfiction , True Crime , Crime , Death , Science , Memoir , Medical
Alan Emmins
2008 1.1K 3.63
Good Mourning
Nonfiction , Memoir , Death , Humor , Biography Memoir , Biography , Audiobook
Elizabeth Meyer
2015 1.3K 3.60
Dream New Dreams: Reimagining My Life After Loss
Nonfiction , Memoir , Biography , Biography Memoir , Grief , Self Help , Death
Jai Pausch
2012 1.6K 3.54
Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud
Nonfiction , True Crime , Audiobook , Crime , Death , Memoir , Mystery
Elizabeth Greenwood
2016 3.1K 3.44
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Nonfiction , Self Help , Audiobook , Death , Memoir , Personal Development , How To
Margareta Magnusson
2018 28.1K 3.41
The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead
Nonfiction , Memoir , Philosophy , Essays , Death , Biography , Biography Memoir
David Shields
2008 1.8K 3.34