(Editor’s note: This is a ‘master’ list of books related to death, dying, and grief. We hope you will find this to be a helpful resource in your journey, no matter what it is. If you would like to share a book that has helped you, please email alexa at ancan.org. Amazon links here for your convenience and ease of purchasing the book. Remember, you can help AnCan with absolutely no cost to you by purchasing through AmazonSmile. Read how to here. Special thanks to Dr. John Antonucci.)
“We face fears of death and dying, and at times turn to authors who have thought deeply and written about the topic. I offer here a short bibliography on the topic. Ideally it would be an organic list, onto which readers could add suggestions or comments.” – Dr. John Antonucci
- Dying with Confidence, by Anyen Rinpoche
- The Hour of Our Death: The Classic History of Western Attitudes Toward Death Over the Last One Thousand Years, by Phillippe Ariés
- How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers, by Toni Bernhard
- I Wanna Be Well: How a Punk Found Peace and You Can Too, by Miguel Chen with Rod Meade Sperry
- The Death of You, by Miguel Chen
- The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The First Complete Translation, edited by Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa; translated by Gyurme Dorje; introductory commentary by the 14th Dalai Lama
- The Oxford Book of Death, chosen and edited by D.J. Enright
- The Wheel of Death: Writings from Zen Buddhist and Other Sources, edited by Philip Kapleau Roshi
- The Sacred Art of Dying: How World Religions Understand Death, by Kenneth Kramer
- On Death & Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy & Their Own Families, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D.
- Who Dies? An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying, by Stephen and Ondrea Levine (En Español )
- Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality, by Judith L. Lief
- How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter, by Sherwin B. Nuland
- Living in the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive, by Larry Rosenberg
- The Toltec Art of Life and Death, by Don Miguel Ruiz
- Lessons from the Dying, by Rodney Smith
- No Death, No Fear, by Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Birth We Call Death, by Paul H. Dunn and Richard M. Eyre
- Lost But Not Forgotten: How Wilderness Experiences Can Transform Your Life, by Jerry Deans
- A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death, BJ Miller MD, and Shoshana Berger
Thanks to Miguel Chen; most of this list is from:
Chen, M. & Sperry, M., The Death of You, 2019, Wisdom Press.