Next Chapter: Death and Dying (Fiction and Nonfiction)
The resources on this list include novels, memoirs, and nonfiction titles offering insight and practical advice related to death and dying processes. Created by librarians at The Seattle Public Library. (Created by the Older Adults Program Manager, September 2023)
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The In-between
Nonfiction. Passionate advocate for end-of-life care and TikTok star Nurse Hadley shares moving stories of joy, wisdom, and redemption from her patients' final moments, offering powerful lessons on facing death, recovering from loss, and how to live your life in this deeply personal memoir. (Publisher description)
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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You Died
Nonfiction. The editors tackle a huge and daunting subject with aplomb, resulting in a volume that embraces death as a concept with due complexity. (Publishers Weekly)
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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The Order of the Good Death
It can feel like everything—laws, bureaucracy, cultural pressure, fear, lack of resources—is stacked against achieving a death and a funeral that are affordable, purposeful, and in line with your values. How do we even begin to tackle the good death when we live in a culture that hides our dead behind closed doors and insists that speaking openly about death makes you morbid? (from the website)
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