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This is a random collection of books , films, websites, and other resources on a wide variety of end-of-life topics. Have a suggestion for something to include? Please email me— I'm adding more all the time!

Recommended Books:

End of Life
  • At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life - Samuel Harrington MD
  • Awake at the Bedside - Koshin Paley Ellison
  • Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
  • Bridging the Gap - Kimberly C. Paul
  • Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul - Stephen Jenkinson
  • Dying Well - Dr. Ira Byock
  • Extreme Measures - Jessica Zitter
  • Final Exam - Pauline Chen
  • Final Gifts - Maggie Callanan & Patricia Kelly
  • Final Journeys - Maggie Callanan
  • How We Die - Sherwin B. Nuland
  • That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour - Sunita Puri
  • The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America - Ann Neumann
  • The Needs of the Dying - David Kessler
  • The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade - Thomas Lynch
  • With the End In Mind - Kathryn Mannix

Memoir
  • A Different Ending - Judith Landau
  • Gratitude - Oliver Sacks
  • How Shall I Tell the Dog? - Miles Kington
  • Knocking on Heaven's Door - Katy Butler
  • Mortality - Christopher Hitchens
  • My Father's Wake - Kevin Toolis
  • No Happy Endings - Nora McInerny
  • The Bright Hour - Nina Riggs
  • The Hot Young Widows Club - Nora McInerny
  • The Unwinding of the Miracle - Julie Yip-Williams
  • When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi

Philosophical/Spiritual
  • A Year to Live - Stephen Levine
  • Being with Dying - Joan Halifax and Ira Byock
  • Carpooling with Death - Margaret Meloni
  • Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief - David Kessler
  • How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life - Seneca (ed. James S. Romm)
  • On Death and Dying - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
  • On Living - Kerry Egan
  • The 5 Invitations - Frank Ostaseski
  • The December Project - Sara Davidson
  • The Grace in Dying - Kathleen Dowling Singh
  • Walking Each Other Home - Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush

Planning
  • A Beginner's Guide to the End - Dr. BJ Miller & Shoshana Berger
  • Let's Talk About Death over Dinner - Michael Hebb
  • Making Tough Decisions about End-of-Life Care in Dementia - Anne Kenny
  • Reimagining Death - Lucinda Herring
  • Take Care of Dying - Get On With Living - Theo Wells
  • The Conversation - Angelo Volandes, MD

Practical
  • Advice for Future Corpses - Sallie Tisdale
  • Fear of Death: It's About Life, Actually: Let's Talk About It - Amy Wallace, MA
  • From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death - Caitlin Doughty
  • Handbook for Mortals - Joanne Lynn
  • Living at the End of Life - Karen Whitley Bell, RN
  • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Caitlin Doughty
  • The Art of Dying Well - Katy Butler
  • The Dying Time - Joan Furman, RN & David McNabb
  • Will My Cat Eat MY Eyeballs? - Caitlin Doughty

Right to Die
  • A Good Death - Sandra Martin
  • Choosing to Die - Phyllis Shacter
  • To Die Well - Sidney Wanzer
  • When My Time Comes - Diane Rehm

Films:
  • Consider the Conversation
  • Speaking of Dying
  • Departures
  • An Honest Death - A Pallative Care Doctor's Final Days
  • After Life (Japanese movie with English subtitles)
  • Go Gentle
  • Coco
  • Harold & Maude

Games & Activities:
  • Hello - board game
  • The Death Deck - card game
  • Go Wish - card game
  • WeCroak - mobile phone app

Organizations:
  • End of Life Washington
  • People's Memorial Association
  • Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest
  • Compassion & Choices
  • Alzheimer’s Association
  • Shomer Collective

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