Some Good Books on Death/End of Life
· The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life
· By: Katy Butler
· Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
· Narrated by: Katy Butler
· Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death
· By: Katy Butler
· Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
· Narrated by: Katy Butler
Encounters During Life's Final Moments
By Hadley Vlahos
Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul
by Stephen Jenkinson
Books By Dying People:
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,
by Atul Gawande
Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
Books By the Survivors:
· Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
· Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
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In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
by Amy Bloom (not great, but very interesting topic)
Other Related Books:
The Wild Edge of Sorrow – Rituals of renewal and the sacred work of grief
by Francis Weller
Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes And Other Lessons from the Crematory
· By: Caitlin Doughty
· Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
“Imperfect Endings”
by Zoe Fitzgerald Carter - a daughter’s tale of life and death –
Books Recommended by Shary Farr
- Coming Home by Deborah Duda
- A Beginners Guide to the End – B. J. Miller, MD, Shoshana Berger
- The Divine Art of Dying – Karen Speerstra, Herbert Anderson
- Radical Acts of Love – Janie Brown
- Finding Peace at the End of Life – Henry Fersko-Weiss
Books Recommended by Christina E, Death Doula
◦ 1)Preparing to Die by Andrew Holeck
◦ 2)Extreme Measures by Jessica Nutik Zitter
◦ 3)What Does it Feel Like to Die? by Jennie Dear
◦ 4) Vision Trips and Crowded Rooms by David Kessler
◦5) Advice For Future Corpses by Sallie Tisdale
◦6) From Here To Eternity by Caitlyn Doughty
◦7) On Living by Kerry Egan
Stroke
· Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke
· By: Debra E. Meyerson PhD , Danny Zuckerman
· Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
· Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Cancer
· Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds
· By: Kelly A. Turner
Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
Aging
· They May Not Mean To, But They Do: A Novel
· By: Cathleen Schine
· Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
· Narrated by: Cynthia Darlow
Life and Death
· The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
· By: Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams
· Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
· Narrated by: Douglas Carlton Abrams , full cast , Francois Chau, Peter Francis James
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*Five Invitations: What death can teach us about living well, by Frank Ostaseski
· Narrated by: Frank Ostaseski
· Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men’s Lives
· By: Walt Odets
· Available in hard copy, kindle, and audible
· Narrated by: Will Damron
Menopause
- New Menopausal Years: Alternative Approaches for Women 30-90 by Susun Weed
Selected Reading on Relationships, Sexuality & Survivors of Abuse
- The Dance of Anger, Harriet Ghodhor Lerner, Ph.D.
- The Courage to Heal, Ellun Bass and Laura Davis
- The Courage to Heal Worksbook, Laura Davis
- The Flock, Joan Frances Casey with Lynn Wilson
- United We Stand, Eliana Gil
- Male Sexualithy, Bernie Zilbergeld
Selected Reading on Codependency and ACA/Dysfunctional Family Issues
- It Will Never Happen to Me, Claudia Black
- Adult Children of Alcoholics, Janet Woititz
- Outgrowing The Pain, Eliana Gil
- Healing the Child Within, Charles L. Whitfield, M.D.
- Codependent No More, Melody Beattie
- Healing the Shame that Binds You, John Bradshaw
- Homecoming, John Bradshaw