Recs if you like Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies...
Death Positivity
Death will unfailingly find every person to have ever lived, yet is treated as a taboo topic in some cultures, causing extreme, pervasive anxiety. This nonfiction list aims to broaden understanding of this inevitability, both to hopefully negate some of the anxiety as well as satisfy some of our more morbid curiosities. It also aims to show that death is another, still useful, stage in the life cycle, aiding those that remain by helping to advance medicine, solve crimes, or understand art.
Morbid Curiosity
Nonfiction books to explore your morbid curiosity. Topics include death, pathogens, the paranormal, and more.
Check out my list horror nonfiction for books about horror media.
All that's left is bones: Books about 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 ☠️
Books about death, dying, grief and what remains.
Ötzi, what are you doing here?
Nonfiction books that are definitely not about Ötzi the Iceman, Europe's oldest known natural mummy, but which manage to find a relevant way to bring him up anyways.
Inspired by a weird little trend I've been noticing.
Please Don't Ask Me What I'm Reading
Books with weird, strange, absurd, or just hilarious titles Please comment your own suggestions
Death Culture and Dying
Books that tackle death and dying.
Chicken Noodle Soup for the Macabre Soul
Nonfiction about macabre and taboo subjects
On Death and Dying ⚰️
This list will focus on death, dying, and grief in all aspects, as well as the value of human life. Concepts of death education, grief and coping. In addition, cultural and religious perspectives and traditions, plus accounts from moritians and death doulas.
so you want to know about dead bodies
how we keep them, how they happen, how they taste, how we think about them, and everything else in-between
New Perspectives
Well that was enlightening
Please feel free to comment suggestions!
Morbid & Macabre
Inspired by the Morbidly Curious Book Club, these are nonfiction books that tackle topics often treated as taboo or seen as too grim and grisly to discuss.
there are two certainties in life
and this list is not books about taxes.
non-fic about the end and after. taking any suggestions, as always!
non-fiction to talk about at parties
for those situations when you don't want to talk about your own life or the world around you...here are books that will provide trivia, interesting stories, or memorable quotes to regale your friends
Death positive non-fiction about death and dying
Death Studies and the Death Industry
Morbidly unspeakable in certain circles? Maybe. Useful if not crucial because taxes aren't actually certain but death is? I reckon probably.
Last Podcast on the Left
Research material and references from the podcast. Relying heavily on lists made by others.
reads for future corpses 💀
death-positive reads for the morbidly curious
did you know...
no? well, now you do Books about [niche subject] or [not so niche subject] that spam from the mysterious and the macabre to the weird and unsettling to just interesting and fun
Books by Content Creator Authors
Books by authors who also have some followings on Youtube, Instagram, TikTok etc
Memento Mori
Remember you must die. Demystify the taboo surrounding mortality and promote ‘death positivity’. Learn to value life and living intentionally.
