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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.
Death Culture and Dying
Books that tackle death and dying.
WTF?! (What The nonFiction)
Nonfiction about strange, outlandish, and/or macabre subjects (books that make you more or less go “wtf?!”)
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
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.
the many faces of forensics
nonfiction works on the history and modern day applications of forensic science
examples: forensic anthropology forensic biology forensic ecology forensic entomology forensic medicine forensic pathology forensic psychology
Non-fiction by Women
A collection of non fiction books from women in science or any other field of knowledge! I'm so tired of having to listen to men that I am making it my mission to read as many non-fiction books from women I can.
anthropology reads
general anthropology books! i haven’t read a good chunk of these, but they’ve been recommended for the list!!
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 that won’t put you to sleep 💤
A collection of actually interesting non-fiction reads. Spanning from biographies to historical essays, poetry & more.
The "not sure why I'm obsessed with death?" List
Books that may indicate you are a bit weird about death (maybe you need to know everything about it to be less anxious, like me?)
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