Sociology: death & dying books

From the 2025 Orwell Prize for Journalism winner, an exploration of the value of human life that takes us into the...  Read More >>

'Dr Chloe helped me understand how to grieve and keep living, how to find the light in the darkest of days. I know...  Read More >>

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An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon-the rising number of unclaimed dead in America...  Read More >>

""A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more...  Read More >>

""A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more...  Read More >>

MANUP is a no-nonsense look into the silent war that countless men across the globe are fighting with their mental...  Read More >>

As a retired death investigator, I have discovered throughout my career that what I once interpreted as normalcy...  Read More >>

A philosophical exploration of aesthetic experience during bereavement. In Aesthetics of Grief and Mourning, philosopher...  Read More >>

""Suicide et natalité Étude de statistique morale"" d'Émile Durkheim est une analyse approfondie de deux aspects...  Read More >>

A dazzling follow-up to Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal. 'We would love to discover that each species...  Read More >>

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This book provides the first modern, in-depth analysis of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s engagement with the phenomenon...  Read More >>

Featuring previously unseen images, stories and anecdotes, this book explores the visual culture of death and the...  Read More >>

From the acclaimed author of How to Sell comes a deeply intimate, insightful, and at times even funny portrait of...  Read More >>

Embark on an illuminating journey with 'Unseeable' as the author courageously shares her story of navigating the...  Read More >>

Introduction I've created this book in memory of a young fellow I met who committed suicide. And for Suicide Awareness....  Read More >>

""Il Mosaico della Mente: Una Esplorazione Multifacetica della Salute Mentale"" è una guida essenziale e approfondita...  Read More >>

""A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die-from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist...  Read More >>

Funeral homes are immediately recognizable features of the American landscape, and yet the history of how these...  Read More >>

Funeral homes are immediately recognizable features of the American landscape, and yet the history of how these...  Read More >>

An old man learns how to die from a poet facing death For the entire six months that Mark Dowie became friends...  Read More >>

""Seemingly disparate phenomena, murder-suicide, suicide-by-cop, suicide terrorism, amok, most spree killings, death-row...  Read More >>

An old man learns how to die from a poet facing death For the entire six months that Mark Dowie became friends...  Read More >>

What happens when a child dies? How does society treat parents after they have lost a child? Was death any different...  Read More >>