Conversations about mortality have existed across cultures, traditions, and generations. This small library includes books that invite reflection on grief, dying, meaning, and what it means to live well.


Claire Bidwell Smith

After This

The Five Invitations


Frank Ostaseski

Living At The End Of Life


Karen Whitley Bell

Mikki Brammer


Pema Chödrön

The Collected Regrets Of Clover

How We Live Is How We Die



Atul Gawande

Being Mortal

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them)

Sallie Tisdale



Megan Devine

It's OK That You're Not OK