Additional Reading

52 McGs
The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Reporter Robert McG. Thomas Jr.
Chris Calhoun, ed.
Scribner
2001

The Dead Beat
Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
Marilyn Johnson
HarperCollins
2006

Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers
Alana Baranick, Jim Sheeler and Stephen Miller
Marion Street Press, Inc.
2005

The Portable Obituary
How the Famous, Rich and Powerful Really Died
Michael Largo
HarperCollins
2007

The Last Word
The New York Times Book of Obituaries and Farewells
A Celebration of Unusual Lives
Martin Siegel, ed.
William Morrow and Company, Inc.
1997

Obit.
Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary Lives
Jim Sheeler
Pruett Publishing Co.
2007

Final Exits
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die
Michael Largo
Harper
2006

Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses
Bess Lovejoy
Simon & Shuster
2013

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Corpses
Mary Roach
W.W. Norton & Company
2004

Obituaries in American Culture
Janice Hume
University Press of Mississippi
2000

Life After Death
Nigel Starck
Melbourne University Press
2006

Advice for Future Corpses and Those Who Love Them: A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
Sallie Tisdale
Touchstone
2018

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: & Other Lessons from the Crematory
Caitlin Doughty
Thorndike Press
2015

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Caitlin Doughty
Thorndike Press
2018

Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life
Caleb Wilde
HarperOne
2017