#Death

2 books tagged with death, sorted by rating.

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

5/5

young-adult fiction

Stiff

by Mary Roach

4/5

history

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

5/5

Narrated by Death himself, this is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young girl living with a foster family in Nazi Germany. As bombs fall and her neighbors march to war, Liesel finds solace in stealing books and sharing them with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

young-adult fiction history

Stiff

by Mary Roach

4/5

Mary Roach explores the strange and fascinating afterlife of human bodies donated to science. From crash-test cadavers to body farms to head transplants, she investigates what happens to us after we die with her signature blend of humor and scientific rigor.

history