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death

Books about death for readers of all ages.

Cover of Reaping me softly

Reaping me softly

Kate Evangelista

Ages 14–18deathmortality

Cover of With All My Soul

With All My Soul

Rachel Vincent

Ages 14–18deathlove

Cover of Summerland

Summerland

Eyvind Skeie

Ages 5–10faithheaven

Cover of Drie vogels

Drie vogels

Marinus van den Berg

Ages 4–8lossgrief

Cover of The Annotated Poe [26 stories, 6 poems]

The Annotated Poe [26 stories, 6 poems]

Edgar Allan Poe, Kevin J. Hayes

Ages 14–18mysterygothic atmosphere

Cover of When Dinosaurs Die

When Dinosaurs Die

Laurie Krasny Brown, Laurene Krasny Brown

Ages 4–8deathgrief

Cover of When Goodbye Is Forever

When Goodbye Is Forever

Lois Rock

Ages 4–8griefloss

Cover of City of the Dead

City of the Dead

Sharon Stewart

Ages 12–16deathghosts

Cover of Death (Trailblazers) (Trailblazers)

Death (Trailblazers) (Trailblazers)

Helen Orme

Ages 9–14deathgrief

Cover of Between shadows

Between shadows

Kathleen Cook Waldron

Ages 10–15griefdeath

Cover of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 13–18mysteryfear

Cover of The sky goes on forever

The sky goes on forever

Molly Murphy MacGregor

Ages 4–8deathloss

Cover of The silver kiss

The silver kiss

Annette Curtis Klause

Ages 14–18lovedeath

Cover of Each little bird that sings

Each little bird that sings

Debbie Wiles

Ages 10–14griefdeath

Cover of Life Death Gold Leather Trousers

Life Death Gold Leather Trousers

Fiona Foden

Ages 13–18deathgrief

Cover of Jim's Dog Muffins

Jim's Dog Muffins

Miriam Cohen

Ages 5–9deathloss and grief

Cover of Good-bye, fish

Good-bye, fish

Judith Koppens

Ages 3–7deathloss

Cover of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction -- Shorter Seventh Edition

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction -- Shorter Seventh Edition

Richard Bausch, R. V. Cassill, Sherwood Anderson, Ambrose Bierce, Jorge Luis Borges, Антон Павлович Чехов, Kate Chopin, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gabriel García Márquez, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, Herman Melville, Alice Munro, Vladimir Nabokov, Edgar Allan Poe, Philip Roth, John Steinbeck, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, Margaret Atwood

Ages 14–18traditionchange

Cover of Grim

Grim

Anna Waggener

Ages 12–18grieffamily

Cover of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 12–18mysterysuspense

Cover of Pale

Pale

Chris Wooding

Ages 10–15deathexistence

Cover of Twilight

Twilight

Meg Cabot

Ages 13–18mysterydeath

Cover of Selected Tales and Poems (Annabel Lee / Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Dream-Land / Fall of the House of Usher / Pit and the Pendulum / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart / Ulalume)

Selected Tales and Poems (Annabel Lee / Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Dream-Land / Fall of the House of Usher / Pit and the Pendulum / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart / Ulalume)

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 12–18mysterysuspense

Cover of Do Fish Sleep?

Do Fish Sleep?

Jens Raschke, Jens Rassmus, Belinda Cooper

Ages 4–8griefloss