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mortality

Books about mortality for readers of all ages.

Cover of Reaping me softly

Reaping me softly

Kate Evangelista

Ages 14–18deathmortality

Cover of The Raven and Other Writings [13 stories, 16 poems]

The Raven and Other Writings [13 stories, 16 poems]

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 12–18griefloss

Cover of The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man

Francesca Lia Block

Ages 14–18eating disordersmental health

Cover of They Died Too Young Set (They Died Too Young)

They Died Too Young Set (They Died Too Young)

Mary Hughes, Phelan Powell, Andrew Gracie

Ages 12–15biographyhistory

Cover of Works (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard II / King Richard III / Macbeth / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Sonnets / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Winter's Tale)

Works (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard II / King Richard III / Macbeth / Measure for Measure / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Sonnets / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Winter's Tale)

William Shakespeare

Ages 14–18loveambition

Cover of City of the Dead

City of the Dead

Sharon Stewart

Ages 12–16deathghosts

Cover of The Book of the Dead

The Book of the Dead

Alan K. Russell, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton, Wilkie Collins, Francis Marion Crawford, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Perceval Landon, Sheridan Le Fanu, Margaret Oliphant, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Walter Scott, Mary Shelley

Ages 12–18mysterysupernatural

Cover of Plays (Hamlet / Macbeth / Romeo and Juliet)

Plays (Hamlet / Macbeth / Romeo and Juliet)

William Shakespeare

Ages 14–18ambitionpower

Cover of The Story and Its Writer--Compact Fifth Edition

The Story and Its Writer--Compact Fifth Edition

Ann Charters, Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, Антон Павлович Чехов, Jorge Luis Borges, Chinua Achebe, Margaret Atwood

Ages 16–18literary analysiscultural heritage

Cover of The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II. In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians) [15 stories]

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II. In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians) [15 stories]

Ambrose Bierce

Ages 14–18war and its consequencesmortality

Cover of Shakespeare's Principal Plays (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Cymbeline / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry IV. Part 2 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard II / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Winter's Tale)

Shakespeare's Principal Plays (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Cymbeline / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry IV. Part 2 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard II / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night / Winter's Tale)

William Shakespeare

Ages 13–18ambitionlove

Cover of After the rain

After the rain

Norma Fox Mazer

Ages 11–15family relationshipsgrief and loss

Cover of American Classic Collection (Birthmark / Gift of the Magi / Masque of the Red Death / Yellow Wallpaper)

American Classic Collection (Birthmark / Gift of the Magi / Masque of the Red Death / Yellow Wallpaper)

Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, O. Henry, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ages 13–18sacrificemorality

Cover of Visions of Poe [16 stories, 8 poems]

Visions of Poe [16 stories, 8 poems]

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 12–18mysterysuspense

Cover of Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [59 poems]

Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [59 poems]

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 12–18griefloss

Cover of Johnny Kellock Died Today

Johnny Kellock Died Today

Hadley Dyer

Ages 10–14grief and lossfamily relationships

Cover of Complete Tales and Poems [71 stories, 64 poems, 1 essay]

Complete Tales and Poems [71 stories, 64 poems, 1 essay]

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 13–18mysterypsychological depth

Cover of Starfall

Starfall

Michael Cadnum

Ages 10–14ambitionpride

Cover of Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Alone / Annabel Lee / Black Cat / City in the Sea / Eldorado / Masque of the Red Death / Raven / To -- --)

Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Alone / Annabel Lee / Black Cat / City in the Sea / Eldorado / Masque of the Red Death / Raven / To -- --)

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 10–18mysteryloss and grief

Cover of Bloom's Guides - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Bloom's Guides - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Harold Bloom

Ages 14–18ambitionresponsibility

Cover of The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe

The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe, Tam Mossman

Ages 13–18griefloss

Cover of Somebody up there hates you

Somebody up there hates you

Hollis Seamon

Ages 14–18mortalityresilience

Cover of Breathless

Breathless

Lurlene McDaniel

Ages 13–18familyloss

Cover of Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Alone / Annabel Lee / Black Cat / City in the Sea / Eldorado / Masque of the Red Death / Raven / To -- --)

Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Alone / Annabel Lee / Black Cat / City in the Sea / Eldorado / Masque of the Red Death / Raven / To -- --)

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 10–18mysteryloss and melancholy