Benjamin Franklin once wrote “…in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” Prepare for this eventuality and become an informed consumer with these books.

Ashenburg, Katherine The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die

Doughty, Caitlin From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

Doughty, Caitlin Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Harris, Mark Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial

Irish, Donald P. Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death and Grief: Diversity in Universality

Llewellyn, John F. Saying Goodbye Your Way: Planning or Buying a Funeral or Cremation for Yourself or Someone You Love

Miller, William Funeral Book, The: An Insider Reveals How to Save Money and Reduce Stress While Planning a Funeral

Mims, Cedric A. When We Die : The Science, Culture, and Rituals of Death

Mitford, Jessica The American Way of Death Revisited

Morgan, Ernest Dealing Creatively with Death: A Manual of Death Education and Simple Burial

Puckle, Bertram S. Funeral Customs: Their Origin and Development

Reigle, John M. When Death Occurs: A Practical Consumer’s Guide Funerals, Memorials, Burial, Cremation, Body Donation

Roach, Mary Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers