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A gleefully gruesome tour through the messy, unglamorous demises of history's most famous figures. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with How They Croaked.
- gleefully gross
- macabre
- fascinating
- 01
Who was Elvis Presley?
Geoff Edgers · 2007
An energetic, accessible time machine that drops young readers right into the birth of rock and roll.
- 02
Assassination vacation
Sarah Vowell
A delightfully morbid and deeply nerdy road trip through the weirdest, darkest corners of American history.
- 03
Lincoln's Grave Robbers
Steve Sheinkin
A tense, stranger-than-fiction historical heist that reads like a thriller.
- 04
Let Me Tell You How I Died
Sinclair Smith
A creepy, nostalgic descent into a dead girl's mind through the pages of a cursed diary.
- 05
Christians courageous
Anne E. Schraff · 1980
An earnest and uplifting journey through history that highlights the quiet power of faith in action.
- 06
All My Friends Are Dead
Avery Monsen and Jory John
A darkly hilarious, illustrated meditation on mortality that will make you laugh while staring directly into the void.
- 07
A taste of blackberries
Doris Buchanan Smith
A gentle, heartbreakingly honest exploration of a child's first encounter with sudden loss during a fading summer.
- 08
How to Make Friends with the Dark
Kathleen Glasgow
A raw, unflinching exploration of the suffocating weight of sudden loss and the slow, painful process of letting the light back in.
- 09
Mummy
James Putnam · 1993
An engaging, educational exploration of ancient preservation rituals that transforms morbid curiosity into historical wonder.
- 10
How to live forever
Colin Thompson
A surreal, labyrinthine journey through endless library shelves that ultimately celebrates the fleeting, beautiful nature of a mortal life.
- 11
The Dead Bird
Margaret Wise Brown · 1958
A gentle, unsentimental exploration of mortality that honors a child's natural curiosity and capacity for quiet reverence.
- 12
Kingdom of Fear
Hunter S. Thompson
A paranoid, high-octane joyride through the crumbling ruins of the American Century, fueled by righteous anger and wild excess.
