Exploring Death and Dying books

DEATH’S SUMMER COAT

What the History of Death and Dying Can Tell Us About Life and Living

By Brandy Schillace

Illustrated. 266 pp. Pegasus Books. $26.95.

THE GOOD DEATH

An Exploration of Dying in America

By Ann Neumann

240 pp. Beacon Press. $26.95.

IN THE SLENDER MARGIN

The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying

By Eve Joseph

211 pp. Arcade Publishing. $22.99.

THE ICEBERG

By Marion Coutts

272 pp. Black Cat. Paper, $16.

WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR

By Paul Kalanithi

228 pp. Random House. $25.

Correction: February 8, 2016 

An earlier version of this review misspelled the surname of the author of the 1991 book “Final Exit.” He is Derek Humphry, not Humphrey.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/books/review/the-good-death-when-breath-becomes-air-and-more.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More

By ANDREW SOLOMONFEB. 8, 2016