It turns out that books with death in the title are way more common than you think. Here are 50+ good books with death in the title, including both fiction and non-fiction. It's safe to say that most of these titles are books that deal with deaths and dying, but the core commonality between these books is that they have the word death in the title.
Books with death in the title include Death in Venice by Thomas Mann, Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather, and The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy. If you have a favorite death book, vote it up below, or add it to the list if it's not already here. It doesn't matter if it's science fiction, fantasy, romance, or non-fiction - if the book has death in the name, it belongs on this list.
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133Death at an Early Age
Jonathan KozolSubjects: Education, Schools, Massachusetts
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102The Death of Kings
Conn IgguldenFirst Published: 2004-01-05
Genres (Book): Alternate history, Historical fiction, Fiction, Historical novel
Original Language: English Language
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105Death in Venice
Thomas MannFirst Published: 1912
Subjects: Literary, Homosexuality, Literature, Classics, Literary criticism
Genres (Book): Roman à clef, Fiction, Gay novel, Novella, Reference
Original Language: German Language
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84Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller5
95Life and death
Andrea DworkinSubjects: Social science, Criminology, Gender studies, Women, Women's studies
Genres (Book): Sociology
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62Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa CatherFirst Published: 1927
Subjects: Literary, Literature, Clergy, New Mexico, Classics
Genres (Book): Historical fiction, Fiction, Novel
Original Language: English Language
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62The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo TolstoyFirst Published: 1886
Subjects: Terminal illness, Salvation, Fear of death, Saint Petersburg
Genres (Book): Philosophy, Fiction
Original Language: Russian Language
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52The Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan PoeFirst Published: 1842-05
Subjects: Plague, Death
Genres (Book): Horror Film, Gothic fiction, Short story
Original Language: English Language
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42Human personality and its survival of bodily death
Frederic William Henry MyersSubjects: Philosophy, Immortality, Research, Parapsychology
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44You Will Survive After Death
Sherwood EddySubjects: Philosophy, New Age, Immortality, Parapsychology, Spiritualism
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33Death Comes as the End
Agatha ChristieSubjects: Classics
Genres (Book): Crime Fiction, Suspense, Historical whodunnit, Mystery, Fiction
Original Language: English Language
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23Appointment with Death
Agatha ChristieFirst Published: 1938
Subjects: England
Genres (Book): Crime Fiction, Suspense, Children's literature, Mystery, Fiction
Original Language: English Language
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First Published: 1997
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20The black death and the transformation of the west
David HerlihySubjects: Europe, Internal medicine, Black Death, Medicine, Renaissance
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00The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
Maurice HewlettSubjects: Literary
Genres (Book): Fiction
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22The Death of Socrates
Emily WilsonFirst Published: 2007-10
Subjects: Philosophy, Socrates, World, Ancient philosophy, Greece
Genres (Book): Biography
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20Death By Water
Kerry GreenwoodGenres (Book): Suspense, Mystery, Fiction
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01Death by chocolate
Marcel DesaulniersSubjects: Technology, Home economics, Wine, Chocolate, Cooking
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20The birth and death of the sun
George GamowSubjects: Evolution, Science, Astronomy, Sun
Genres (Book): Mathematics, Science
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32Death on the Nile
Agatha ChristieSubjects: Egypt, Radio, England
Genres (Book): Crime Fiction, Suspense, Mystery, Fiction
Original Language: English Language
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22Death of a stranger
Anne PerrySubjects: Medical, London, England
Genres (Book): Suspense, Historical fiction, Mystery, Fiction
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12Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death
Ramsey CampbellGenres (Book): Speculative fiction
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10The death of Adam
Marilynne RobinsonSubjects: Civilization, Literature, Theology, Classics, United States of America
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01Death ground
Daniel P. BolgerSubjects: Military science, Security, US Marines, Army, Warfare
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10Death by fame
Andrew SinclairSubjects: Austria, History, World history
Genres (Book): Biography