Therapists' Reading List

Fiction

1. The Book Thief – by Markus Zusak
2. The Cancer Ladies' Running Club - by Josie Lloyd
3. The Five People You Meet in Heaven – by Mitch Albom
4. The Great Blue Yonder – by Alex Shearer
5. The Lovely Bones – by Alice Sebold
6. The Prophet – by Kahlil Gibran
7. Tuesdays with Morrie – by Mitch Albom

Non-Fiction:

1. A Good Life to the End – by Prof Ken Hillman
2. Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End – by Atul Gawande
3. Conversations about Death : A Practical Guide to Talking about End-of-Life Care and Dying – by Sally Cant
4. Die Wise : A Manifest for Sanity and Soul – by Stephen Jenkinson
5. Dying to Know : Bringing Death to Life – by Andrew Anastasios
6. Dying to Talk Discussion Starter : Working Out What is Right for You – by Palliative Care Australia
7. My Story – Jarrod Lyle – The Inspiring Life of One of Sport's True Fighters – by Jarrod Lyle
8. On Living – by Kerry Egan
9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes : And Other Lessons from the Crematorium – by Caitlin Doughty
10. The Believer : Encounters with Love, Death & Faith – by Sarah Krasnostein
11. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying - A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing – by Bronnie Ware
12. When Breath Becomes Air – by Paul Kalanithi

A Good Life to the End – by Prof Ken Hillman

A professor of intensive care asks why so many elderly people linger in pain and confusion in ICU when all they want is to die at home in peace and with their loved ones.