Buzzword Reading Challenge 2023 - hosted by a_book_and_a_bee

January: “life” and “death”
Choose a book that includes “life” or “death” in the title 
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The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman

The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives

The Sandman (Collected Editions) #7

Neil Gaiman

256 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy adventurous slow-paced
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales by William M. Bass

Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

William M. Bass

320 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction science true crime informative slow-paced
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

Undead Girl Gang

Lily Anderson

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery young adult lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Dead Time by Anne Cassidy

Dead Time

The Murder Notebooks #1

Anne Cassidy

344 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction crime mystery young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji

Murder by Degrees

Ritu Mukerji

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

All the Living and the Dead

Hayley Campbell

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Cinderella Is Dead

Kalynn Bayron

385 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced
Encore in Death by J.D. Robb

Encore in Death

In Death #56

J.D. Robb

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

They Both Die at the End

Death-Cast #1

Adam Silvera

373 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ speculative fiction young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger by Suzanne Fortin

The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger

Suzanne Fortin

11 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction historical