Books that offer timely information for smart aging…
The End of Old Age
Marc E. Agronin
This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
Ashton Applewhite
Somewhere Toward the End, A Memoir
Diana Athill
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes
Age Later : Health Span, Life Span, and the New Science of Longevity
Nir Barzilai, M.D. with Toni Robino
Old Age
Simone de Beauvoir
In Love
Amy Bloom
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson
The Blue Zones, Second Edition: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest
Dan Buettner
Why Survive? Being Old in America
Dr. Robert N. Butler
Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
Roz Chast
The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life
Gene D. Cohen, M.D.
Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy – Until You’re 80 and Beyond
Chris Crowley
The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story
Edwidge Danticat
Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying
Ram Dass
The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
Gayatri Devi MD
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
On Living
Kerry Egan
Live Smart After 50! The Experts’ Guide to Life Planning
for Uncertain Times
Natalie Eldridge
Retire Right
Frederick T. Fraunfelder, MD & James Gilbaugh Jr., MD
The Fountain of Age
Betty Friedan
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande
How To Be Old: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Retirement
Adapted by Richard Gerberding
Ending Ageism, or How Not to Shoot Old People
Margaret Mroganroth Guillette
The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty
Carolyn G. Heilbrun
The Force of Character And the Lasting Life
James Hillman
Disrupt Aging – A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age
Jo Ann Jenkins
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide
Michael Kinsey
Travels with Epicurus, A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
Daniel Klein
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters
Ursula K. Le Guin
Old Age, Journey Into Simplicity
Helen M. Luke
Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
Dan Lyons
A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
BJ Miller, MD and Shoshone Berger
The Summer of a Dormouse
John Mortimer
My Twice-Lived Life
Donald M. Murray
Aging: An Apprenticeship
Nan Narboe
Ageism: Stereotyping and Prejudice against Older Persons
Todd D. Nelson (Editor)
The Art of Aging: A Doctor’s Prescription for Well-Being
Sherwin B. Nuland
Healthy At 100
John Robbins
Successful Aging
John W. Rowe, M.D. and Robert L. Kahn, Ph.D.
Journal of a Solitude
May Sarton
At Seventy: A Journaland Encore: A Journal of the Eightieth Year
May Sarton
From Age-ing to Sage-ing
Rabbi Zalman Schachter
Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don’t Have To
David A. Sinclair PhD (Author), Matthew D. LaPlante (Author)
Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Older
Andrew Steele
The Long History of Old Age
Pat Thane, Editor
What Are Old People For?
William H. Thomas
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Well-Being
Andrew Weil M.D.
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