“With a refreshing forthrightness, and an excellent list of books included, this is an astonishing, pertinent, and wonderfully welcome work.” - Publisher’s Weekly

Praise for The End of Your Life Book Club: “In this warmly engaging, enlightening, and stirring memoir-in-books and literary celebration, Schwalbe reminds us that reading “isn’t just a strike against narrowness, mind control, and domination it’s one of the world’s greatest joys.” - Booklist By the end of the book, all serious readers will have added some titles to their to-read lists.” - Publisher’s Weekly “Schwalbe’s tremendous experience with reading and his stellar taste make for a fine guide to the varied and idiosyncratic list of books for which he advocates. He currently lives in New York with his partner David Cheng. Schwalbe is a self-proclaimed New Englander, and a life-long book lover, with early memories of the books his parents would read aloud. He has worked in publishing (he’s now EVP, Editorial Development and Content Innovation for Macmillan) digital media, as the founder and CEO of and journalism, writing for various publications, including the New York Times and the South China Morning Post. Schwalbe has an impressive career surrounded by the written word. His latest work, Books for Living, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary and Publishing Triangle Awards, and illustrates the ways in which books affect us, honor our loved ones, and add meaning and fullness to our lives. Writer and journalist Will Schwalbe is the author of The End of Your Life Book Club, which spent twelve weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, was an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year, one of Amazon’s top four best books for the year, an Indie Choice Honor Award book, and winner of the Books for a Better Life Award for Best Inspirational Memoir.

Books for living by will schwalbe