Hi everyone I hope you’re doing well! I watched a Korean series called “Hotel del Luna” and I’m searching for a book with an afterlife theme. Thank you in advance
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas has a focus on people who help souls transition in the afterlife. It is centered on a transgender teen trying to make his way in his traditional family.
The Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones (starts with First Grave on the Right) is about a PI who can see dead people and helps solve their deaths with police, with some other focuses on other supernatural elements.
I’m not familiar with the Korean series you mentioned so if you are looking for one where the dead people are the focus, neither of these might not be it.
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The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell
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*Here Goes Nothing* is a snarky book that is completely unpredictable and unique. Summed up as “An atheist confronts the afterlife.” Without being presented as some tricky “gotcha” book that challenges your beliefs. Mixed in we have an extremely witty horror book, a post apocalyptical war memoir, and a oddly deep romance. It’s *What Dreams May Come* if written by a snarky pessimist.
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The Library of the Dead – T L Huchu
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The path of two ways by Jodie picoult
The undertaking of hart and mercy by Megan bannen
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These are two very different takes on Hell…
[A Short Stay in Hell
by Steven L. Peck](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11003233-a-short-stay-in-hell) – this was good, not amazing for me though I see it recommended a lot. It’s an interesting play on space (as in area, not outer space). Hell is one giant library and you spend your time looking for the book of your life. So really fun ideas that make you wonder how Peck came up with them.
[Hell by Robert Olen Butler](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6354310-hell) – I liked this better. It’s waaaay darker. The fun part is that basically everyone ends up in Hell and it’s not a pleasant place to be.
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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas has a focus on people who help souls transition in the afterlife. It is centered on a transgender teen trying to make his way in his traditional family.
The Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones (starts with First Grave on the Right) is about a PI who can see dead people and helps solve their deaths with police, with some other focuses on other supernatural elements.
I’m not familiar with the Korean series you mentioned so if you are looking for one where the dead people are the focus, neither of these might not be it.
The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell
*Here Goes Nothing* is a snarky book that is completely unpredictable and unique. Summed up as “An atheist confronts the afterlife.” Without being presented as some tricky “gotcha” book that challenges your beliefs. Mixed in we have an extremely witty horror book, a post apocalyptical war memoir, and a oddly deep romance. It’s *What Dreams May Come* if written by a snarky pessimist.
The Library of the Dead – T L Huchu
The path of two ways by Jodie picoult
The undertaking of hart and mercy by Megan bannen
These are two very different takes on Hell…
[A Short Stay in Hell
by Steven L. Peck](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11003233-a-short-stay-in-hell) – this was good, not amazing for me though I see it recommended a lot. It’s an interesting play on space (as in area, not outer space). Hell is one giant library and you spend your time looking for the book of your life. So really fun ideas that make you wonder how Peck came up with them.
[Hell by Robert Olen Butler](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6354310-hell) – I liked this better. It’s waaaay darker. The fun part is that basically everyone ends up in Hell and it’s not a pleasant place to be.
A totally different idea…
[Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33571217-reincarnation-blues?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13) – about the worlds most reincarnated man, his girlfriend death and his trying to break the cycle. I love Poore’s writing – it’s so natural and so funny and this gets pretty profound.
Passage by Connie Willis