Best Books About Near-Death Experiences [Top 10 Most Recommended] [2024 Update]

What are interesting and special books about near-death experiences? On this page you will find our list of best recommendations on this subject. Read along…

Special books about near-death experiences

For anyone who wants to learn more about what it feels like to experience a near-death experience, this list of books on near-death experiences is highly recommended. We start our recommendations with the top 10 best books about Near-Death Experiences of all time. This list has been updated this year, including all the recent titles.

Best Books About Near-Death Experiences	Author
To Heaven and Back	Mary C. Neal
After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond	Bruce Greyson
The Soul After Death	Seraphim Rose
Stories from the Afterlife	Quinn Dalton
On Life After Death	Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
The Near Death Experience: Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thriller Series Book Ten	John Ellsworth
Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences	Penny Sartori
Spiritual Events	Zeb Tarot
The Science of Near-Death Experiences	John C. Hagan
Embraced by the Light	Betty Eadie

The updated top 10 list: the best books about near-death experiences

Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You

We recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about what happens when you are dead. The 100 stories in ‘Imagine Heaven’ will tell you about near-death experiences.

The Purpose of Life: As Revealed by Near-Death Experiences from Around the World 

This audiobook covers more than 40 years of research on near-death experiences. Knowing what awaits us when dead can bring some sort of peace during our life. We think the references make this book absolutely worth it.

The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences: The Ultimate Guide to the NDE and Its Aftereffects

One in every twenty people on earth has died and come back. What do these people have to tell about what they saw and felt when they were pronounced dead. This is an encyclopedia you can’t go without if the subject is of interest to you.

The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation

After 30 years of studying NDE’s (near-death experiences) this book shines a light on these extraordinary experiences. Find out why NDE’s occur and what they do to the body and mind in this handbook.

Embraced by the Light: The Most Profound and Complete Near-Death Experience Ever

Betty J. Eadie died when on the surgery table, and then she came back. In ‘Embraced by the Light’ she describes what it felt like leaving the body and feeling completely free.

I Survived Beyond and Back: True Accounts of Near-Death Experiences from Those Who Have Glimpsed the Afterlife

In our opinion this is one of the best books on near-death experiences, because it shares the stories of those who have been through the experience. They come back with answers that many of us want to know about life after death.

Life After Life: The Bestselling Original Investigation That Revealed “Near-Death Experiences”

This is an absolute classic on near-death experiences, and it is written by an authority on the subject: Raymond A. Moody. This book was originally published for the first time in 1975, but it is still groundbreaking today.

The Place Between Here and There: A True and Beautiful Near Death Experience

People who have had near-death experiences often say they felt true love during the time they were dead. It didn’t feel like the end, so upon their return they decide to live differently knowing what they know now. If you just lost someone you love, this book can be of great comfort.

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences

Libby Miller is living her life like she has had a near-death experience. She quits her normal life and doesn’t let anything stop her anymore from having the best time ever. But can she escape her past, or should she just deal with it in the here and now?

After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond

The medical world is not particularly known for its belief and acceptance of near-death experiences. Dr. Bruce Greyson looked at NDE’s from a scientific point of view, and he shares the lessons he has learned over the years with his readers in ‘After’.