The American Resting Place: 400 Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds by Marilyn Yalom

My rating: 5 of 5 stars The definitive text on burial grounds in America, this provides a guidebook for all your cemetery quests. I honestly cannot rave about it enough. Yalom provides solid information, leavened with a touch of personal reflection inspired by the graveyards she visited. My only regret is that Reid Yalom's exquisite photographs are grouped at the front of the book, which necessitates a lot of flipping pages back and forth. Final thought: This is the cemetery book you need to get. It looks dry and intimidating, but I promise you it's anything but. View all my reviews >>