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Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-10-27

Books mentioned on (Don't Fear) The (Grim) Reaper

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Cultures have come up with lots of personifications of death: Young and attractive? Yes.

Mentioned: The Circle of Human Life by August Tholuck and The Discworld companion by Terry Pratchett and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Circle of Human Life

    August Tholuck · at 38:39

    Discussed
    “That's when he finally got the name, the Grim Reaper, and it came from a Christian devotional text called "Circle of Human Life." That's where the name Grim Reaper originally came from.”
    Speaker (Don't Fear) The (Grim) Reaper 2026-10-27
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. The Discworld companion

    Terry Pratchett; Stephen Briggs · at 46:48

    Discussed
    “Death is actually a main character who comes to become very fond of humans and is kind of an offbeat take on Death. Death rides a horse, a pale horse, but the horse is named Binky, and Death has a granddaughter named Susan.”
    Speaker (Don't Fear) The (Grim) Reaper 2026-10-27
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Stephen King's Dance macabre
“I think it was a non-fiction book that Stephen King wrote in the '80s too, if I'm not mistaken.”
Speaker (Don't Fear) The (Grim) Reaper 2026-10-27
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