Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

The best-selling author of Stiff  and Bonk trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul.

"What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that―the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die.

• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
• Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
• Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
• Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
• My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
• The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide to the Bitter End
• The Lycanthropy Reader: Werewolves in Western Culture
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies
• Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend