Suggested Reading

This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism by Ashton Applewhite. The Radical Age Movement is proud to count Ashton as a supporter and member of our steering committee.
A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents and Ourselves by Jane Gross
Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America by Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Betrayed: The Legalization of Age Discrimination by Patricia G. Barnes
Emily, Alone: A Novel by Stewart O’Nan
Ending Ageism or How Not To Shoot Old People, by Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Fear of Dying: A Novel by Erica Jong
From Age-Ing to Sage-Ing: A Revolutionary Approach to Growing Older by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Ronald S. Miller

How to Age by Anne Karpf
Learning to be Old by Margaret Cruikshank
Second Wind: Navigating the Passage to a Slower, Deeper, and More Connected Life by Dr. Bill Thomas
The End Game: How Equality Shapes our Final Years by Corey M. Abramson
The Longevity Economy: Unlocking the World’s Fastest-Growing, Most Misunderstood Market, by Joseph F. Coughlin

Travels with Epicurus: A Joourney to a Greek Isand in Search of a Fulfilled Life by Daniel Klein
What Are Old People For?: How Elders Will Save the World by William H. Thomas
What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About Getting Older: An Insider’s Survival Manual by Mark Lachs, M.D.
Women in Late Life by Martha Holstein