New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - An unsparing account of why and how an exceptionally charming man killed himself, in Athill's flat. Didi was an Egyptian exile, whom Athill, a director at Andre Deutsch, supported during his final three years. 158 pp. ISBN: 0-899194540.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fourth novel, SIGNED on the title page. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-89919-4907.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel for older children by this Brazilian writer who has won many awards for her work, including the international Hans Christian Anderson Award. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Illustrated by Christopher DeLorenzo. ISBN: 0-15-2563407.

New York: Delacorte, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 20th Jack Reacher novel - one which begins with him wondering why a town in the middle of grain fields in the midwest was called "Mother's Rest." 402 pp. ISBN: 9780804178778.

New York: Scholastic, (2002) dj. First edition - Author's first novel - the story of a 16 year old boy who has spent his life feeling guilty because his twin brother had died shortly after birth. Han Nolan called this debut novel 'sad, tragic, yet beautiful.' 309 pp. ISBN: 0-439194458.

New York: Norton, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - A brief but provocative collection of essays, triggered by a move to Las Vegas one summer: D'Agata "begins to follow a story about the federal governmentÕs plan to store high-level nuclear waste at a place called Yucca Mountain, a desert range near the city of Las Vegas" and winds up with a re-examination of the future of human life. Notes. 236 pp. ISBN: 978-0393068184.

Reno, NV: Delta-West Publishing, Inc, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A successful business - commuting to San Francisco in his BMW - sees a young woman whom he had earlier glimpsed in passing, jumping to her death from the Bay Bridge, and finds his life totally upended as a result. SIGNED on the front endpaper. While Dokey's short stories have been highly praised and widely anthologized, this is his first full-length novel. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-9628923-43.

Reno, NV: Delta-West Publishing, Inc, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A successful business - commuting to San Francisco in his BMW - sees a young woman whom he had earlier glimpsed in passing, jumping to her death from the Bay Bridge, and finds his life totally upended as a result. Warmly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. While Dokey's short stories have been highly praised and widely anthologized, this is his first full-length novel. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-9628923-43.

New York: Henry Holt, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young adult novel by this award-winning writer, set on the island of Guam (where the author lived for 2 years as a fifth and sixth grader), this is a story about a young girl's struggle to protect her family after her mother's suicide hits home. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-805063617.

New York: Penguin, 2012. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, set in San Francisco and the high tech world of Silicon Valley, where an attempt is being made to create a computer not just with artificial intelligence, but actually sentient., INSCRIBED on the title page. 325 pp. ISBN: 978-1594205057.

New York: Penguin, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, set in San Francisco and the high tech world of Silicon Valley, where an attempt is being made to create a computer not just with artificial intelligence, but actually sentient. 325 pp. ISBN: 978-1594205057.

New York: Messner, 1977. dj. An uncommon study - includes discussion of euthanasia, suicide, cryonics and more. Written for older children or young adults. Index. 128 pages.

San Francisco: Mercury House, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in Southern California, this is a story told in a series of portraits of each member of the Jacobs family, who have been shut out from memories of their dead mother by the grief and bitterness of their father. 143 pp. ISBN: 0-916515982.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's candid and intimate memoir which focuses on eight formative years of her life, from age 13 to 21, from high school through college. Illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Includes biographical glossary of some of the figures mentioned in the book, 278 pp. ISBN: 0-151421935.

New York: Pocket Books, (1977.). The first full biography of the gifted poet Sylvia Plath, whose life was cut short by her suicide at the age of thirty. Photographs, notes, index. 443 pp. ISBN: 0-671-809326.

New York: Random House, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel - "what do you do when you see someone die?" - for Benny, who sees a lot from the tops of the towers where he repairs high tension lines, the answer is nothing. SIGNED on the title page. 241 pp. ISBN: 1400061520.

New York: Scholastic, (2017). Inspired by the author's own experience of depression, this is a young adult novel which focuses not on the events leading up to a suicide attempt, but on how to recover from one - how to go on living when life does not seem worthwhile. 325 pp plus author's note and a preview of his new novel 'Disappeared.'. ISBN: 978-1338032963.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award winning Australian author's second novel and the first to be published in the United States. Set in a hardscrabble, back country town in 1969, this begins with two half-brothers who get lost in the wild wooded countryside around the small town of Angel Rock. Only the eldest, 13-year-old Tom, finds his way home. A story of psychological suspense. Notable for its description of the Australian countryside in all its harshness and beauty. Highly recommended. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-375-415517.