100 Places to See After You Die: A Travel Guide to the Afterlife

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From New York Times bestselling author, legendary Jeopardy! champion, and host Ken Jennings comes a hilarious travel guide to the afterlife, exploring destinations to die for from literature, mythology, and pop culture ranging from Dantes Inferno to Hadestown to NBCs The Good Place.

Ever wonder which circles of Dantes Inferno have the nicest accommodations Wheres the best place to grab a bite to eat in the ancient Egyptian underworld How does one dress like a local in the heavenly palace of Hinduisms Lord Vishnu, or avoid the flesh-eating river serpents in the Klingon afterlife What hidden treasures can be found off the beaten path in Hades, Valhalla, or NBCs The Good Place Find answers to all those questions and more about the world(s) to come in this eternally entertaining book from Ken Jennings.

100 Places to See After You Die is written in the style of iconic bestselling travel guidesbut instead of recommending must-see destinations in Mexico, Thailand, or Rome, Jennings outlines journeys through the afterlife, as dreamed up over 5,000 years of human history by our greatest prophets, poets, mystics, artists, and TV showrunners. This comprehensive index of 100 different afterlife destinations was meticulously researched from sources ranging from the Epic of Gilgamesh to modern-day pop songs, video games, and Simpsons episodes. Get ready for whatever post-mortal destiny awaits you, whether its an astral plane, a Hieronymus Bosch hellscape, or the baseball diamond from Field of Dreams.

Fascinating, funny, and irreverent, this light-hearted memento mori will help you create your very own bucket listfor after youve kicked the bucket.

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Everything you always wanted to know about the afterlife but were too alive to ask. . . . An entertaining, amusing collection.Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Ken Jennings was an anonymous Salt Lake City software engineer in 2004 when he unexpectedly became a TV celebrity after his record-breaking seventy-four-game, $2.5 million winning streak on the syndicated quiz showJeopardy!Today, he is the author of thirteen books, including theNew York TimesbestsellersBrainiac, Maphead,andBecause I Said So!, as well as the Junior Genius Guides for children. In 2020, he was namedJeopardy!s Greatest of All Time after winning a primetime tournament on ABC, and in 2022, succeeded Alex Trebek asa permanent host of the show. He grew up in Seoul, South Korea, but for the last fifteen years has lived in his native Seattle with his family and dogs.