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24 alternatives to Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

What does the world look like to you in the afterlife?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Bringing the world into your tragedy

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2. 2
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3. 3
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   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Prosper!▲55

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   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Way the World Works▲61

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   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   What's It Like in Space?▲67

   Real stories from the men and women who have been to space

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The 20's Chronicles▲54

   A guide on how to successfully navigate through life

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Light▲58

   A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead▲113

   Useful stories from a persuasive man

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Deep Thoughts▲65

    Irreverent observations about life

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    924 Observations: An Alien's Perspective On The 21st Century▲56

    The Andy Warhol soup cans of books? The end may be near.

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    If You Feel Too Much▲66

    Thoughts on things found and lost and hoped for

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World▲53

    Take the one less traveled by.

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Book of What If...?▲64

    Questions & activities for curious minds

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Kobold's Guide to Worldbuilding▲56

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    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Utopia Experiment▲103

    An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
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    2016 · its alternatives →

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    When Breath Becomes Air ▲63

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20. 20
    Dataclysm▲71

    What our online lives tell us about our offline selves

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    42▲62

    42 honest thoughts about purpose, courage, and giving up

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    2016 · its alternatives →

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    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The True Believer▲60

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