Novels by Ben Reeves and Matt Haig look at life through the eyes of death (literally)

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org . Two new novels use death to shed new light on life, but these aren’t depressing reads. In Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt , the Grim Reaper gets a little too attached to the people he meets along the way. In today’s episode,…