Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man and Life's Greatest Lesson. New York: Random House, 1997

Bateson, Mary Catherine. Composing a Life. New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989

Bergquist, William H., Elinor Miller Greenberg, and G. Alan Klaum. In Our Fifties Voices of Men and Women Reinventing Their Lives. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993

Bridges, William. The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments. Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 2001

Brokaw, Tom. The Greatest Generation. New York: Random House, 1998
               ------The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections. New York: Random House, 1999

Downs, Marion P. Shut Up and Live! (You Know How): A 93-Year-Old's Guide to Living to a Ripe Old Age. New York: Avery, 2007

Erikson, Erik H. Childhood and Society, 2nd ed. New York: W.W.Norton, 1950, 1963
               --------Identity: Youth and Crisis. New York: W.W. Norton, 1968

Freedman, Marc. Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life. New York: Public Affairs, 2007
               --------Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America. New York: Public Affairs, 1999

Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. New York: W.W. Norton, 1963
                --------Life So Far: A Memoir. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000
                --------The Fountain of Age. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993

Greenberg, Elinor Miller and Fay Wadsworth Whitney. A Time of Our Own: In Celebration of Women Over Sixty. Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum, 2008

Hill, Robert D. Positive Aging: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals and Consumers. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005

Levinson, Daniel J. et al. The Seasons of a Man's Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978

Maddox, George L. The Encyclopedia of Aging. 3rd ed. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2001

Nelson, Todd D. (Ed.) Ageism: Stereotyping and Prejudice Against OLDER Persons, Massachusetts, MIT Press, 2002

Neugarten, Bernice L. Middle Age and Aging: Reader in Social Psychology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968

Sheehy, Gail. New Passages: Mapping Life Across Time. New York: Random House, 1995

Strauss, William & Neil Howe. Generations: The History of America's Future 1584 to 2069. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991