Morbid

Included in Publishers Weekly’s Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction PreviewENDORSEMENTS“Saul Justin Newman has a deliciously wicked wit and an addictively original writing style, which serve him (and readers!) well in taking bullshit science to the mat.”—Mary Roach, author of Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers“Newman debunks myths about longevity without a miss, and I’m left daring who to trust. I loved it.”—Dame Sue Black, author of All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes and Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind“Whether you’re chasing arcane ingredients in Blue Zone cookbooks or practicing the secret ‘power nine’ list of behaviors, Saul Justin Newman is here to disprove the reams of bogus longevity research loose in the world these days. Morbid’s brilliant combination of comedy and rigorous exposé make this the liveliest science title to appear in many a day.”—Pope Brock, author of Another Fine Mess: Life on Tomorrow’s Moon: Essays and Charlatan: America’s Most Notorious Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam

Saul Justin Newman is an interdisciplinary senior research fellow at the University of Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, and University College London’s Center for Longitudinal Studies.