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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionA Grief Observed by C.S. LewisThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeA Monster Calls by Patrick NessThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Books About Grief
287 books — 344 voters
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherBefore I Fall by Lauren OliverThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenIf I Stay by Gayle FormanThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
YA Death & Dying Books
230 books — 323 voters

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakCompetitive Grieving by Nora ZelevanskyBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonWithout MAlice by Amesbury Clarke
Best Books About Grief and Grieving
269 books — 249 voters
How to Hack Back Your Mind by Ramzi NajjarEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertHow to Hack Back Your Mind by Ramzi NajjarLove Is Stronger Than Death by Stanley M. GiannetThe Cost of Hope by Amanda Bennett
Healing Care Resources
194 books — 241 voters

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
52 Book Club 2024: #14 A Grieving Character
386 books — 206 voters
Lost and Found by Jennifer Bryan YarbroughThe Living Memories Project by Meryl AinThe Cost of Hope by Amanda BennettDon't Cry, Pappa by Gunnar E. SkollingsbergTwenty-Eight Snow Angels by Diane Dettmann
Recovering from Grief and Loss
143 books — 186 voters

Night Stars and Mourning Doves by Margo HoornstraSarah's Child by Linda HowardDream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThe Gamble by Kristen AshleyTen Good Reasons by Lauren Christopher
Widowers: A man who loves can love again
298 books — 146 voters
Wild by Cheryl StrayedThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionFeeling Left Behind by Kim MurdockA Grief Observed by C.S. LewisAn Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
Memoirs About Grief
161 books — 145 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Monster Calls by Patrick NessWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Best Children's Books About Death
188 books — 134 voters
Looking for Alaska by John GreenIf I Stay by Gayle FormanThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenAll the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Losing Someone - Grief-themed Books in Young Adult Fiction
129 books — 127 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The kid(s) die! (another cautionary list)
240 books — 120 voters
After Ben by Con RileyFaith & Fidelity by Tere MichaelsDark Horse by Kate SherwoodCut & Run by Madeleine UrbanCop Out by K.C. Burn
Gay Romance Featuring a Grieving Main Character (MC)
315 books — 115 voters

The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
ATY 2020 - A Book with an Emotion in the Title
623 books — 105 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStiff by Mary RoachWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Death - Fiction and Non-Fiction
207 books — 75 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsOliver Twist by Charles DickensA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Death of a Parent in Fiction
391 books — 48 voters
Gray Street by Annie WoodAnxiety by Danny WinterExpecting Sunshine by Alexis Marie ChuteDying Every Day by James RommWe Never Left You by Beth Olsen
Books that deal with death in an inspiring way
61 books — 48 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyPaper Towns by John Green1984 by George OrwellThe Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Missing persons/disappearance/absence
197 books — 43 voters
Without MAlice by Amesbury ClarkeAnxiety by Danny WinterExpecting Sunshine by Alexis Marie ChuteNo Pressure, No Diamonds by Teri A. DillionLetters to Matthew by Louise Bates
Grief Healing- Death, Loss, and Moving On
39 books — 37 voters

The Great Big Ark in the Sky by Liz Ballard HammFeeling Left Behind by Kim MurdockNo Pressure, No Diamonds by Teri A. DillionIn Your Hour Of Grief by Jocelyn SorianoCan You Hear Me, Daddy? by Y.Y. Chan
Death and Grief
43 books — 37 voters
Goodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley CoriellBetter by Carey HeywoodThe F-It List by Julie HalpernSince You've Been Gone by Morgan MatsonWays to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
The Bucket List
41 books — 35 voters

Technological Slavery by Theodore J. KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore J. KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore J. KaczynskiAnxiety by Danny WinterAnatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker
Over-pathologization of Human Beings
20 books — 35 voters
Misery by Stephen KingThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanAnxiety by Danny WinterPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Emotions in Titles
628 books — 32 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Thing About Jellyfish by Ali BenjaminOlive's Ocean by Kevin HenkesA Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan SmithMick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
Death of a Child in Middle Grade Fiction
114 books — 26 voters
Anxiety by Danny WinterExpecting Sunshine by Alexis Marie ChuteGoing Home by Jon KatzFeeling Left Behind by Kim MurdockLily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
Supporting Those Who Have Lost Someone
39 books — 25 voters

The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E.M. AndersonA Monster Calls by Patrick NessBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. AndersonGhost Tamer by Meredith R. Lyons
Healing Through Fantasy
30 books — 24 voters
Feeling Left Behind by Kim MurdockAnxiety by Danny WinterIn Your Hour Of Grief by Jocelyn SorianoGoing Home by Jon KatzModern Loss by Rebecca Soffer
Grief & Loss
18 books — 21 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenStar Girl by Jerry SpinelliThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe War of Jenkins’ Ear by Michael Morpurgo
Disappearing Manic Pixie Dream Character
25 books — 20 voters
Separate Things by Ashley Marie BerryMade You Up by Francesca ZappiaAnxiety by Danny WinterCabbie with a Dangerous Mind by Karl WigginsThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books That Stigmatize Mental Illness
27 books — 20 voters

Crying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerNotes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionThe Mourning Report by Caitlin GarveySummer of Deliverance by Christopher Dickey
Best Grief Themed Memoirs and Creative Nonfictions
25 books — 14 voters
Embraced by the Light by Betty J. EadieA Blessed Olive Tree by Zain HashmiThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVJust Be by Suresh RamaswamyHello from Heaven by Bill Guggenheim
Books to read as I lay dying
23 books — 13 voters

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