Best Books About Grief

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The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating β€” 284,928 ratings
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A Grief Observed
A Grief Observed 4.22 avg rating β€” 91,665 ratings
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A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls 4.35 avg rating β€” 283,979 ratings
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The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating β€” 137,374 ratings
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The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating β€” 2,439,466 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,132 ratings
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Feeling Left Behind: Permission to Grieve
Feeling Left Behind: Permission to Grieve 4.15 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating β€” 767,169 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating β€” 850,434 ratings
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Come As You Are: Five Years Later
Come As You Are: Five Years Later it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating β€” 207,169 ratings
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The Cost of Hope: A Memoir
The Cost of Hope: A Memoir 3.77 avg rating β€” 1,743 ratings
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H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating β€” 78,918 ratings
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The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give 4.46 avg rating β€” 986,311 ratings
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The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating β€” 51,032 ratings
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The Cool Part of His Pillow
The Cool Part of His Pillow 3.88 avg rating β€” 91 ratings
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating β€” 197,131 ratings
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Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Tell the Wolves I'm Home 4.03 avg rating β€” 147,990 ratings
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Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss 4.30 avg rating β€” 3,955 ratings
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Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia 4.06 avg rating β€” 579,950 ratings
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A Child Lost in Flight: Moving on After Tragedy on Flight 229
A Child Lost in Flight: Moving on After Tragedy on Flight 229
by: Mohan
3.89 avg rating β€” 104 ratings
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The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture 4.26 avg rating β€” 359,310 ratings
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The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating β€” 166,396 ratings
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Lily and the Octopus
Lily and the Octopus 3.74 avg rating β€” 51,761 ratings
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Gray Street
Gray Street 4.13 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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A Lamp at Midday
A Lamp at Midday really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
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Lost Angeles
Lost Angeles 3.75 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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Talk Before Sleep
Talk Before Sleep 3.96 avg rating β€” 12,305 ratings
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating β€” 210,881 ratings
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Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir
Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir
by: Tom Hart
4.14 avg rating β€” 3,394 ratings
31.
We Are Okay
We Are Okay 3.93 avg rating β€” 98,912 ratings
32.
Loss of a Parent: Adult Grief When Parents Die (Healing from the Loss of a Parent Book 1)
Loss of a Parent: Adult Grief When Parents Die (Healing from the Loss of a Parent Book 1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 414 ratings
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Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy after Loss, 1st edition
Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy after Loss, 1st edition 4.18 avg rating β€” 441 ratings
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Greyfriars Bobby
Greyfriars Bobby 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,625 ratings
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It's OK That You're Not OK
It's OK That You're Not OK 4.36 avg rating β€” 13,685 ratings
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Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating β€” 27,659 ratings
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We Never Left You
We Never Left You 4.49 avg rating β€” 53 ratings
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When Crickets Cry
When Crickets Cry 4.38 avg rating β€” 63,243 ratings
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Anybody Out There? (Walsh Family, #4)
Anybody Out There? (Walsh Family, #4) 3.94 avg rating β€” 66,125 ratings
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Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour 3.98 avg rating β€” 94,515 ratings
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Love Letters to the Dead
Love Letters to the Dead 3.79 avg rating β€” 91,440 ratings
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Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
by: Roz Chast
4.16 avg rating β€” 31,594 ratings
43.
The Truth About Butterflies: A Memoir
The Truth About Butterflies: A Memoir 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,252 ratings
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Whose Waves These Are
Whose Waves These Are 4.37 avg rating β€” 4,368 ratings
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The Mountains Sing
The Mountains Sing 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,472 ratings
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Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371
Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 4.41 avg rating β€” 1,048 ratings
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Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief
Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope while Coping with Stress and Grief 4.21 avg rating β€” 400 ratings
48.
Only with the Heart
Only with the Heart 3.72 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
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On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss 4.32 avg rating β€” 4,466 ratings
50.
Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1)
Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 23,071 ratings
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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy 4.14 avg rating β€” 44,120 ratings
52.
The Solace of Water
The Solace of Water 4.18 avg rating β€” 1,459 ratings
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All the Flowers in Paris
All the Flowers in Paris
by: Sarah Jio
4.23 avg rating β€” 16,485 ratings
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We Are Not Ourselves
We Are Not Ourselves 3.73 avg rating β€” 30,046 ratings
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Almost a Mother: Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies
Almost a Mother: Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies 4.76 avg rating β€” 160 ratings
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The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist 3.90 avg rating β€” 107,778 ratings
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Unwritten
Unwritten 4.38 avg rating β€” 12,712 ratings
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Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude 4.07 avg rating β€” 2,991 ratings
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Lights All Night Long
Lights All Night Long 3.88 avg rating β€” 6,035 ratings
60.
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge 3.62 avg rating β€” 5,107 ratings
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Grief Survival Toolkit: The Five Stages of Grief and Six Month Grief Journal
Grief Survival Toolkit: The Five Stages of Grief and Six Month Grief Journal it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Dad
Dad 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,004 ratings
63.
The Friend
The Friend 3.74 avg rating β€” 54,686 ratings
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Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides 4.38 avg rating β€” 2,027 ratings
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The Knitting Circle
The Knitting Circle
by: Ann Hood
3.85 avg rating β€” 12,142 ratings
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Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating β€” 158,634 ratings
67.
The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye 3.97 avg rating β€” 3,724 ratings
67.
Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived
Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived 4.40 avg rating β€” 1,847 ratings
67.
Relentless Goodbye: Grief and Love in the Shadow of Dementia
Relentless Goodbye: Grief and Love in the Shadow of Dementia 4.36 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
67.
A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines 4.10 avg rating β€” 30,195 ratings
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Motherhood: Lost and Found
Motherhood: Lost and Found 4.14 avg rating β€” 354 ratings
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Near-Death Experiences; True stories of Near-Death Experiences told by real people. True stories of those who went to Heaven.
Near-Death Experiences; True stories of Near-Death Experiences told by real people. True stories of those who went to Heaven. 4.04 avg rating β€” 113 ratings
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The Widow or Widower Next Door: 25 Widows & Widowers Answer 25 Questions about Losing a Mate
The Widow or Widower Next Door: 25 Widows & Widowers Answer 25 Questions about Losing a Mate 3.94 avg rating β€” 34 ratings
67.
Paradox Love
Paradox Love 4.03 avg rating β€” 75 ratings
67.
Almost Anywhere: Road Trip Ruminations on Love, Nature, National Parks, and Nonsense
Almost Anywhere: Road Trip Ruminations on Love, Nature, National Parks, and Nonsense 3.91 avg rating β€” 804 ratings
67.
The Crying Bird
The Crying Bird really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 113 ratings
67.
Frost
Frost 4.86 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Dear Mum in Heaven
Dear Mum in Heaven 4.88 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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In Your Hour Of Grief: When Mourning the Death of a Loved One
In Your Hour Of Grief: When Mourning the Death of a Loved One 4.50 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
67.
Can You Hear Me?: Hope After Loss
Can You Hear Me?: Hope After Loss
by: Y.Y. Chan
4.76 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
67.
Now Go: On Grief and Studio Ghibli (Inklings, #13)
Now Go: On Grief and Studio Ghibli (Inklings, #13) 3.47 avg rating β€” 1,045 ratings
67.
Grief and Spiritual Healing: Surviving Life After Loss
Grief and Spiritual Healing: Surviving Life After Loss 4.29 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Sabbath's Theater
Sabbath's Theater 3.89 avg rating β€” 11,951 ratings
84.
Woman of the Inner Sea
Woman of the Inner Sea 3.57 avg rating β€” 336 ratings
84.
Written on the Body
Written on the Body 4.08 avg rating β€” 32,850 ratings
84.
Path to Peace: A Guide to Managing Life After Losing a Loved One
Path to Peace: A Guide to Managing Life After Losing a Loved One 4.71 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
84.
Mick Harte Was Here
Mick Harte Was Here 4.28 avg rating β€” 4,180 ratings
84.
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers 3.81 avg rating β€” 48,952 ratings
89.
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1) 3.61 avg rating β€” 164,857 ratings
90.
Evidence of Life After Death, Proof of the Afterlife; Heaven is Real, Heaven Exists. Trues Stories of Near Death Experiences and Afterlife Communication. (Book 2 Heaven is Real; Heaven Exists.)
Evidence of Life After Death, Proof of the Afterlife; Heaven is Real, Heaven Exists. Trues Stories of Near Death Experiences and Afterlife Communication. (Book 2 Heaven is Real; Heaven Exists.) 3.95 avg rating β€” 82 ratings
90.
The Last Act of Love
The Last Act of Love 4.13 avg rating β€” 4,948 ratings
92.
Heaven is Real, Heaven Exists; Proof of Life-after Death; Real stories of Near-death experiences. (Heaven is Real; Heaven Exists. Book 1)
Heaven is Real, Heaven Exists; Proof of Life-after Death; Real stories of Near-death experiences. (Heaven is Real; Heaven Exists. Book 1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 99 ratings
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Glitter and Glue
Glitter and Glue 3.85 avg rating β€” 17,880 ratings
92.
The Last Time We Say Goodbye
The Last Time We Say Goodbye 4.07 avg rating β€” 27,193 ratings
95.
The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss
The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss 3.76 avg rating β€” 899 ratings
95.
Special Exits
Special Exits 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,905 ratings
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Surviving Emily
Surviving Emily 4.47 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
97.
Girls
Girls 3.50 avg rating β€” 727 ratings
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The Valley of the Shadow
The Valley of the Shadow 4.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Adjusting to Life After Loss: Coping with the Death of a Loved One and Honoring Their Memory
Adjusting to Life After Loss: Coping with the Death of a Loved One and Honoring Their Memory 3.89 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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