Best Books About Grief and Grieving

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The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 285,005 ratings
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,462 ratings
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Competitive Grieving
Competitive Grieving 3.84 avg rating — 1,353 ratings
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Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia 4.06 avg rating — 580,010 ratings
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Without MAlice
Without MAlice 4.03 avg rating — 365 ratings
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A Grief Observed
A Grief Observed 4.22 avg rating — 91,688 ratings
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Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss 4.30 avg rating — 3,955 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 — 17 ratings
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Feeling Left Behind: Permission to Grieve
Feeling Left Behind: Permission to Grieve 4.15 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,783 ratings
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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,300 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 — 4,467 ratings
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A Lamp at Midday
A Lamp at Midday really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death 4.23 avg rating — 15,188 ratings
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H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,926 ratings
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,114 ratings
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The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn
The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn 3.72 avg rating — 263 ratings
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We Never Left You
We Never Left You 4.49 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers 3.81 avg rating — 48,966 ratings
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The Collected Regrets of Clover
The Collected Regrets of Clover 4.16 avg rating — 108,758 ratings
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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 — 99 ratings
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On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families 4.16 avg rating — 27,320 ratings
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Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back 4.04 avg rating — 334,262 ratings
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Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow
Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow 4.07 avg rating — 3,978 ratings
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Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat
Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat 4.05 avg rating — 7,625 ratings
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1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,086 ratings
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,403 ratings
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If Only
If Only 3.95 avg rating — 566 ratings
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Motherhood: Lost and Found
Motherhood: Lost and Found 4.14 avg rating — 354 ratings
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Gray Street
Gray Street 4.13 avg rating — 23 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 — 441 ratings
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Loss of a Parent: Adult Grief When Parents Die
Loss of a Parent: Adult Grief When Parents Die 3.79 avg rating — 414 ratings
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The Gathering
The Gathering 3.14 avg rating — 25,674 ratings
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Dear Mum in Heaven
Dear Mum in Heaven 4.88 avg rating — 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 — 6 ratings
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Now Go: On Grief and Studio Ghibli (Inklings, #13)
Now Go: On Grief and Studio Ghibli (Inklings, #13) 3.47 avg rating — 1,045 ratings
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Grief and Spiritual Healing: Surviving Life After Loss
Grief and Spiritual Healing: Surviving Life After Loss 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Mourning Diary: October 26, 1977–September 15, 1979
Mourning Diary: October 26, 1977–September 15, 1979 4.08 avg rating — 3,402 ratings
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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 — 82 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 — 113 ratings
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You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)
You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 164,921 ratings
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The Grief Recovery Handbook: A Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Devastating Losses
The Grief Recovery Handbook: A Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Devastating Losses 4.12 avg rating — 2,735 ratings
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Out and Back
Out and Back 3.65 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Gift from the Sea
Gift from the Sea 4.14 avg rating — 54,663 ratings
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The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3)
The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 17,990 ratings
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People
When Bad Things Happen to Good People 4.02 avg rating — 19,699 ratings
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Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry 4.28 avg rating — 1,676,595 ratings
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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life
90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life
by: Don Piper
3.99 avg rating — 104,467 ratings
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The Color of Water
The Color of Water 4.15 avg rating — 131,558 ratings
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How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies 4.06 avg rating — 421 ratings
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How to Survive the Loss of a Love
How to Survive the Loss of a Love 4.31 avg rating — 1,954 ratings
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The Holy Bible: English Standard Version
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version
by: Anonymous
4.58 avg rating — 50,798 ratings
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The Power of Positive Thinking
The Power of Positive Thinking 4.13 avg rating — 124,993 ratings
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Angels: God's Secret Agents
Angels: God's Secret Agents 4.10 avg rating — 4,340 ratings
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A Widow's Story
A Widow's Story 3.75 avg rating — 4,174 ratings
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The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture 4.26 avg rating — 359,330 ratings
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Living a Year of Kaddish: A Memoir
Living a Year of Kaddish: A Memoir 3.84 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Change of Heart
Change of Heart 3.94 avg rating — 124,346 ratings
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The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,461 ratings
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Beginning With the End: A Memoir of Twin Loss and Healing
Beginning With the End: A Memoir of Twin Loss and Healing 3.56 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides 4.38 avg rating — 2,028 ratings
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Nox
Nox 4.37 avg rating — 3,923 ratings
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Am I Like My Daddy?
Am I Like My Daddy? 4.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Three Kitties That Saved My Life
The Three Kitties That Saved My Life 4.14 avg rating — 289 ratings
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Morrie: In His Own Words
Morrie: In His Own Words 4.27 avg rating — 5,316 ratings
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Living With Grief When Illness Is Prolonged
Living With Grief When Illness Is Prolonged 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Ashes in the Trevi Fountain
Ashes in the Trevi Fountain
by: Neni
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Life, Everlasting
Life, Everlasting
by: C.D. Loza
3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Daddy, this is it. Being-with My Dying Dad
Daddy, this is it. Being-with My Dying Dad 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Sunspots
Sunspots 3.40 avg rating — 58 ratings
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A Three Dog Life
A Three Dog Life 3.79 avg rating — 9,796 ratings
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The Disappearance: A Memoir of Loss
The Disappearance: A Memoir of Loss 4.30 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Parley After Life - DIY Guide to Death and other Taxes
Parley After Life - DIY Guide to Death and other Taxes 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
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A Glimpse of Eternal Snows (Bradt Travel Guides
A Glimpse of Eternal Snows (Bradt Travel Guides 3.87 avg rating — 427 ratings
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Complements of a Dying Man
Complements of a Dying Man
by: Amy Bol
4.70 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Grief Sucks ... But Love Bears All Things: How Grief Tore Me Apart and Put Me Back Together
Grief Sucks ... But Love Bears All Things: How Grief Tore Me Apart and Put Me Back Together 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Stronger Than Cleopatra
Stronger Than Cleopatra 4.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Holding Avery
Holding Avery 4.38 avg rating — 74 ratings
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God Signs & Dad Stories
God Signs & Dad Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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 — 34 ratings
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Mourning Men: A Journey Through Grief
Mourning Men: A Journey Through Grief really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Adjusting to Life After the Loss of a Child: Coping, Healing and Understanding the Emotions of Grief
Adjusting to Life After the Loss of a Child: Coping, Healing and Understanding the Emotions of Grief 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Dance for me 2
Dance for me 2 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Stories We Don't Tell
The Stories We Don't Tell 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Intentional
Intentional 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Joy, Interrupted: An Anthology on Motherhood and Loss
Joy, Interrupted: An Anthology on Motherhood and Loss 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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14 Days: A Mother, A Daughter, A Two Week Goodbye
14 Days: A Mother, A Daughter, A Two Week Goodbye 4.42 avg rating — 165 ratings
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In Bloom
In Bloom 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Grayland
Grayland 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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In the Time of Mourning: Thirty Three Poems of Grief and Loss from Godey's Lady's Book
In the Time of Mourning: Thirty Three Poems of Grief and Loss from Godey's Lady's Book 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Fading
Fading 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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After You (Me Before You, #2)
After You (Me Before You, #2) 3.74 avg rating — 409,509 ratings
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The Best We Could: A True Story of the Afterlife and Discovering the Light Within
The Best We Could: A True Story of the Afterlife and Discovering the Light Within 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Grieving Indian
The Grieving Indian
by: Arthur H.
3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Walking Distance: Pilgrimage, Parenthood, Grief, and Home Repairs
Walking Distance: Pilgrimage, Parenthood, Grief, and Home Repairs 4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Between Shadows
Between Shadows 3.34 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Glorious Cause (The American Revolutionary War)
The Glorious Cause (The American Revolutionary War) 4.32 avg rating — 7,704 ratings
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The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney 4.27 avg rating — 1,437 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 — 3 ratings
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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 — 7 ratings
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