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The Year of Magical Thinking The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback)
by (shelved 930 times as grief)
avg rating 3.93 — 324,070 ratings — published 2005
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Crying in H Mart Crying in H Mart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 678 times as grief)
avg rating 4.22 — 650,332 ratings — published 2021
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A Grief Observed A Grief Observed (Paperback)
by (shelved 650 times as grief)
avg rating 4.22 — 102,594 ratings — published 1961
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It's OK That You're Not OK It's OK That You're Not OK (Audio CD)
by (shelved 484 times as grief)
avg rating 4.34 — 17,047 ratings — published 2017
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Notes on Grief Notes on Grief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 410 times as grief)
avg rating 4.21 — 42,987 ratings — published 2021
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A Monster Calls A Monster Calls (Paperback)
by (shelved 358 times as grief)
avg rating 4.34 — 297,805 ratings — published 2011
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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Grief Is the Thing with Feathers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 356 times as grief)
avg rating 3.78 — 58,848 ratings — published 2015
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When Breath Becomes Air When Breath Becomes Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 288 times as grief)
avg rating 4.41 — 856,387 ratings — published 2016
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A Man Called Ove A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 284 times as grief)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,286,075 ratings — published 2012
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Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 277 times as grief)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,597,540 ratings — published 2022
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H is for Hawk H is for Hawk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 265 times as grief)
avg rating 3.73 — 85,958 ratings — published 2014
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 245 times as grief)
avg rating 4.07 — 890,759 ratings — published 2012
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Hamnet Hamnet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 230 times as grief)
avg rating 4.20 — 519,850 ratings — published 2020
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The Correspondent The Correspondent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 227 times as grief)
avg rating 4.42 — 936,274 ratings — published 2025
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Grief Is for People Grief Is for People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 226 times as grief)
avg rating 3.83 — 18,642 ratings — published 2024
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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 225 times as grief)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,893,647 ratings — published 2012
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The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss (Hardcover)
by (shelved 222 times as grief)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,436 ratings — published 2022
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I'm Glad My Mom Died I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 209 times as grief)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,632,133 ratings — published 2022
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This Book Made Me Think of You This Book Made Me Think of You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 208 times as grief)
avg rating 4.31 — 146,674 ratings — published 2026
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We Are Okay We Are Okay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 205 times as grief)
avg rating 3.92 — 102,957 ratings — published 2017
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Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as grief)
avg rating 4.40 — 2,896 ratings — published 2017
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Memorial Days Memorial Days (Hardcover)
by (shelved 200 times as grief)
avg rating 4.28 — 28,613 ratings — published 2025
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Under the Whispering Door Under the Whispering Door (Hardcover)
by (shelved 183 times as grief)
avg rating 4.10 — 343,374 ratings — published 2021
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The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief (ebook)
by (shelved 183 times as grief)
avg rating 4.34 — 4,202 ratings — published 2015
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Blue Sisters Blue Sisters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 181 times as grief)
avg rating 3.90 — 359,178 ratings — published 2024
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Everything I Never Told You Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 177 times as grief)
avg rating 3.83 — 628,288 ratings — published 2014
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The Guncle (The Guncle, #1) The Guncle (The Guncle, #1)
by (shelved 172 times as grief)
avg rating 4.09 — 222,968 ratings — published 2021
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Intermezzo Intermezzo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 171 times as grief)
avg rating 3.78 — 410,064 ratings — published 2024
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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
by (shelved 170 times as grief)
avg rating 3.91 — 981,104 ratings — published 2009
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The Seven Year Slip The Seven Year Slip (Paperback)
by (shelved 167 times as grief)
avg rating 4.14 — 712,432 ratings — published 2023
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Clap When You Land Clap When You Land (Hardcover)
by (shelved 167 times as grief)
avg rating 4.22 — 112,308 ratings — published 2020
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 165 times as grief)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,045,469 ratings — published 2017
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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 165 times as grief)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,490,962 ratings — published 2002
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Blue Nights Blue Nights (Hardcover)
by (shelved 156 times as grief)
avg rating 3.95 — 52,299 ratings — published 2011
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Promise Me Sunshine (Hearts of New York, #2) Promise Me Sunshine (Hearts of New York, #2)
by (shelved 154 times as grief)
avg rating 4.06 — 101,536 ratings — published 2025
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Beach Read Beach Read (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as grief)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,798,489 ratings — published 2020
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The Thing About Jellyfish The Thing About Jellyfish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 148 times as grief)
avg rating 4.10 — 46,919 ratings — published 2015
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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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as grief)
avg rating 4.31 — 4,929 ratings — published
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 145 times as grief)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,789,413 ratings — published 2005
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The Sky Is Everywhere The Sky Is Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 145 times as grief)
avg rating 3.95 — 111,089 ratings — published 2010
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The Friend The Friend (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as grief)
avg rating 3.71 — 63,454 ratings — published 2018
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as grief)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,475,174 ratings — published 2022
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Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 139 times as grief)
avg rating 4.43 — 3,278 ratings — published 2019
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Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as grief)
avg rating 4.51 — 11,709 ratings — published 2020
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All the Bright Places All the Bright Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as grief)
avg rating 4.11 — 644,823 ratings — published 2015
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Things in Nature Merely Grow Things in Nature Merely Grow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as grief)
avg rating 4.32 — 18,849 ratings — published 2025
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Long Way Down Long Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 136 times as grief)
avg rating 4.24 — 144,023 ratings — published 2017
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as grief)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,280,326 ratings — published 1997
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The Astonishing Color of After The Astonishing Color of After (Hardcover)
by (shelved 134 times as grief)
avg rating 4.04 — 34,504 ratings — published 2018
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Lincoln in the Bardo Lincoln in the Bardo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as grief)
avg rating 3.74 — 186,176 ratings — published 2017
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J.K. Rowling
“You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Cassandra Clare
“They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

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