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Lost & Found
by Kathryn Schulz • 2022
A father lost, a wife found: the discovery that grief and joy are not opposites.
4.11
10k+
Lost & Found Summary
Lost & Found 90%
A father lost, a wife found: the discovery that grief and joy are not opposites.
by Kathryn Schulz 2022
4.11
10k+ ratings
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney • 2022
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
4.62
35k+
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works 89%
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
by Rob Delaney 2022
4.62
35k+ ratings
Grief One Day at a Time
by Alan D. Wolfelt • 2016
Grief's daily companion: 365 meditations that turn small daily steps into a path back to life.
4.61
203
Grief One Day at a Time Summary
Grief One Day at a Time 89%
Grief's daily companion: 365 meditations that turn small daily steps into a path back to life.
by Alan D. Wolfelt 2016
4.61
203 ratings
Grief Is Love
by Marisa Renee Lee • 2022
Grief is not a disease to cure but love repurposed. A guide to giving it room.
4.15
3k+
Grief Is Love Summary
Grief Is Love 88%
Grief is not a disease to cure but love repurposed. A guide to giving it room.
by Marisa Renee Lee 2022
4.15
3k+ ratings
Things in Nature Merely Grow
by Yiyun Li • 2025
The worst loss has no name. After both sons die by suicide, a novelist inhabits it.
4.34
15k+
Things in Nature Merely Grow Summary
Things in Nature Merely Grow 88%
The worst loss has no name. After both sons die by suicide, a novelist inhabits it.
by Yiyun Li 2025
4.34
15k+ ratings
It's OK That You're Not OK
by Megan Devine • 2017
Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.
4.35
15k+
It's OK That You're Not OK Summary
It's OK That You're Not OK 88%
Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.
by Megan Devine 2017
4.35
15k+ ratings
A Widow's Story
by Joyce Carol Oates • 2011
Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.
3.76
4k+
A Widow's Story Summary
A Widow's Story 88%
Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.
by Joyce Carol Oates 2011
3.76
4k+ ratings
The Lessons of Love
by Melody Beattie • 2013
Her son died. She said yes to a marriage she knew would fail. It saved her.
4.02
257
The Lessons of Love Summary
The Lessons of Love 88%
Her son died. She said yes to a marriage she knew would fail. It saved her.
by Melody Beattie 2013
4.02
257 ratings
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion • 2005
Sudden death shatters reason. The irrational rituals grief demands, observed by a master stylist.
3.93
308k+
The Year of Magical Thinking Summary
The Year of Magical Thinking 88%
Sudden death shatters reason. The irrational rituals grief demands, observed by a master stylist.
by Joan Didion 2005
3.93
308k+ ratings
The Life We Almost Had
by Amelia Henley • 2020
A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.
3.81
1k+
The Life We Almost Had Summary
The Life We Almost Had 88%
A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.
by Amelia Henley 2020
3.81
1k+ ratings
Loss
by John Bowlby • 1979
Grief's biological roots: an instinct to search, and the lasting damage of suppressing it.
4.16
173
Loss Summary
Loss 88%
Grief's biological roots: an instinct to search, and the lasting damage of suppressing it.
by John Bowlby 1979
4.16
173 ratings
All Those Things We Never Said
by Marc Levy • 2008
Her dead father returns as an android: six days of battery, a lifetime of silence to undo.
3.87
15k+
All Those Things We Never Said Summary
All Those Things We Never Said 88%
Her dead father returns as an android: six days of battery, a lifetime of silence to undo.
by Marc Levy 2008
3.87
15k+ ratings
The Most Beautiful
by Mayte Garcia • 2017
129 shows, a secret wedding, a lost baby, a sudden death: his wife finally tells her story.
4.13
7k+
The Most Beautiful Summary
The Most Beautiful 88%
129 shows, a secret wedding, a lost baby, a sudden death: his wife finally tells her story.
by Mayte Garcia 2017
4.13
7k+ ratings
To Selena, With Love
by Chris Pérez • 2012
A hidden romance. A secret wedding. A rising star. And the phone call that ended it all.
4.65
10k+
To Selena, With Love Summary
To Selena, With Love 88%
A hidden romance. A secret wedding. A rising star. And the phone call that ended it all.
by Chris Pérez 2012
4.65
10k+ ratings
If He Had Been With Me
by Laura Nowlin • 2013
She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.
3.78
598k+
If He Had Been With Me Summary
If He Had Been With Me 88%
She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.
by Laura Nowlin 2013
3.78
598k+ ratings
A Grief Observed
by C.S. Lewis • 1961
A believer's unsparing grief journal: God is absent, memory lies, and platitudes make it worse.
4.22
98k+
A Grief Observed Summary
A Grief Observed 88%
A believer's unsparing grief journal: God is absent, memory lies, and platitudes make it worse.
by C.S. Lewis 1961
4.22
98k+ ratings
A Buddhist Grief Observed
by Guy Newland • 2016
A Buddhist scholar thought he understood impermanence. Then his wife died.
3.96
130
A Buddhist Grief Observed Summary
A Buddhist Grief Observed 88%
A Buddhist scholar thought he understood impermanence. Then his wife died.
by Guy Newland 2016
3.96
130 ratings
Death and the Gardener
by Georgi Gospodinov • 2024
A son tends his dying father, a gardener, finding that stories root where words cannot.
4.44
13k+
Death and the Gardener Summary
Death and the Gardener 88%
A son tends his dying father, a gardener, finding that stories root where words cannot.
by Georgi Gospodinov 2024
4.44
13k+ ratings
Sisterhood Everlasting
by Ann Brashares • 2011
Four friends reunite in Santorini, but the woman who called them has drowned.
3.91
39k+
Sisterhood Everlasting Summary
Sisterhood Everlasting 88%
Four friends reunite in Santorini, but the woman who called them has drowned.
by Ann Brashares 2011
3.91
39k+ ratings
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
4.40
10k+
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life 88%
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021
4.40
10k+ ratings
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
by Stuart Ross • 2022
A poet tries to face grief directly, accidentally writes a book about why he can't.
3.84
189
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers Summary
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers 88%
A poet tries to face grief directly, accidentally writes a book about why he can't.
by Stuart Ross 2022
3.84
189 ratings
The Name of the World
by Denis Johnson • 2000
A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.
3.55
3k+
The Name of the World Summary
The Name of the World 88%
A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.
by Denis Johnson 2000
3.55
3k+ ratings
Where Reasons End
by Yiyun Li • 2019
After her son's suicide, a mother conjures him in conversation, testing what words can hold.
3.77
6k+
Where Reasons End Summary
Where Reasons End 88%
After her son's suicide, a mother conjures him in conversation, testing what words can hold.
by Yiyun Li 2019
3.77
6k+ ratings
Un amigo gratis
by Inma Rubiales • 2019
A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.
4.16
3k+
Un amigo gratis Summary
Un amigo gratis 88%
A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.
by Inma Rubiales 2019
4.16
3k+ ratings
If Only I Had Told Her
by Laura Nowlin • 2024
Childhood best friends. A long-awaited confession. Then a car crash that leaves one of them behind.
3.85
210k+
If Only I Had Told Her Summary
If Only I Had Told Her 88%
Childhood best friends. A long-awaited confession. Then a car crash that leaves one of them behind.
by Laura Nowlin 2024
3.85
210k+ ratings
Message in a Bottle
by Nicholas Sparks • 1998
His bottled love letter led her to him. Now she must compete with a ghost.
3.98
249k+
Message in a Bottle Summary
Message in a Bottle 88%
His bottled love letter led her to him. Now she must compete with a ghost.
by Nicholas Sparks 1998
3.98
249k+ ratings
Grief Is for People
by Sloane Crosley • 2024
A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.
3.83
18k+
Grief Is for People Summary
Grief Is for People 88%
A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.
by Sloane Crosley 2024
3.83
18k+ ratings
I Fell in Love With Hope
by Lancali • 2022
They are collectors of moments, four terminally ill teens reclaiming life from death's waiting room.
3.81
34k+
I Fell in Love With Hope Summary
I Fell in Love With Hope 88%
They are collectors of moments, four terminally ill teens reclaiming life from death's waiting room.
by Lancali 2022
3.81
34k+ ratings
You've Reached Sam
by Dustin Thao • 2021
After Sam dies, Julie calls his phone just to hear his voicemail. He picks up.
3.61
178k+
You've Reached Sam Summary
You've Reached Sam 88%
After Sam dies, Julie calls his phone just to hear his voicemail. He picks up.
by Dustin Thao 2021
3.61
178k+ ratings
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
by Nina Sankovitch • 2011
365 books, 365 days, one sister gone: the reading year that became a roadmap through loss.
3.48
7k+
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair Summary
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair 88%
365 books, 365 days, one sister gone: the reading year that became a roadmap through loss.
by Nina Sankovitch 2011
3.48
7k+ ratings
Delirious
by Damien Wilkins • 2024
Thirty years on, their son's killer wants to meet. Mary and Pete are leaving his home.
3.83
885
Delirious Summary
Delirious 88%
Thirty years on, their son's killer wants to meet. Mary and Pete are leaving his home.
by Damien Wilkins 2024
3.83
885 ratings
The Happy Ever After Playlist
by Abby Jimenez • 2020
A stray dog pulls a grieving artist into the orbit of a musician she cannot resist.
4.17
347k+
The Happy Ever After Playlist Summary
The Happy Ever After Playlist 88%
A stray dog pulls a grieving artist into the orbit of a musician she cannot resist.
by Abby Jimenez 2020
4.17
347k+ ratings
Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her
by Laura Nowlin
Neighbors since birth, they've shared everything but the one truth that could change it all.
3.86
74k+
Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her Summary
Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her 88%
Neighbors since birth, they've shared everything but the one truth that could change it all.
by Laura Nowlin
3.86
74k+ ratings
Cruel and Beautiful
by A.M. Hargrove • 2015
She promised her dying husband she'd live. Two years on, his friend makes sure she does.
4.25
5k+
Cruel and Beautiful Summary
Cruel and Beautiful 87%
She promised her dying husband she'd live. Two years on, his friend makes sure she does.
by A.M. Hargrove 2015
4.25
5k+ ratings
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell • 2020
After her son dies of plague, her husband writes Hamlet and buries his grief on stage.
4.21
437k+
Hamnet Summary
Hamnet 87%
After her son dies of plague, her husband writes Hamlet and buries his grief on stage.
by Maggie O'Farrell 2020
4.21
437k+ ratings
The Story of Us
by Lesley Jones • 2014
A hidden letter destroyed her future with her brother's rock star bandmate. Now he's back.
4.15
19k+
The Story of Us Summary
The Story of Us 87%
A hidden letter destroyed her future with her brother's rock star bandmate. Now he's back.
by Lesley Jones 2014
4.15
19k+ ratings
Antes de ella
by Flor M. Salvador • 2019
Drowning in guilt and addiction, Luke meets a girl whose light makes survival worth the fight.
3.84
11k+
Antes de ella Summary
Antes de ella 87%
Drowning in guilt and addiction, Luke meets a girl whose light makes survival worth the fight.
by Flor M. Salvador 2019
3.84
11k+ ratings
Did I Ever Tell You?
by Genevieve Kingston • 2024
Her dying mother packed gift chests for the milestones she'd miss. The first opened at sixteen.
4.29
6k+
Did I Ever Tell You? Summary
Did I Ever Tell You? 87%
Her dying mother packed gift chests for the milestones she'd miss. The first opened at sixteen.
by Genevieve Kingston 2024
4.29
6k+ ratings
The Beauty of What Remains
by Steve Leder • 2021
Death teaches how to truly live: a rabbi's wisdom from a thousand deaths.
4.44
3k+
The Beauty of What Remains Summary
The Beauty of What Remains 87%
Death teaches how to truly live: a rabbi's wisdom from a thousand deaths.
by Steve Leder 2021
4.44
3k+ ratings
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
by Sara Seager • 2020
Widowed at forty with two sons, an astrophysicist puts her grief into searching for other Earths.
4.11
3k+
The Smallest Lights in the Universe Summary
The Smallest Lights in the Universe 87%
Widowed at forty with two sons, an astrophysicist puts her grief into searching for other Earths.
by Sara Seager 2020
4.11
3k+ ratings
On Grief and Grieving
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 2005
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
4.32
5k+
On Grief and Grieving Summary
On Grief and Grieving 87%
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 2005
4.32
5k+ ratings
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami • 1987
Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.
3.99
739k+
Norwegian Wood Summary
Norwegian Wood 87%
Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.
by Haruki Murakami 1987
3.99
739k+ ratings
Always, in December
by Emily Stone • 2021
She dreads December until a bike crash with a London stranger opens her guarded heart.
3.72
34k+
Always, in December Summary
Always, in December 87%
She dreads December until a bike crash with a London stranger opens her guarded heart.
by Emily Stone 2021
3.72
34k+ ratings
Grief Works
by Julia Samuel • 2018
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
3.98
2k+
Grief Works Summary
Grief Works 87%
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
by Julia Samuel 2018
3.98
2k+ ratings
How to Fix a Broken Heart
by Guy Winch • 2018
Your brain treats heartbreak like drug withdrawal. So why does nobody tell you how to detox?
4.15
4k+
How to Fix a Broken Heart Summary
How to Fix a Broken Heart 87%
Your brain treats heartbreak like drug withdrawal. So why does nobody tell you how to detox?
by Guy Winch 2018
4.15
4k+ ratings
Your Grief, Your Way
by Shelby Forsythia • 2020
No stages, no timelines: a year of daily comfort for grieving your own way.
4.34
159
Your Grief, Your Way Summary
Your Grief, Your Way 87%
No stages, no timelines: a year of daily comfort for grieving your own way.
by Shelby Forsythia 2020
4.34
159 ratings
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog
by Emily Dean • 2019
Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.
4.23
3k+
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog Summary
Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog 87%
Her family was allergic to stability and dogs. When they died, she finally got one.
by Emily Dean 2019
4.23
3k+ ratings
I Wanted You To Know
by Laura Pearson • 2019
Given a terminal diagnosis at twenty-one, a new mother writes her baby a lifetime of letters.
4.32
6k+
I Wanted You To Know Summary
I Wanted You To Know 87%
Given a terminal diagnosis at twenty-one, a new mother writes her baby a lifetime of letters.
by Laura Pearson 2019
4.32
6k+ ratings
For Lucy
by Jewel E. Ann • 2021
A lie to protect his daughter costs a father his wife after their young son drowns.
4.43
7k+
For Lucy Summary
For Lucy 87%
A lie to protect his daughter costs a father his wife after their young son drowns.
by Jewel E. Ann 2021
4.43
7k+ ratings
At Certain Points We Touch
by Lauren John Joseph • 2022
A neon sign jolts a trans writer to recount their doomed love affair with a dead photographer.
3.62
1k+
At Certain Points We Touch Summary
At Certain Points We Touch 87%
A neon sign jolts a trans writer to recount their doomed love affair with a dead photographer.
by Lauren John Joseph 2022
3.62
1k+ ratings
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