🎗️ Terminally Ill Child

Devastating narratives centered on a child facing death, exploring the impossible grief of parents and the startling courage of the young.

The Choice

by Henry Denker • 1987

A surgeon who prioritized patients over family must now watch his daughter fight leukemia.

3.84

103

🏥 Medical Family Drama 🩺 Pediatric Cancer 💔 Loss Of A Child 😢 Tearjerker 🏨 Hospital Setting

The Choice 91%

A surgeon who prioritized patients over family must now watch his daughter fight leukemia.

by Henry Denker 1987

3.84

103 ratings

🏥 Medical Family Drama 🩺 Pediatric Cancer 💔 Loss Of A Child 😢 Tearjerker 🏨 Hospital Setting

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+

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

A Heart That Works 91%

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

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

Bố con cá gai

by Cho Chang-In • 2000

When leukemia strikes his son, a Korean father begins selling the only asset left: himself.

4.41

2k+

👨‍👦 Father And Son 💔 Parental Sacrifice 🎗️ Childhood Cancer 🥀 Quiet Grief 🇰🇷 Contemporary Korea

Bố con cá gai 90%

When leukemia strikes his son, a Korean father begins selling the only asset left: himself.

by Cho Chang-In 2000

4.41

2k+ ratings

👨‍👦 Father And Son 💔 Parental Sacrifice 🎗️ Childhood Cancer 🥀 Quiet Grief 🇰🇷 Contemporary Korea

Before I Die

by Jenny Downham • 2007

Sixteen, terminal, Tessa writes a bucket list. The boy next door offers what no dare can.

3.81

58k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 📋 Bucket List 🏡 Boy Next Door 💕 First Love 🔥 Teenage Rebellion

Before I Die 89%

Sixteen, terminal, Tessa writes a bucket list. The boy next door offers what no dare can.

by Jenny Downham 2007

3.81

58k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 📋 Bucket List 🏡 Boy Next Door 💕 First Love 🔥 Teenage Rebellion

The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride

by Joe Siple • 2018

A hundred-year-old widower ready to die meets a dying boy clutching five impossible last wishes.

4.61

48k+

🧓 Intergenerational Bond 👦 Childhood Illness 🪣 Bucket List Quest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚾ Baseball Backdrop

The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride Summary

The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride 89%

A hundred-year-old widower ready to die meets a dying boy clutching five impossible last wishes.

by Joe Siple 2018

4.61

48k+ ratings

🧓 Intergenerational Bond 👦 Childhood Illness 🪣 Bucket List Quest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚾ Baseball Backdrop

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi • 2016

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

4.41

820k+

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

When Breath Becomes Air 89%

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

by Paul Kalanithi 2016

4.41

820k+ ratings

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

Ms. Bixby's Last Day

by John David Anderson • 2016

Three boys skip school to give their dying teacher the perfect goodbye she deserves.

4.27

9k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 🍎 Beloved Teacher 👥 Best Friend Trio 🪣 Bucket List 😭 Tearjerker

Ms. Bixby's Last Day 89%

Three boys skip school to give their dying teacher the perfect goodbye she deserves.

by John David Anderson 2016

4.27

9k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 🍎 Beloved Teacher 👥 Best Friend Trio 🪣 Bucket List 😭 Tearjerker

Five Feet Apart

by Rachael Lippincott • 2018

Two cystic fibrosis patients fall in love, but hospital rules demand they stay six feet apart.

4.17

260k+

🔒 Forbidden Love 💔 Terminal Illness 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🌟 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏥 Hospital Setting

Five Feet Apart 89%

Two cystic fibrosis patients fall in love, but hospital rules demand they stay six feet apart.

by Rachael Lippincott 2018

4.17

260k+ ratings

🔒 Forbidden Love 💔 Terminal Illness 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🌟 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏥 Hospital Setting

The Etiquette of Illness

by Susan P. Halpern • 2004

What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.

3.76

601

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🏥 End Of Life Care 🤲 Caregiving 💛 Practical Empathy 🕯️ Grief Support

The Etiquette of Illness 88%

What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.

by Susan P. Halpern 2004

3.76

601 ratings

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🏥 End Of Life Care 🤲 Caregiving 💛 Practical Empathy 🕯️ Grief Support

The End of Your Life Book Club

by Will Schwalbe • 2012

She had terminal cancer. He had questions. They started a book club instead of saying goodbye.

3.81

56k+

👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bonds 🏥 Terminal Illness 📚 Bibliotherapy 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🩺 Caregiver Memoirs

The End of Your Life Book Club 88%

She had terminal cancer. He had questions. They started a book club instead of saying goodbye.

by Will Schwalbe 2012

3.81

56k+ ratings

👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bonds 🏥 Terminal Illness 📚 Bibliotherapy 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🩺 Caregiver Memoirs

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+

🏥 Cancer Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond ✍️ Letters To A Child 👯 Best Friend Soulmate 🤱 Single Mother

I Wanted You To Know 88%

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

🏥 Cancer Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond ✍️ Letters To A Child 👯 Best Friend Soulmate 🤱 Single Mother

La fuerza de Sheccid

by Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez • 1997

A sensitive teen falls for an unreachable classmate whose coldness masks a devastating secret.

3.51

4k+

💕 Coming Of Age Romance ✨ Idealized First Love 💔 Tragic Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness 🥀 Bittersweet

La fuerza de Sheccid 88%

A sensitive teen falls for an unreachable classmate whose coldness masks a devastating secret.

by Carlos Cuauhtémoc Sánchez 1997

3.51

4k+ ratings

💕 Coming Of Age Romance ✨ Idealized First Love 💔 Tragic Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness 🥀 Bittersweet

Till The Last Breath

by Durjoy Datta • 2013

She's dying. He's self-destructing. One hospital room makes them each other's last reason to live.

3.97

7k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 🏨 Hospital Setting ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 💔 Self-Destructive Lead 👥 Found Family

Till The Last Breath 88%

She's dying. He's self-destructing. One hospital room makes them each other's last reason to live.

by Durjoy Datta 2013

3.97

7k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 🏨 Hospital Setting ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 💔 Self-Destructive Lead 👥 Found Family

Kira-Kira

by Cynthia Kadohata • 2004

Katie's sister taught her the world could shimmer. Lymphoma tests whether she can still see it.

3.98

28k+

💔 Terminal Illness 👭 Sisterly Bond 🫂 Young Caregiver 🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌅 Grief And Healing

Kira-Kira 88%

Katie's sister taught her the world could shimmer. Lymphoma tests whether she can still see it.

by Cynthia Kadohata 2004

3.98

28k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness 👭 Sisterly Bond 🫂 Young Caregiver 🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌅 Grief And Healing

The Unwinding of the Miracle

by Julie Yip-Williams • 2019

Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.

4.09

12k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 💀 Facing Mortality 🌅 Living While Dying 📖 Illness Narratives

The Unwinding of the Miracle 88%

Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.

by Julie Yip-Williams 2019

4.09

12k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Memoir 💀 Facing Mortality 🌅 Living While Dying 📖 Illness Narratives

Write Me for You

by Tillie Cole • 2025

Two dying teens meet at a ranch and fall in love, determined to write their ending.

4.30

9k+

🤒 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 📚 Metafiction 💞 First Love 💔 Tragic Romance

Write Me for You 88%

Two dying teens meet at a ranch and fall in love, determined to write their ending.

by Tillie Cole 2025

4.30

9k+ ratings

🤒 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 📚 Metafiction 💞 First Love 💔 Tragic Romance

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness • 2011

A yew tree monster visits a boy at midnight, demanding the truth about his dying mother.

4.34

292k+

📖 Modern Fable 🖤 Parental Loss 💔 Terminal Illness 🧒 Outsider Protagonist 📚 Power Of Storytelling

A Monster Calls 88%

A yew tree monster visits a boy at midnight, demanding the truth about his dying mother.

by Patrick Ness 2011

4.34

292k+ ratings

📖 Modern Fable 🖤 Parental Loss 💔 Terminal Illness 🧒 Outsider Protagonist 📚 Power Of Storytelling

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult • 2004

Born to save her sister, a thirteen-year-old sues her parents for control of her own body.

4.11

1.3M+

🩺 Medical Ethics 🧬 Designer Baby 👭 Sibling Sacrifice 🫂 Childhood Illness 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

My Sister's Keeper 88%

Born to save her sister, a thirteen-year-old sues her parents for control of her own body.

by Jodi Picoult 2004

4.11

1.3M+ ratings

🩺 Medical Ethics 🧬 Designer Baby 👭 Sibling Sacrifice 🫂 Childhood Illness 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Rift

La Faiseuse d'étoiles

by Mélissa Da Costa • 2023

A young mother facing death spins a star-swept tale to spare her son the truth.

4.31

4k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 💔 Parental Loss 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond 💌 Letters From Beyond 🌳 French Countryside

La Faiseuse d'étoiles 88%

A young mother facing death spins a star-swept tale to spare her son the truth.

by Mélissa Da Costa 2023

4.31

4k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 💔 Parental Loss 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond 💌 Letters From Beyond 🌳 French Countryside

The Fault in Our Stars

by John Green • 2012

A guarded cancer patient meets a charming survivor who bets his one wish on her.

4.12

5.8M+

🏥 Sick-Lit 💔 Doomed Romance 🤔 Philosophical Teens 😢 Bittersweet Ending 😏 Darkly Funny

The Fault in Our Stars 88%

A guarded cancer patient meets a charming survivor who bets his one wish on her.

by John Green 2012

4.12

5.8M+ ratings

🏥 Sick-Lit 💔 Doomed Romance 🤔 Philosophical Teens 😢 Bittersweet Ending 😏 Darkly Funny

Bright Side

by Kim Holden • 2014

A college freshman hides a terminal diagnosis from the single father she is falling for.

4.29

63k+

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Father Hero 🥲 Bittersweet

Bright Side 88%

A college freshman hides a terminal diagnosis from the single father she is falling for.

by Kim Holden 2014

4.29

63k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Father Hero 🥲 Bittersweet

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

by Marianne Cronin • 2021

A terminally ill teenager and an elderly woman bond over painting their shared century.

4.28

135k+

💔 Terminal Illness 🤝 Intergenerational Friendship 👪 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎨 Art And Creativity

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Summary

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot 88%

A terminally ill teenager and an elderly woman bond over painting their shared century.

by Marianne Cronin 2021

4.28

135k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness 🤝 Intergenerational Friendship 👪 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎨 Art And Creativity

In the Land of Pain

by Alphonse Daudet • 1929

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

3.68

597

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative 💀 Terminal Illness 🤕 Chronic Pain

In the Land of Pain 88%

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

by Alphonse Daudet 1929

3.68

597 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative 💀 Terminal Illness 🤕 Chronic Pain

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+

🕯️ Parental Loss 🪢 Father-Son Bond 🏥 Terminal Illness 🤔 Philosophical Mourning 🌱 Gardens And Grief

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

🕯️ Parental Loss 🪢 Father-Son Bond 🏥 Terminal Illness 🤔 Philosophical Mourning 🌱 Gardens And Grief

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+

🏥 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age ✨ Poetic Prose 🥀 Bittersweet

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

🏥 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age ✨ Poetic Prose 🥀 Bittersweet

When Crickets Cry

by Charles Martin • 2006

A widowed surgeon in hiding meets a seven-year-old whose failing heart needs the hands he's buried.

4.38

76k+

✝️ Inspirational Fiction 🩺 Medical Drama 🌳 Small-Town South 🖤 Grieving Widower 🫀 Sick Child

When Crickets Cry 88%

A widowed surgeon in hiding meets a seven-year-old whose failing heart needs the hands he's buried.

by Charles Martin 2006

4.38

76k+ ratings

✝️ Inspirational Fiction 🩺 Medical Drama 🌳 Small-Town South 🖤 Grieving Widower 🫀 Sick Child

The Girl & Her Ren

by Pepper Winters • 2018

Ren raised Della from a baby. Now she’s grown, and his love for her is forbidden.

4.49

8k+

🔥 Taboo Romance 💔 Terminal Illness 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 💫 Soulmates

The Girl & Her Ren 88%

Ren raised Della from a baby. Now she’s grown, and his love for her is forbidden.

by Pepper Winters 2018

4.49

8k+ ratings

🔥 Taboo Romance 💔 Terminal Illness 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 💫 Soulmates

Learning to Fall

by Philip Simmons • 2000

ALS at 35 revealed that freedom comes only when you stop holding on to everything.

4.19

498

🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 💀 Embracing Mortality 🍂 Acceptance Of Imperfection 🪔 Finding Meaning In Suffering

Learning to Fall 88%

ALS at 35 revealed that freedom comes only when you stop holding on to everything.

by Philip Simmons 2000

4.19

498 ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 💀 Embracing Mortality 🍂 Acceptance Of Imperfection 🪔 Finding Meaning In Suffering

Knocking on Heaven's Door

by Katy Butler • 2013

Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.

4.12

3k+

🫀 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Medical Overreach 🤲 Caregiving 💰 Healthcare Economics 📋 Patient Advocacy

Knocking on Heaven's Door 88%

Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.

by Katy Butler 2013

4.12

3k+ ratings

🫀 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Medical Overreach 🤲 Caregiving 💰 Healthcare Economics 📋 Patient Advocacy

Everything, Everything

by Nicola Yoon • 2015

Her immune system makes the outside lethal. The boy next door is an impossible, irresistible risk.

3.96

682k+

🏠 Homebound Romance 🤒 Sick-Lit 🔒 Secret Relationship 💘 First Love 😤 Overbearing Mother

Everything, Everything 88%

Her immune system makes the outside lethal. The boy next door is an impossible, irresistible risk.

by Nicola Yoon 2015

3.96

682k+ ratings

🏠 Homebound Romance 🤒 Sick-Lit 🔒 Secret Relationship 💘 First Love 😤 Overbearing Mother

A Thousand Boy Kisses

by Tillie Cole • 2016

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

4.03

468k+

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

A Thousand Boy Kisses 87%

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

by Tillie Cole 2016

4.03

468k+ ratings

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

Everything Happens for a Reason

by Kate Bowler • 2018

She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.

3.80

54k+

🏛️ American Evangelicalism 🩺 Cancer Memoirs ✝️ Theology Of Suffering ☢️ Toxic Positivity 🖤 Grief And Loss

Everything Happens for a Reason 87%

She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.

by Kate Bowler 2018

3.80

54k+ ratings

🏛️ American Evangelicalism 🩺 Cancer Memoirs ✝️ Theology Of Suffering ☢️ Toxic Positivity 🖤 Grief And Loss

Pay It Forward

by Catherine Ryan Hyde • 1999

To change the world, a boy invents a kindness chain; his own life becomes its cost.

4.20

29k+

👵👦 Intergenerational Bond 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🤝 Acts Of Kindness 🦋 Butterfly Effect 🕊️ Sacrificial Hero

Pay It Forward 87%

To change the world, a boy invents a kindness chain; his own life becomes its cost.

by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999

4.20

29k+ ratings

👵👦 Intergenerational Bond 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🤝 Acts Of Kindness 🦋 Butterfly Effect 🕊️ Sacrificial Hero

Art & Soul

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2015

A pregnant artist and a grieving boy, paired for class, find love born of shared wounds.

4.24

9k+

🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness 🌱 Emotional Healing

Art & Soul 87%

A pregnant artist and a grieving boy, paired for class, find love born of shared wounds.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2015

4.24

9k+ ratings

🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness 🌱 Emotional Healing

Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death

by Aroop Mangalik • 2017

Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.

4.00

🫀 End Of Life Care 💀 Death Acceptance 📝 Advance Directives 🤲 Palliative Care 🕊️ Aid In Dying

Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death Summary

Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death 87%

Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.

by Aroop Mangalik 2017

4.00

14 ratings

🫀 End Of Life Care 💀 Death Acceptance 📝 Advance Directives 🤲 Palliative Care 🕊️ Aid In Dying

A Walk to Remember

by Nicholas Sparks • 1999

A North Carolina teenager falls for the minister's daughter, only to learn her time is short.

4.20

848k+

🖤 Terminal Illness Romance 🏡 1950s Small Town ⛪️ Minister's Daughter 🎗️ Dying Wish 🙏 Faith In Crisis

A Walk to Remember 87%

A North Carolina teenager falls for the minister's daughter, only to learn her time is short.

by Nicholas Sparks 1999

4.20

848k+ ratings

🖤 Terminal Illness Romance 🏡 1950s Small Town ⛪️ Minister's Daughter 🎗️ Dying Wish 🙏 Faith In Crisis

The Map That Leads to You

by J.P. Monninger • 2017

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

3.56

14k+

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

The Map That Leads to You 87%

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

by J.P. Monninger 2017

3.56

14k+ ratings

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

The Assistant

by Marni Mann • 2019

A wife and mother hires an assistant, then conceals a terminal diagnosis from everyone she loves.

3.93

1k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 🎭 Hidden Illness 💔 Tearjerker 📚 Library Refuge 💞 Married Love

The Assistant 87%

A wife and mother hires an assistant, then conceals a terminal diagnosis from everyone she loves.

by Marni Mann 2019

3.93

1k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 🎭 Hidden Illness 💔 Tearjerker 📚 Library Refuge 💞 Married Love

If I Stay

by Gayle Forman • 2009

Outside her body after the crash, a teenage cellist watches her boyfriend beg her to stay.

3.91

972k+

🫥 Out-Of-Body Perspective 🎻 Musician Protagonist ⚖️ Life Or Death Choice 🥀 Bittersweet 🌧️ Pacific Northwest

If I Stay 87%

Outside her body after the crash, a teenage cellist watches her boyfriend beg her to stay.

by Gayle Forman 2009

3.91

972k+ ratings

🫥 Out-Of-Body Perspective 🎻 Musician Protagonist ⚖️ Life Or Death Choice 🥀 Bittersweet 🌧️ Pacific Northwest

Wish You Were Here

by Renee Carlino • 2017

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

3.92

18k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Wish You Were Here 87%

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

by Renee Carlino 2017

3.92

18k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

In Love

by Amy Bloom • 2022

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

4.26

26k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief 🕊️ Assisted Suicide 💀 Death Acceptance

In Love 87%

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

by Amy Bloom 2022

4.26

26k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief 🕊️ Assisted Suicide 💀 Death Acceptance

The Last Song

by Nicholas Sparks • 2009

Exiled to a beach town, a teen falls for a local whose secret threatens their bond.

4.16

574k+

🕊️ Family Reconciliation ☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Terminal Illness 🏖️ Beach Town 🖤 Rebellious Teen

The Last Song 87%

Exiled to a beach town, a teen falls for a local whose secret threatens their bond.

by Nicholas Sparks 2009

4.16

574k+ ratings

🕊️ Family Reconciliation ☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Terminal Illness 🏖️ Beach Town 🖤 Rebellious Teen

Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor

by Micht Albom • 2013

Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.

4.10

🏥 Illness Memoir 🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom 🤝 Humanistic Philosophy 🤲 Forgiveness 🧘 Being Present

Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor 87%

Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.

by Micht Albom 2013

4.10

29 ratings

🏥 Illness Memoir 🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom 🤝 Humanistic Philosophy 🤲 Forgiveness 🧘 Being Present

Nothing to Fear

by Julie McFadden • 2024

A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.

4.41

3k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🕊️ Death Acceptance 💊 Palliative Care 📋 Advance Care Planning 💀 Death Positive Movement

Nothing to Fear 87%

A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.

by Julie McFadden 2024

4.41

3k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🕊️ Death Acceptance 💊 Palliative Care 📋 Advance Care Planning 💀 Death Positive Movement

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite

by Pierre Bottero • 2002

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

4.06

136

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite Summary

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite 87%

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

by Pierre Bottero 2002

4.06

136 ratings

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

Being Mortal

by Atul Gawande • 2014

Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.

4.49

220k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 👴 Aging With Dignity 💀 Facing Mortality 🚫 Medical Overreach 📖 Narrative Medicine

Being Mortal 87%

Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.

by Atul Gawande 2014

4.49

220k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 👴 Aging With Dignity 💀 Facing Mortality 🚫 Medical Overreach 📖 Narrative Medicine

The Bridge Home

by Padma Venkatraman • 2019

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

4.26

12k+

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The Bridge Home 87%

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

by Padma Venkatraman 2019

4.26

12k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌆 Street Children 👧 Sibling Caretaker 💙 Disability In Family ✉️ Epistolary Novel

On Death and Dying

by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1969

Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.

4.16

28k+

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On Death and Dying 87%

Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.

by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969

4.16

28k+ ratings

🩺 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Terminal Illness 🕊️ Death Acceptance 💬 Patient Communication 📚 Medical Humanities

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

by Yoru Sumino • 2014

A withdrawn boy learns his classmate is dying; she asks him to be her only companion.

4.36

18k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 🔀 Opposites Attract 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌱 Emotional Awakening 🍂 Bittersweet Ending

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas 87%

A withdrawn boy learns his classmate is dying; she asks him to be her only companion.

by Yoru Sumino 2014

4.36

18k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 🔀 Opposites Attract 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌱 Emotional Awakening 🍂 Bittersweet Ending

How We Die

by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994

A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.

4.07

9k+

🩺 End Of Life Care 💀 Death And Dying 🧬 Physiology Of Dying 🩻 Clinical Realism ⏳ Aging And Senescence

How We Die 87%

A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.

by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994

4.07

9k+ ratings

🩺 End Of Life Care 💀 Death And Dying 🧬 Physiology Of Dying 🩻 Clinical Realism ⏳ Aging And Senescence

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