The Greatest Books of All Time on Death & Grief

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17175 Sipsworth Simon Van Booy 2024 Unknown English
16946 Set This House On Fire William Styron 1960 American English
17175 Orfeo Richard Powers 2014 American English
17175 Show Me The Bodies Peter Apps 2022 Unknown English
17175 I Too Had A Love Story Ravinder Singh 2007 Indian Hindi
17175 The Country Without A Post Office Agha Shahid Ali 1997 Indian English
17175 Elizabeth And After Matt Cohen 1999 Canadian English
16815 Kamouraska Anne Hébert 1970 Canadian French
17175 Relatos Edgar Allan Poe 1996 American English
17175 Change Of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008 American English
17175 The Family Chao Lan Samantha Chang 2022 American English
17175 Nona The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2022 New Zealand English
17175 A Woman's Story Annie Ernaux 1988 French French
17175 Stay With Me Ayobami Adebayo 2017 Nigerian English
17175 Incendiary Chris Cleave 2005 British English
17175 You Better Be Lightning Andrea Gibson 2021 American English
17175 The Flicker Of Old Dreams Susan Henderson 2018 American English
17175 In Country Bobbie Ann Mason 1985 American English
17175 The Grim Reaper’s Lawyer Mea Monique Unknown Unknown
16910 Poemas Sociales, De Guerra Y De Muerte Miguel Hernández 1937 Spanish Spanish
17175 All The Beauty In The World Patrick Bringley 2023 Unknown English
17175 On A Pale Horse Piers Anthony 1983 American English
17175 The Penguin Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe American English
17175 Dust Of Dreams Steven Erikson 2009 Canadian English
17175 Toll The Hounds Steven Erikson 2008 Canadian English
17175 The Penguin Book Of First World War Poetry George Walter 1979 British English
17174 La Dama Del Alba Casona, Alejandro 1947 Spanish Spanish
17175 A Modern Family Helga Flatland 2017 Norwegian Norwegian
17175 Loop Brenda Lozano 2014 Mexican Spanish
17175 Umami Laia Jufresa 2015 Mexican Spanish
17175 Dear Edward Ann Napolitano 2020 American English
17175 Ancient Light John Banville 2012 Irish English
17175 For One More Day Mitch Albom 2006 American English
17175 Bleach, Vol. 1 Tite Kubo 2001 Japanese Japanese
17175 Getting Through Grief Christine McArthur Unknown Unknown
17175 The New Sonia Wayward Michael Innes 1960 British English
17175 The Green Ripper John D. MacDonald 1979 American English
17175 Mayakovsky's Revolver Matthew Dickman 2012 American English
17175 Angry Candy Harlan Ellison 1988 American English
17175 Sombrero Fallout Richard Brautigan 1976 American English
16985 Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe 1909 American English
17175 Don't Call Us Dead Danez Smith 2017 American English
17175 In My Time Of Dying Sebastian Junger Unknown Unknown
17175 Rosalie Lightning Tom Hart 2016 American English
17175 Morgon Og Kveld Jon Fosse 2000 Norwegian Norwegian
17175 Autobiography Of A Corpse Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky 2013 Russian Russian
16990 The Gentle Spirit Fyodor Dostoevsky 1876 Russian Russian
17175 Just A Minute Yuyi Morales 2003 Unknown English
17175 Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson 2003 American English
17175 Masters Of Death Olivie Blake 2023 Unknown English
17175 The Phone Booth At The Edge Of The World Laura Imai Messina 2020 Italian Italian
17175 I Want To Eat Your Pancreas Yoru Sumino 2015 Japanese Japanese
17175 All The Tides Of Fate Adalyn Grace 2021 American English
17175 To Calais In Ordinary Time James Meek 2019 British English
17175 Universal Harvester John Darnielle 2017 American English
17175 Rabbit Cake Annie Hartnett 2017 American English
17175 The Red Parts Maggie Nelson 2007 American English
17175 You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Sherman Alexie 2017 American English
17175 Entered From The Sun George Garrett 1990 American English
17175 Fresh Water For Flowers Valerie Perrin 2018 French French
17175 The Reanimator H. P. Lovecraft 1985 American English
17175 Extracting The Stone Of Madness Alejandra Pizarnik 2016 Argentine Spanish
17175 Dandelions Yasunari Kawabata Japanese Japanese
17175 The Man With Night Sweats Thom Gunn 1992 British English
17175 Station Island Seamus Heaney 1984 Irish English
17175 Ghosts Unknown 2017 Unknown English
17074 Tujec / Kuga Albert Camus 1942 French French
17175 The Three Days Don Robertson 1959 American English
17175 Segaki David Stacton 1958 American English
17175 Moshi Moshi Banana Yoshimoto 2010 Japanese Japanese
17175 Eat, Poop, Die Joe Roman 2023 Unknown English
17175 Liliana’s Invincible Summer Cristina Rivera Garza 2023 Unknown Spanish
17175 How To Build A Boat Elaine Feeney 2023 Unknown English
17175 The Annual Banquet Of The Gravediggers' Guild Mathias Énard 2023 French French
17175 Night Watch Jayne Anne Phillips 2023 American Unknown
17175 Wound Oksana Vasyakina 2023 Russian Russian
17175 The Wren, The Wren Anne Enright 2023 Irish English
17175 Loved And Missed Susie Boyt 2023 British English
17175 Console Colin Channer 2023 Unknown Unknown
17175 Wednesday’s Child Yiyun Li 2023 American English
17175 The Suicide Museum Ariel Dorfman 2023 Chilean English
17175 Father And Son Jonathan Raban 2023 British English
17175 All Souls Saskia Hamilton 2023 Unknown English
17175 Still Born Guadalupe Nettel 2023 Mexican Spanish
17175 After The Funeral And Other Stories Tessa Hadley 2023 British English
17175 Instructions For The Drowning Steven Heighton 2023 Canadian English
17175 Lament For Julia Susan Taubes 2023 Unknown English
17175 Be Mine Richard Ford 2023 American English
17175 In The Orchard Eliza Minot 2023 Unknown English
17175 Small Mercies Dennis Lehane 2023 American English
17175 In Memoriam Alice Winn 2023 Unknown English
17175 Old God’s Time Sebastian Barry 2023 Irish English
17175 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17175 Spare Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex 2023 British English
17175 All Souls Saskia Hamilton 2023 Unknown English
17175 Ghost Music An Yu 2022 Unknown English
17175 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17175 Do You Remember? Sydney Smith 2023 Unknown English
17175 No One Prayed Over Their Graves Khaled Khalifa 2019 Syrian Arabic
17175 The Critic’s Daughter Priscilla Gilman 2023 Unknown English
17175 George Frieda Hughes 2023 British English
17175 Lost Gods Brom 2016 American English
17175 Was It For This Hannah Sullivan 2023 British English
17175 The Heirs Susan Rieger 2017 American English
17175 Truth In Advertising John Kenney 2013 American English
17175 The Island Elin Hilderbrand 2010 American English
17175 Tomorrow And Tomorrow Tom Sweterlitsch 2014 American English
17175 The Folded Earth Anuradha roy 2011 Indian English
17175 A Walk In The Woods Nikki Grimes 2023 Unknown English
17175 Dear Mothman Robin Gow 2023 Unknown English
17175 The Nephew James Purdy 1960 American English
17175 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
17175 Alive At The End Of The World Saeed Jones 2022 American English
17175 In An Instant Suzanne Redfearn 2020 American English
17175 Sea Wall / A Life John Stephens Unknown Unknown
17175 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17175 All Things Cease To Appear Elizabeth Brundage 2016 American English
17175 The Night Swimmers Betsy Cromer Byars 1980 American English
17175 A Place Apart Paula Fox 1981 American English
17175 When Zachary Beaver Came To Town Kimberly Willis Holt 1999 American English