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 Homeless Bird Gloria Whelan 2002 American English
17175 King And The Dragonflies Kacen Callender 2020 American English
17175 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17175 Journal Of An Ordinary Grief Mahmoud Darwish 1973 Palestinian Arabic
17175 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17175 The Long Walk Stephen King 1979 American English
17175 The Hero Of This Story Elizabeth McCracken 2016 American English
17175 Arrangements In Blue Amy Key 2023 Unknown English
16953 The King And The Corpse Heinrich Zimmer 1948 German English
17175 La Felicità Nei Giorni Di Pioggia Imogen Clark 2022 Unknown Italian
16890 L'étranger / La Peste Albert Camus 1942 French French
17175 Minha Vó Pede Desculpas Freedrik Backman 2013 Swedish Swedish
17175 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17175 The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice And Tribal Wisdom Joan Halifax 1993 American English
17175 Another Day In The Death Of America Gary Younge 2016 British English
17175 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17175 The Blade Artist Irvine Welsh 2016 British English
17175 Austen Years Cohen, Rachel 2020 American English
17175 The Talisman And Black House Stephen King American English
17175 So Sad Today Melissa Broder 2016 American English
17175 Ordinary Light Tracy K. Smith 2015 American English
17175 Tongue Eater Ambrose Bierce American English
17175 Cage Of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky British English
17175 De Schopenhauer Kuur Irvin D. Yalom 2005 American English
17175 Kaiju Matt Dinniman American Unknown
17079 A Horseman In The Sky Ambrose Bierce 1898 American English
17175 Sing Backwards And Weep Mark Lanegan 2020 American English
17175 Everyone Who Is Gone Here Jonathan Blitzer American English
17175 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English
17175 The Whites Richard Price 2015 American English
17175 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17175 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17165 Aphorismen Zur Lebensweisheit Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 German German
16859 Ensayos I Michel de Montaigne 1580 French French
17175 空ろの箱と零のマリア 2 Eiji Mikage Japanese Japanese
17175 Pequena Coreografia Do Adeus Aline Bei Brazilian Portuguese
17175 Always Remember Charlie Mackesy British English
17175 The Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart Holly Ringland 2018 Australian English
17175 The Bookbinder Of Jericho Pip Williams 2023 Australian English
17175 Letters To Friends, Family, And Editors Franz Kafka German German
17175 Census Jesse Ball 2018 American English
17175 Of Consolation To Helvia Seneca 2042 Roman English
17175 Januaries Olivie Blake 2024 Unknown English
16878 Nightmares And Geezenstacks Frederic Brown 1961 American English
17175 The Living Death Stefan Wul French French
17175 Seven Japanese Tales Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Japanese Japanese
17175 The Magpie At Night Li Qingzhao Chinese Chinese
17175 The Sarah Book Scott McClanahan 2015 American English
17175 Shield Of Sparrows Devney Perry American English
17175 ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 1 Kana Akatsuki 2015 Japanese Japanese
17162 The Death Ivan Ilych And Other Stories Leo Tolstoy 1886 Russian Russian
17175 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17175 The Paradox Hotel Rob Heart 2022 American English
17175 Strange Practice Vivian Shaw 2017 American English
17175 The Blacktongue Thief Christopher Buehlman 2021 American English
17175 The Rising Tide Ann Cleeves British English
17175 Forever, Interrupted Taylor Jenkins Reid 2013 American English
17175 The Memory Painter Womack, Gwendolyn 2015 American English
17175 The Hitchhiker's Trilogy Douglas Adams 1979 British English
17175 チェンソーマン 9 [Chainsaw Man 9] Tatsuki Fujimoto Japanese Japanese
16892 Pedro Páramo / El Llano En Llamas Juan Rulfo 1953 Mexican Spanish
17175 Island Of Whispers Frances Hardinge 2023 British English
17175 Perlmann's Silence Pascal Mercier Swiss German
17175 From A Buick 8 Stephen King 2002 American English
17175 What Dreams May Come Richard Matheson 1978 American English
17175 History Is All You Left Me Adam Silvera 2017 American English
17175 A Cabeça Do Santo Socorro Acioli 2014 Brazilian Portuguese
17175 Story Of Your Life Ted Chiang 1998 American English
17175 Ghiaccio Nove Kurt Vonnegut Jr. American Unknown
17175 Shipping News Annie Proulx 1993 American English
17175 The Good Doctor Damon Galgut 2003 South African English
17175 After The Quake haruki murakami 2000 Japanese Japanese
17175 The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Anne Brasheres 2001 American English
17175 Melvill Rodrigo Fresán 2022 Argentine Spanish
17175 The Final Voicemails Max Ritvo American English
17175 I Must Be Living Twice Eileen Myles 2015 American English
17175 La Boutique Del Mistero Dino Buzzati Italian Italian
17175 All The Bright Places Jennifer Niven 2015 American English
17166 A Farewell To Arms Ernest Hemingway 1929 American English
17175 The Book Of Job Harold S. Kushner 2012 American English
17175 A Man Called Otto Fredrik Backman 2012 Swedish Swedish
17175 Fantasticland Mike Bockoven 2016 American English
17175 The Painted Drum Louise Erdrich 2013 American English
17175 The Magnetist's Fifth Winter Per Olov Enquist Swedish Swedish
17175 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
17175 Todos Os Contos Clarice Lispector 2015 Brazilian Portuguese
17175 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
17175 Goethe Werke 6 Volumes In German Insel Verlag Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German German
17175 The Dovekeepers Alice Hoffman 2011 American English
17175 Baking Cakes In Kigali Gaile Parkin 2009 South African English
17175 Lettere A Lucilio Seneca 2064 Roman Italian
17175 Coming Home Sue Gee 2013 British English
17175 Grandmothers Sally Vickers British English
17175 Twice Mitch Albom 2025 American English
17175 A Good Death Philip Ross 1983 Unknown English
17175 You've Found Oliver Dustin Thao 2025 American English
16884 Apología De Sócrates Platón -398 Greek Ancient greek (attic greek)
17175 Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Studs Terkel 1996 American English
17175 Weep No More, My Lady Mary Higgins Clark 1987 American English
17175 Precisamos Falar Sobre O Kevin Lionel Shriver 2003 American English