The Greatest Books of All Time on Loss

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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
17120 The Sun Walks Down Fiona McFarlane 2023 Unknown English
17120 Collected Works Lydia Sandgren 2023 Unknown Swedish
17120 All Souls Saskia Hamilton 2023 Unknown English
17120 Ghost Music An Yu 2022 Unknown English
17120 The Hive And The Honey Paul Yoon 2023 Unknown English
17120 I Am Still With You Emmanuel Iduma 2023 Nigerian English
17120 The Lost Wife Susanna Moore 2023 American English
17120 No One Will Come Back For Us Premee Mohamed 2023 Canadian English
17120 No One Prayed Over Their Graves Khaled Khalifa 2019 Syrian Arabic
17120 The Critic’s Daughter Priscilla Gilman 2023 Unknown English
17120 George Frieda Hughes 2023 British English
17120 Stone Of Farewell Tad Williams 1990 American English
17120 Was It For This Hannah Sullivan 2023 British English
17120 Version Control Dexter Palmer 2016 American English
17120 Next To Heaven James Frey Unknown Unknown
17120 The Good Life Jay McInerney 2006 American English
17120 Count The Ways Joyce Maynard 2021 American English
17120 Broken Fortune Aly Mennuti Unknown Unknown
17120 New Waves Eric Nguyen 2021 Unknown English
17120 This Must Be The Place Maggie O'Farrell 2016 British English
17120 Tomorrow And Tomorrow Tom Sweterlitsch 2014 American English
17120 Lucky Dogs Helen Schulman 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Melancholy Of Untold History Minsoo Kang Unknown Unknown
17120 The Nephew James Purdy 1960 American English
16872 O Meu Pé De Laranja Lima José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
17120 The Yiddish Policeman's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
17120 Nothing But The Rain Salman, Naomi 2023 Unknown English
17120 In An Instant Suzanne Redfearn 2020 American English
17120 Sea Wall / A Life John Stephens Unknown Unknown
17120 The Lake Of Lost Girls Katherine Greene Unknown Unknown
17120 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17120 Elegy For April John Banville 1993 Irish English
17120 The Twenty Year Death Ariel S. Winter 2012 American English
17120 The Night Swimmers Betsy Cromer Byars 1980 American English
17120 King And The Dragonflies Kacen Callender 2020 American English
17120 The Poppy Fields Nikki Erlick Unknown Unknown
17120 No Sun Under The Mountain: Dead Again, Book 1 Bruce Jamison Unknown Unknown
17120 Katalin Street Magda Szabó 1969 Hungarian Hungarian
17120 Journal Of An Ordinary Grief Mahmoud Darwish 1973 Palestinian Arabic
17120 A Scrap Of Time Ida Fink 1985 Polish Polish
17120 The Hero Of This Story Elizabeth McCracken 2016 American English
17120 Eu Receberia As Piores Noticias Dos Seus Lindos La Marcal Aquino 2005 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17120 Véspera Carla Madeira 2021 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Não Fossem As Sílabas Do Sábado Mariana Salomão Carrara 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Minha Vó Pede Desculpas Freedrik Backman 2013 Swedish Swedish
17120 Pequena Coreografia Do Adeus Aline Bei Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Hiddensee Gregory Maguire 2008 American English
17120 The Magpie At Night Li Qingzhao Chinese Chinese
17120 The Sarah Book Scott McClanahan 2015 American English
17120 The World Played Chess Robert Dugoni American English
17120 The Lost Love Songs Of Boysie Singh Ingrid Persaud 2024 Trinidadian English
17120 In This Corner Of The World Fumiyo Kouno 2007 Japanese Japanese
17120 Doctor Who Russell T. Davies 1996 British Unknown
17120 After The Quake haruki murakami 2000 Japanese Japanese
17085 A Farewell To Arms Ernest Hemingway 1929 American English
17120 Every Blade Of Grass Thomas Wharton Canadian English
17120 Giant Bones Peter S. Beagle 1997 American English
17120 Coming Home Sue Gee 2013 British English
17120 Grandmothers Sally Vickers British English
17120 At The End Of The Orchard Tracy Chevalier British English
16854 My Theodosia Anya Seton 1941 American English