The Greatest Books of All Time on Mourning

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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
2149 The Book of Songs China -600 Chinese Classical chinese
4634 The Inability To Mourn Alexander Mitscherlich, Margarete Mitscherlich 1967 German German
7025 Precarious Life Judith Butler 2004 American English
7056 Some Thing Black Jacques Roubaud 1990 French French
7216 On Sepulchres Ugo Foscolo 1809 Italian Italian
10453 This Republic of Suffering Drew Gilpin Faust 2008 American English
11302 New Cemetery Simon Armitage 2017 English English
13600 The Roving Shadows Pascal Quignard 2002 French English
17160 Kaddish Leon Wieseltier 1998 Kaddish English
17160 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
17160 Могила Шелли Уайльд Оскар Irish Unknown
17160 Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Studs Terkel 1996 American English