books i've read to process the loss of a loved one (and found helpful, meaningful, or valuable)
created by strawbebbies
last updated July, 2026
The Moon Is Always Female: Poems
Marge Piercy
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Rob Sheffield
See Friendship
Jeremy Gordon
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death
Susana MonsĂł
What the Living Do: Poems
Marie Howe
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley
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