Grief is The Thing

Books where grief is personified, given a body, a voice, or a shape, to explore how loss lives alongside us.

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created by elliet

last updated January, 2026

9 books

A Fig For All The Devils

C.S. Fritz

Bad Cree

Jessica Johns

H Is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

Ultramarine

Mariette Navarro

Grief is the Thing with Feathers

Max Porter

It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

Anne de Marcken

A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

Comments

ooh bad cree by jessica johns is perfect here!

Omg you’re fast! I will get it added 🤗

i love this niche LOL thank you for making a list!!

Oh helllll yeah!

Calling all fellow sad folks: please tell me all your favorite books about grief existing.

A Fig for All the Devils by C.S. Fritz would fit here!

Thank you!!!

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