11 must-read memoir books like I'm Not a Mourning Person: Braving Loss, Grief, and the Big Messy Emotions That Happen When Life Falls Apart by Kris Carr

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I'm Not a Mourning Person: Braving Loss, Grief, and the Big Messy Emotions That Happen When Life Falls Apart

By: Kris Carr

4.23

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Kris Carr, comes a transformational book about love, loss, a…

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1. The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

By: Francis Weller , Michael Lerner

4.40

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Noted psychotherapist Francis Weller provides an essential guide for navigating the deep waters of … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • death
"Grief keeps the heart flexible, fluid, and open to others."

-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

"Ritual is able to hold the long-discarded shards of our stories and make them whole again. It has the strength and elasticity to contain what we cannot contain on our own, what we cannot face in soli…"

-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

"Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning. Their kinship reminds us that there is no love that does not contain loss and no loss that is not a reminder of the love we carry for wh…"

-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

"To alter the amnesia of our times, we must be willing to look into the face of the loss and keep it nearby. In this way, we may be able to honor the losses and live our lives as carriers of their unf…"

-Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

Cover of Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving by Julia Samuel

2. Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving

By: Julia Samuel

4.00

Format: 199 pages,

Death affects us all. Yet it is still the last taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly … read more

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  • self help
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America

By: Giles Milton

3.31

Format: None pages,

In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans had m… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft by Diana Helmuth

4. The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft

By: Diana Helmuth

3.76

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

A skeptic’s year-long quest to find spiritual fulfillment through modern Witchcraft, perfect for fa… read more

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  • spirituality
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"It occurs to me that the energy in my body is the same as the energy in the red power lights, just a different current. What’s inside the office lights is inside me. It’s also what’s in the stars a m…"

-Diana Helmuth, The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft

Cover of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley

5. Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more

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  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Grief is for people, not things."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

Cover of Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier by Arthur C. Brooks

6. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

By: Arthur C. Brooks

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. In Build the Life… read more

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"feel the feel, then take the wheel pg30"

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

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7. Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

By: Savannah Guthrie

4.36

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Mostly what God does is love you. If we could believe this, really believe this, how different w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"He doesn't even need words from us. Just a sigh, a tear, or a whimper. What an amazing resource we have in a God who already understands our whole history, our intricate emotional fabric, our every i…"

-Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

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8. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless

By: Laurah Norton

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more

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  • death
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Grief Is Love: Living with Loss by Marisa Renee Lee

9. Grief Is Love: Living with Loss

By: Marisa Renee Lee

4.17

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Author Marisa Renee Lee reveals that healing does not mean moving on after losing a loved one heali… read more

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  • self help
  • memoir
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
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10. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

By: Alua Arthur

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead b… read more

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  • self help
  • memoir
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
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11. I'm Not a Mourning Person: Braving Loss, Grief, and the Big Messy Emotions That Happen When Life Falls Apart

By: Kris Carr

4.23

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Kris Carr, comes a transformational book about love, loss, a… read more

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  • self help
  • memoir
  • death
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
Cover of Cloistered: My Years as a Nun by Catherine Coldstream

12. Cloistered: My Years as a Nun

By: Catherine Coldstream

3.71

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered t… read more

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  • spirituality
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause and How to Feel Like Yourself Again by Jancee Dunn

13. Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause and How to Feel Like Yourself Again

By: Jancee Dunn

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“Hot and Bothered removes the shame, disdain, and mystery that’s surrounded menopause….An informati… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass by Ramin Setoodeh

14. Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass

By: Ramin Setoodeh

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the editor in chief of Variety and author of the New York Times bestseller Ladies Who Punch, t… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia by Gregory J. Wallance

15. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia

By: Gregory J. Wallance

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more

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Cover of Travel Light: Spiritual Minimalism to Live a More Fulfilled Life by Light Watkins

16. Travel Light: Spiritual Minimalism to Live a More Fulfilled Life

By: Light Watkins

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Discover Spiritual the “inside-out” path to getting rid of inner clutter and living a more fulfill… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"You have the opportunity to do something today that can change the direction of the rest of your life. Today, you can establish a boundary around what you are no longer willing to tolerate."

-Light Watkins, Travel Light: Spiritual Minimalism to Live a More Fulfilled Life

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17. The Dead Moms Club: A Memoir about Death, Grief, and Surviving the Mother of All Losses

By: Kate Spencer

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Kate Spencer lost her mom to cancer when she was 27. In The Dead Moms Club, she walks readers throu… read more

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  • audiobook
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  • death
  • nonfiction
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"And I am still mad. So mad. I can starve it, avoid it, rationalize it, manage it, talk about it in therapy, and eat it up in neat little points value. No matter how much weight I lose, I will never l…"

-Kate Spencer, The Dead Moms Club: A Memoir about Death, Grief, and Surviving the Mother of All Losses

"Most days now, [the feelings] lie dormant in me. Sometimes it gets so quiet in my brain I think they've finally packed up and left. But every year as the calendar rounds the corner to March and the a…"

-Kate Spencer, The Dead Moms Club: A Memoir about Death, Grief, and Surviving the Mother of All Losses

"These feelings don't just go away. They linger. Hover. They are with me always. Even at my most functioning...they are there, watching me. These emotions are my roommates now, bunking up beside me at…"

-Kate Spencer, The Dead Moms Club: A Memoir about Death, Grief, and Surviving the Mother of All Losses

"These feelings don't just go away. They linger. Hover. They are with me always. Even at my most functioning...they are there, watching me. These emotions are my roommates now, bunking up beside me at…"

-Kate Spencer, The Dead Moms Club: A Memoir about Death, Grief, and Surviving the Mother of All Losses

Cover of Gut Check: Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health (The Plant Paradox, 7) by Steven R. Gundry

18. Gut Check: Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health (The Plant Paradox, 7)

By: Steven R. Gundry

3.47

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking addition to his New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series, Steven R.Gu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of So Sorry for Your Loss: How I Learned to Live with Grief, and Other Grave Concerns by Dina Gachman

19. So Sorry for Your Loss: How I Learned to Live with Grief, and Other Grave Concerns

By: Dina Gachman

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A searching, heartfelt exploration about what it means to process grief, by a bestselling author an… read more

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Cover of Joy Hunter: Messy Faceplants, Radical Love, and the Journey That Changed Everything by Alexis Jones

20. Joy Hunter: Messy Faceplants, Radical Love, and the Journey That Changed Everything

By: Alexis Jones

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A timely, colorful, and cinematic memoir chronicling one woman’s journey to rediscover her own powe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives by Sami Sage

21. Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives

By: Sami Sage

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A whip-smart combo of self-help and political manifesto that is perfect for anyone who wants to sav… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There's a small handful of very wealthy and powerful people who actively strategize and spend a lot of money (numbers with multiple commas) to make sure that you ignore politics and neglect your priv…"

-Sami Sage, Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives

19 Top audiobook books like I'm Not a Mourning Person: Braving Loss, Grief, and the Big Messy Emotions That Happen When Life Falls Apart by Kris Carr

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Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death and Surviving

Julia Samuel

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft

Diana Helmuth

3.76

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Grief Is for People

Sloane Crosley

3.91

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Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

Arthur C. Brooks

3.79

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19 Best audiobook books like The Dead Moms Club: A Memoir about Death, Grief, and Surviving the Mother of All Losses by Kate Spencer

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When Dad Killed Mom

Julius Lester

3.64

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Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died: Coping with Loss Every Day (Bereavement or Grief Gift)

Ty Alexander

3.80

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Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe

Laura Lynne Jackson

4.16

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