This Thing Called Grief: New Understandings of Loss
By: Thomas M. Ellis
3.57
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Grief is a crazy-making, complicated process, a struggle to acknowledge the life-changing impact of…
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1. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
By: Sue Klebold
4.14
Format: 336 pages, ebook
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Co… read more
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- nonfiction
"A faraway look—I have heard suicidologist Thomas Joiner refer to it as “the thousand-yard stare"-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
"Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do"-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
"Indeed, I would not achieve the integration I sought until I found two nutrients essential to so many survivors. First, I found community and then I found a way to contribute."-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
"People refer to the fog of war, and I am sure something similar applies to my situation. If I hadn't kept a running record of the days, weeks, and years, the fog would have swallowed too much of the …"-Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
2. All at Sea
By: Decca Aitkenhead
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
'The thing to remember about this story is that every word is true. If I never told it to a soul, a… read more
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- nonfiction
3. March: Book One (March, #1)
By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin
4.00
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movem… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart
By: Alan D. Wolfelt
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Explaining the important difference between grief and mourning, this book explores every mourner's … read more
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- nonfiction
- self help
5. The Last Time We Say Goodbye
By: Cynthia Hand
3.65
Format: 36 pages, Hardcover
There's death all around us. We just don't pay attention. Until we do. The last time Lex was happy,… read more
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6. Gratitude
By: Oliver Sacks
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life. In January 2015, Oliver Sacks was… read more
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7. Blue Nights
By: Joan Didion
4.75
Format: 2112 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly… read more
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8. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
By: Dorothy Gilman
4.16
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was… read more
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"there was no safety anywhere in life, except as illusion"-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
"But that is precisely what life is, wouldn’t you agree? Everything is a matter of choice, and when we choose are we not gambling on the unknown and its being a wise choice? And isn’t it free choice t…"-Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1)
9. The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more
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10. Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
By: Nina Sankovitch
3.53
Format: 320 pages,
After the death of her sister, Nina Sankovitch found herself caught up in grief, dashing from one a… read more
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11. Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy
By: Sheryl Sandberg , Adam M. Grant , Adam Grant
3.93
Format: 512 pages,
From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Timesbest-selling authors of… read more
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12. Organizing Solutions for People With Attention Deficit Disorder: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized
By: None
4.20
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
ADD, Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, are prevalent i… read more
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13. Summer of '69
By: Elin Hilderbrand
3.95
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the '60s summer when everything chang… read more
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"The most important thing is that you go to bed each night believing you raised a hero."-Elin Hilderbrand, Summer of '69
14. New Kid (New Kid, #1)
By: Jerry Craft
4.16
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit … read more
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15. Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
By: Stephanie Land
3.62
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling m… read more
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- nonfiction
16. How Lucky
By: Will Leitch
3.77
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
For readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Nothing to See Here, a first n… read more
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17. The Hurting Kind: Poems
By: Ada Limon
4.34
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ou… read more
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- nonfiction
"There is a solitude in this world I cannot pierce. I would die for it."-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems
"Before, the only thing I was interested in was love, how it grips you, how it terrifies you, how it annihilates and resuscitates you. I didn’t know then that it wasn’t even love that I was interested…"-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems
18. Agent 355
By: Marie Benedict
3.73
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more
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19. The Book of Delights: Essays
By: Ross Gay
4.16
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying book of essays—some as short as a paragraph; som… read more
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- nonfiction
"The more stuff you love the happier you will be."-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
"...which is simply called sharing what we love, what we find beautiful, which is an ethics."-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
"Is sorrow the true wild? And if it is—and if we join them—your wild to mine—what’s that? For joining, too, is a kind of annihilation. What if we joined our sorrows, I’m saying. I’m saying: What if th…"-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
"...in witnessing someone's being touched, we are also witnessing someone's being moved, the absence of which in ourselves is a sorrow, and a sacrifice. And witnessing the absence of movement in ourse…"-Ross Gay, The Book of Delights: Essays
20. The Music of Bees
By: Eileen Garvin
4.10
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
A heartwarming debut novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, following three lone… read more
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21. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
By: Mary Oliver
4.58
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this defi… read more
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- nonfiction
"All I know is that "thank you" should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- "Thank you, thank you."-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your nones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it …"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens, but more rapidly. Flowers are sweet. They have short, beatific lives. They offer much pleasure. There is nothing in this world that can be said again…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"A blue preacher flew toward the swamp, in slow motion. On the leafy banks, an old Chinese poet, hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting. The water was the kind of dark silk that has silve…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
22. 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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- nonfiction
- self help
23. Class Act (New Kid, #2)
By: Jerry Craft
4.28
Format: 249 pages, Paperback
In this companion book to New Kid this time it’s Jordan’s friend Drew who takes center stage in a s… read more
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24. Someone Else's Bucket List
By: Amy T. Matthews
4.01
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
After the untimely death of her outgoing, hugely successful influencer sister, an introverted woman… read more
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25. The Kingdoms of Savannah
By: George Dawes Green
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Savannah may appear to be “some town out of a fable,” with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and… read more
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26. Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff: Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward with Your Life
By: Matt Paxton
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
America's top cleaning expert and star of the hit series Legacy List with Matt Paxton distills his … read more
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- self help
27. This Thing Called Grief: New Understandings of Loss
By: Thomas M. Ellis
3.57
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Grief is a crazy-making, complicated process, a struggle to acknowledge the life-changing impact of… read more
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- self help
28. Opening Up to Grief: A Surviving Sibling's Journey with Loss and Love
By: Janice Jernigan
4.27
Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition
A book for surviving siblings, those that love them, and those that are there to professionally gui… read more
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29. Living With Sibling Grief: Imagining a Way Forward
By: Earla Dawn Legault
5.00
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
Two grieving sisters offer hope and support while you navigate your grief. Living with Sibling Im… read more
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30. Four Corners: A Practical Memoir About Siblings, Grief, And Learning How To Carry On Without Letting Go
By: Erin Leigh Nigh
4.33
Format: 394 pages, Paperback
When her younger brother died at the age of nineteen, Erin turned to books both as a refuge and out… read more
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