The most popular death & grief books of 2020

Books about death and grief keep you company in loss. They describe the days after someone dies, the strange year that follows, and how people slowly learn to carry what cannot be fixed. You will find novels, memoirs and gentle guides here, written by people who have been through it. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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Piranesi
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Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

Published 2020

245 pages

Legendborn
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Legendborn

Tracy Deonn, Трейсі Деонн

Published 2020

502 pages

Wintering
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Wintering

Katherine May, キャサリン・メイ

Published 2020

256 pages

The Jetsetters
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The Jetsetters

Amanda Eyre Ward

2020 · 2021 edition

384 pages

All This Time
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All This Time

Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott

Published 2020

336 pages

The Mercies
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The Mercies

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

2020 · 2021 edition

352 pages

Afterlife
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Afterlife

Julia Alvarez

Published 2020

256 pages

Horrid
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Horrid

Katrina Leno

Published 2020

336 pages

Dearly
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Dearly

Margaret Atwood

2020 · 2021 edition

144 pages