Free death & grief books

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 you can read in full for free.

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Poems
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Poems

George Meredith

Published 1898

338 pages

Deciding to Forego Life-sustaining Treatment
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Deciding to Forego Life-sustaining Treatment

United States. President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research

Published 1983

564 pages

A Study of Death
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A Study of Death

Henry Mills Alden

Published 1895

360 pages

De Bono Mortis
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De Bono Mortis

Saint Ambroise

Published 1970

302 pages

Christus Consolator
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Christus Consolator

George Duffield, Iowa Assembly

Published 1882

36 pages

The Other Life
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The Other Life

William Henry Holcombe

Published 1871

256 pages