The most popular suicide books

These books deal with suicide and the people it leaves behind. Novels and memoirs explore the despair that leads there, and the grief, guilt and unanswered questions of family and friends. They are written with care and honesty, and many are about finding reasons to stay.

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We Are Okay
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We Are Okay

Lakur Nina

Published 2017

236 pages

Broken
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Broken

Karin Slaughter

2010 · 2024 edition

434 pages

Impulse
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Impulse

Ellen Hopkins

2007 · 2008 edition

667 pages

Diary
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Diary

Chuck Palahniuk

2003 · 2004 edition

262 pages

Dear Evan Hansen
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Dear Evan Hansen

Justin Paul, Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek

2014 · 2018 edition

378 pages

More Than This
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More Than This

Patrick Ness

2013 · 2015 edition

480 pages

More Happy Than Not
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More Happy Than Not

Adam Silvera, 亞當·席佛拉

2015 · 2018 edition

338 pages

I Was Here
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I Was Here

Gayle Forman

Published 2015

270 pages

Voices from Chernobyl
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Voices from Chernobyl

Svetlana Alexievich, Svetlana Aleksievich

1997 · 2005 edition

240 pages

The Program
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The Program

Suzanne Young

Published 2013

405 pages

Hold Tight
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Hold Tight

Harlan Coben

1995 · 2009 edition

89 pages

Suicide Notes
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Suicide Notes

Michael Thomas Ford

1993 · 2008 edition

295 pages

South of Broad
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South of Broad

Pat Conroy

2009 · 2010 edition

514 pages

The Gargoyle
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The Gargoyle

Andrew Davidson

Published 2008

465 pages

The Son
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The Son

Jo Nesbø

2014 · 2022 edition

512 pages