The most popular widowhood books of 2021

Books about widowhood describe life after a husband, wife or partner dies. The empty side of the bed, the paperwork, the well-meaning friends and the slow return of color are all here. These memoirs and novels are about grief and also about who a person becomes afterward. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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The Wife Upstairs
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The Wife Upstairs

Rachel Hawkins, レイチェル・ホーキンズ

2021 · 2026 edition

336 pages

The Reading List
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The Reading List

Sara Nisha Adams

2021 · 2022 edition

400 pages

Oh William!
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Oh William!

Elizabeth Strout

2021 · 2022 edition

256 pages

Bewilderment
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Bewilderment

Richard Powers, 理查德·鲍尔斯

Published 2021

278 pages

A New Name
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A New Name

Jon Fosse

2021 · 2022 edition

197 pages

Shadow Life
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Shadow Life

Hiromi Goto, Ann Xu

Published 2021

368 pages

Breathe
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Breathe

Joyce Carol Oates

Published 2021

384 pages

Living Brave
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Living Brave

Shannon Dingle

Published 2021

240 pages

Ghosting
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Ghosting

Barbara Ascher

Published 2021

265 pages

Red Widow
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Red Widow

Alma Katsu

Published 2021

352 pages

Widowish
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Widowish

Melissa Gould

Published 2021

220 pages