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Books like Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers • 2000
Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.
3.69
184k+
🪦 Parental Loss🖤 Grief Memoir👬 Brothers🏠 Unconventional Families🔄 Meta Memoir
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Summary
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 95%
Orphaned at 21, raising his 8-year-old brother: a grief memoir that knows it's a memoir.
by Dave Eggers 2000
3.69
184k+ ratings
🪦 Parental Loss🖤 Grief Memoir👬 Brothers🏠 Unconventional Families🔄 Meta Memoir
A Big Little Life
by Dean Koontz • 2009
Dean Koontz adopted a retired service dog who played pranks, beat cancer, and rewired his soul.
4.26
12k+
🐕 Dog Memoirs💔 Pet Loss🦮 Service Dogs🤝 Human Animal Bond🧠 Animal Intelligence
A Big Little Life Summary
A Big Little Life 94%
Dean Koontz adopted a retired service dog who played pranks, beat cancer, and rewired his soul.
by Dean Koontz 2009
4.26
12k+ ratings
🐕 Dog Memoirs💔 Pet Loss🦮 Service Dogs🤝 Human Animal Bond🧠 Animal Intelligence
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
by Nina Sankovitch • 2011
365 books, 365 days, one sister gone: the reading year that became a roadmap through loss.
3.48
7k+
🪦 Grief Memoirs📚 Bibliomemoir📖 Bibliotherapy🌼 Everyday Mindfulness🎨 Healing Through Art
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair Summary
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair 94%
365 books, 365 days, one sister gone: the reading year that became a roadmap through loss.
by Nina Sankovitch 2011
3.48
7k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoirs📚 Bibliomemoir📖 Bibliotherapy🌼 Everyday Mindfulness🎨 Healing Through Art
Dog Medicine
by Julie Barton • 2015
She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.
4.25
4k+
🐕 Dog Memoirs🖤 Depression Memoirs🩺 Pet Therapy🧠 Cognitive Reframing🔗 Attachment Theory
Dog Medicine Summary
Dog Medicine 94%
She could not get out of bed until the day a golden retriever puppy needed her.
by Julie Barton 2015
4.25
4k+ ratings
🐕 Dog Memoirs🖤 Depression Memoirs🩺 Pet Therapy🧠 Cognitive Reframing🔗 Attachment Theory
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney • 2022
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
4.62
35k+
🕯️ Child Loss💔 Parental Grief🏥 Medical Memoir🩺 Childhood Illness🧩 Disability Parenting
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works 94%
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
by Rob Delaney 2022
4.62
35k+ ratings
🕯️ Child Loss💔 Parental Grief🏥 Medical Memoir🩺 Childhood Illness🧩 Disability Parenting
A Widow's Story
by Joyce Carol Oates • 2011
Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.
3.76
4k+
🖤 Spousal Loss📖 Bereavement Memoir⚡ Sudden Death🪞 Grief And Identity✍️ Creative Block
A Widow's Story Summary
A Widow's Story 93%
Her husband of 48 years dies overnight. That morning, a call: she might have won the Nobel.
by Joyce Carol Oates 2011
3.76
4k+ ratings
🖤 Spousal Loss📖 Bereavement Memoir⚡ Sudden Death🪞 Grief And Identity✍️ Creative Block
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
4.40
10k+
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance💔 Spousal Loss✍️ Writing As Therapy
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life 93%
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021
4.40
10k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance💔 Spousal Loss✍️ Writing As Therapy
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion • 2005
Sudden death shatters reason. The irrational rituals grief demands, observed by a master stylist.
3.93
308k+
🪦 Grief Memoir📖 Literary Memoir💔 Sudden Loss🧠 Coping Mechanisms🔙 Memory Triggers
The Year of Magical Thinking Summary
The Year of Magical Thinking 93%
Sudden death shatters reason. The irrational rituals grief demands, observed by a master stylist.
by Joan Didion 2005
3.93
308k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoir📖 Literary Memoir💔 Sudden Loss🧠 Coping Mechanisms🔙 Memory Triggers
The Lessons of Love
by Melody Beattie • 2013
Her son died. She said yes to a marriage she knew would fail. It saved her.
4.02
257
🕊️ Parental Grief📖 Grief Memoirs🌱 Healing After Loss🪨 Emotional Resilience🤝 Forgiveness Practice
The Lessons of Love Summary
The Lessons of Love 93%
Her son died. She said yes to a marriage she knew would fail. It saved her.
by Melody Beattie 2013
4.02
257 ratings
🕊️ Parental Grief📖 Grief Memoirs🌱 Healing After Loss🪨 Emotional Resilience🤝 Forgiveness Practice
Things in Nature Merely Grow
by Yiyun Li • 2025
The worst loss has no name. After both sons die by suicide, a novelist inhabits it.
4.34
15k+
👼 Child Loss🖤 Suicide Loss🌀 Grief Without Closure🧘 Radical Acceptance🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Things in Nature Merely Grow Summary
Things in Nature Merely Grow 93%
The worst loss has no name. After both sons die by suicide, a novelist inhabits it.
by Yiyun Li 2025
4.34
15k+ ratings
👼 Child Loss🖤 Suicide Loss🌀 Grief Without Closure🧘 Radical Acceptance🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Old Rage
by Sheila Hancock • 2022
Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.
4.06
984
🇬🇧 British Memoirs🎭 Celebrity Memoirs🗳️ Political Commentary🕯️ Quaker Spirituality⚒️ Class Consciousness
Old Rage Summary
Old Rage 93%
Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.
by Sheila Hancock 2022
4.06
984 ratings
🇬🇧 British Memoirs🎭 Celebrity Memoirs🗳️ Political Commentary🕯️ Quaker Spirituality⚒️ Class Consciousness
Dead Mom Walking
by Rachel Matlow • 2020
Elaine chose juice cleanses over chemotherapy. Her daughter documented the disaster with dark humor.
4.14
687
🧸 Mother-Daughter Bonds🏥 Cancer Memoirs🌿 Alternative Medicine🕯️ End-Of-Life Choices😂 Grief And Humor
Dead Mom Walking Summary
Dead Mom Walking 93%
Elaine chose juice cleanses over chemotherapy. Her daughter documented the disaster with dark humor.
by Rachel Matlow 2020
4.14
687 ratings
🧸 Mother-Daughter Bonds🏥 Cancer Memoirs🌿 Alternative Medicine🕯️ End-Of-Life Choices😂 Grief And Humor
Did I Ever Tell You?
by Genevieve Kingston • 2024
Her dying mother packed gift chests for the milestones she'd miss. The first opened at sixteen.
4.29
6k+
🕯️ Grief Memoir🥀 Loss Of A Mother🧵 Mother-Daughter Bond🎗️ Cancer Memoir🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir
Did I Ever Tell You? Summary
Did I Ever Tell You? 93%
Her dying mother packed gift chests for the milestones she'd miss. The first opened at sixteen.
by Genevieve Kingston 2024
4.29
6k+ ratings
🕯️ Grief Memoir🥀 Loss Of A Mother🧵 Mother-Daughter Bond🎗️ Cancer Memoir🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir
I Must Say
by Martin Short • 2014
Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.
4.12
19k+
🎙️ Comedy Memoirs🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy🕊️ Grief And Loss🛡️ Humor As Resilience🏙️ Second City Alumni
I Must Say Summary
I Must Say 93%
Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.
by Martin Short 2014
4.12
19k+ ratings
🎙️ Comedy Memoirs🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy🕊️ Grief And Loss🛡️ Humor As Resilience🏙️ Second City Alumni
Grief Is Love
by Marisa Renee Lee • 2022
Grief is not a disease to cure but love repurposed. A guide to giving it room.
4.15
3k+
💔 Grief And Healing❤️ Loss And Love🔓 Permission To Grieve🧘 Self-Care During Grief🌈 Grief And Joy
Grief Is Love Summary
Grief Is Love 93%
Grief is not a disease to cure but love repurposed. A guide to giving it room.
by Marisa Renee Lee 2022
4.15
3k+ ratings
💔 Grief And Healing❤️ Loss And Love🔓 Permission To Grieve🧘 Self-Care During Grief🌈 Grief And Joy
Grief Works
by Julia Samuel • 2018
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
3.98
2k+
📖 Modern Grief Work💀 Death And Dying🕊️ Loss And Healing📋 Therapy Case Studies🤝 Supporting The Bereaved
Grief Works Summary
Grief Works 93%
The stages are a myth: what a therapist's grieving patients actually needed to hear.
by Julia Samuel 2018
3.98
2k+ ratings
📖 Modern Grief Work💀 Death And Dying🕊️ Loss And Healing📋 Therapy Case Studies🤝 Supporting The Bereaved
Life After Suicide
by Jennifer Ashton • 2019
A husband's suicide, a doctor's grief: finding the way through a loss nobody talks about.
3.83
934
🖤 Suicide Loss📖 Grief Memoir🏷️ Mental Health Stigma🩹 Trauma Recovery🗣️ Open Grieving
Life After Suicide Summary
Life After Suicide 93%
A husband's suicide, a doctor's grief: finding the way through a loss nobody talks about.
by Jennifer Ashton 2019
3.83
934 ratings
🖤 Suicide Loss📖 Grief Memoir🏷️ Mental Health Stigma🩹 Trauma Recovery🗣️ Open Grieving
In Search of Silence
by Poorna Bell • 2019
A widow quit the life script. In silence, she found what she actually wanted.
4.03
425
🕯️ Grief Memoirs🌏 Travel Memoirs📜 Societal Scripts🤫 Solitude And Silence🧭 Meaning Over Happiness
In Search of Silence Summary
In Search of Silence 92%
A widow quit the life script. In silence, she found what she actually wanted.
by Poorna Bell 2019
4.03
425 ratings
🕯️ Grief Memoirs🌏 Travel Memoirs📜 Societal Scripts🤫 Solitude And Silence🧭 Meaning Over Happiness
Between Two Kingdoms
by Suleika Jaouad • 2021
After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.
4.42
130k+
🩺 Cancer Memoirs🪞 Identity After Trauma🚗 Road Trip Healing✍️ Writing To Heal📖 Narrative Medicine
Between Two Kingdoms Summary
Between Two Kingdoms 92%
After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.
by Suleika Jaouad 2021
4.42
130k+ ratings
🩺 Cancer Memoirs🪞 Identity After Trauma🚗 Road Trip Healing✍️ Writing To Heal📖 Narrative Medicine
Grief Is for People
by Sloane Crosley • 2024
A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.
3.83
18k+
💔 Suicide Loss👥 Friendship Grief📿 Objects And Memory🌊 Grief Without Stages✍️ Lyric Memoir
Grief Is for People Summary
Grief Is for People 92%
A burglar took her jewelry. A suicide took her friend. Only one loss she could chase.
by Sloane Crosley 2024
3.83
18k+ ratings
💔 Suicide Loss👥 Friendship Grief📿 Objects And Memory🌊 Grief Without Stages✍️ Lyric Memoir
Boy Meets Depression
by Kevin Breel • 2015
Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.
3.82
873
🧠 Teenage Depression💔 Suicidal Ideation🏠 Childhood Loneliness🏚️ Family Dysfunction🖤 Grief And Loss
Boy Meets Depression Summary
Boy Meets Depression 92%
Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.
by Kevin Breel 2015
3.82
873 ratings
🧠 Teenage Depression💔 Suicidal Ideation🏠 Childhood Loneliness🏚️ Family Dysfunction🖤 Grief And Loss
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life
by Georgia Pritchett • 2021
An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.
3.82
6k+
🧠 Anxiety Memoirs🎤 Women In Comedy📝 Vignette Memoir🖤 Dark Humor🇬🇧 British Humor
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life Summary
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life 92%
An anxious Succession writer's memoir. Doom-notes. Therapy. A son who lost his words. Darkly funny.
by Georgia Pritchett 2021
3.82
6k+ ratings
🧠 Anxiety Memoirs🎤 Women In Comedy📝 Vignette Memoir🖤 Dark Humor🇬🇧 British Humor
Acne
by Laura Chinn • 2022
Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.
4.28
1k+
🩹 Severe Acne🏚️ Family Dysfunction🎭 Dark Humor Memoir🧴 Body Image Memoir🎬 Hollywood Memoirs
Acne Summary
Acne 92%
Ten, a pimple, decades hiding: she found the one career that didn't care about faces.
by Laura Chinn 2022
4.28
1k+ ratings
🩹 Severe Acne🏚️ Family Dysfunction🎭 Dark Humor Memoir🧴 Body Image Memoir🎬 Hollywood Memoirs
The Geography of Memory
by Jeanne Murray Walker • 2013
She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.
3.98
117
🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiving👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds📖 Family Stories🕰️ Memory And Aging🙏 Spiritual Memoir
The Geography of Memory Summary
The Geography of Memory 92%
She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.
by Jeanne Murray Walker 2013
3.98
117 ratings
🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiving👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds📖 Family Stories🕰️ Memory And Aging🙏 Spiritual Memoir
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult
by Maria Bamford • 2023
Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.
3.71
25k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir😈 Dark Humor🗣️ Confessional Memoir🏚️ Family Dysfunction🔄 Recovery Narratives
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Summary
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult 92%
Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.
by Maria Bamford 2023
3.71
25k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir😈 Dark Humor🗣️ Confessional Memoir🏚️ Family Dysfunction🔄 Recovery Narratives
It's OK That You're Not OK
by Megan Devine • 2017
Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.
4.35
15k+
🕯️ Grief And Loss🤲 Grief Acceptance🔄 Non-Linear Grief👁️ Bearing Witness🎨 Creative Grief Work
It's OK That You're Not OK Summary
It's OK That You're Not OK 92%
Most grief advice makes things worse. A field guide for living with what cannot be fixed.
by Megan Devine 2017
4.35
15k+ ratings
🕯️ Grief And Loss🤲 Grief Acceptance🔄 Non-Linear Grief👁️ Bearing Witness🎨 Creative Grief Work
In Love
by Amy Bloom • 2022
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
4.26
26k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief🕊️ Assisted Suicide💀 Death Acceptance
In Love Summary
In Love 92%
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
by Amy Bloom 2022
4.26
26k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief🕊️ Assisted Suicide💀 Death Acceptance
The Beauty of What Remains
by Steve Leder • 2021
Death teaches how to truly live: a rabbi's wisdom from a thousand deaths.
4.44
3k+
🪦 Death And Dying💔 Grief And Loss🧭 Mortality And Meaning🌊 Nonlinear Grief📜 Legacy Building
The Beauty of What Remains Summary
The Beauty of What Remains 92%
Death teaches how to truly live: a rabbi's wisdom from a thousand deaths.
by Steve Leder 2021
4.44
3k+ ratings
🪦 Death And Dying💔 Grief And Loss🧭 Mortality And Meaning🌊 Nonlinear Grief📜 Legacy Building
Peace from Broken Pieces
by Iyanla Vanzant • 2010
Her daughter's death stripped away every mask that success and spirituality had provided.
4.23
3k+
🧸 Childhood Trauma🪢 Generational Patterns🙏 Spiritual Memoirs🕯️ Grief And Loss💚 Self-Healing
Peace from Broken Pieces Summary
Peace from Broken Pieces 92%
Her daughter's death stripped away every mask that success and spirituality had provided.
by Iyanla Vanzant 2010
4.23
3k+ ratings
🧸 Childhood Trauma🪢 Generational Patterns🙏 Spiritual Memoirs🕯️ Grief And Loss💚 Self-Healing
A Buddhist Grief Observed
by Guy Newland • 2016
A Buddhist scholar thought he understood impermanence. Then his wife died.
3.96
130
🖤 Bereavement Memoirs☸️ Buddhist Practice🍂 Impermanence💗 Self-Compassion In Loss🌊 Mindfulness And Grief
A Buddhist Grief Observed Summary
A Buddhist Grief Observed 92%
A Buddhist scholar thought he understood impermanence. Then his wife died.
by Guy Newland 2016
3.96
130 ratings
🖤 Bereavement Memoirs☸️ Buddhist Practice🍂 Impermanence💗 Self-Compassion In Loss🌊 Mindfulness And Grief
The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards
by Jessica Waite • 2024
Her husband died without warning. Then his phone revealed the stranger she'd been married to.
3.53
4k+
🪦 Grief Memoirs🖤 Widowhood💔 Infidelity🧠 Bipolar Disorder🌱 Healing From Betrayal
The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards Summary
The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards 92%
Her husband died without warning. Then his phone revealed the stranger she'd been married to.
by Jessica Waite 2024
3.53
4k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoirs🖤 Widowhood💔 Infidelity🧠 Bipolar Disorder🌱 Healing From Betrayal
Darkness Visible
by William Styron • 1990
Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.
3.99
32k+
🩺 Clinical Depression✍️ Literary Memoir🏥 Psychiatric Memoir🌅 Depression Recovery🛑 Suicide Prevention
Darkness Visible Summary
Darkness Visible 92%
Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.
by William Styron 1990
3.99
32k+ ratings
🩺 Clinical Depression✍️ Literary Memoir🏥 Psychiatric Memoir🌅 Depression Recovery🛑 Suicide Prevention
Briefly Perfectly Human
by Alua Arthur • 2024
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
4.19
6k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity🖐️ Body Wisdom🤲 Holding Space
Briefly Perfectly Human Summary
Briefly Perfectly Human 92%
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
by Alua Arthur 2024
4.19
6k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity🖐️ Body Wisdom🤲 Holding Space
Nothing Holds Back the Night
by Delphine de Vigan • 2011
After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.
4.35
25k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir📖 Family Biography🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma✍️ Writing As Healing👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds
Nothing Holds Back the Night Summary
Nothing Holds Back the Night 92%
After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.
by Delphine de Vigan 2011
4.35
25k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir📖 Family Biography🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma✍️ Writing As Healing👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds
Earth to Moon
by Moon Unit Zappa • 2024
She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.
4.20
3k+
🎬 Celebrity Childhood🎨 Bohemian Childhood👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds💔 Family Dysfunction✍️ Narrative Reclamation
Earth to Moon Summary
Earth to Moon 92%
She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.
by Moon Unit Zappa 2024
4.20
3k+ ratings
🎬 Celebrity Childhood🎨 Bohemian Childhood👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds💔 Family Dysfunction✍️ Narrative Reclamation
A Hole in the World
by Amanda Held Opelt • 2022
We lost the rituals that made grief survivable. This is the blueprint for getting them back.
4.43
800
🕯️ Grief Rituals🤝 Communal Grief💪 Embodied Grief✝️ Theology Of Suffering📷 Memory And Loss
A Hole in the World Summary
A Hole in the World 92%
We lost the rituals that made grief survivable. This is the blueprint for getting them back.
by Amanda Held Opelt 2022
4.43
800 ratings
🕯️ Grief Rituals🤝 Communal Grief💪 Embodied Grief✝️ Theology Of Suffering📷 Memory And Loss
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
by Jenny Lawson • 2012
Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.
3.90
202k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir🖤 Dark Humor Memoir🌾 Rural Upbringing✍️ Personal Essays👯 Female Friendships
Let's Pretend This Never Happened Summary
Let's Pretend This Never Happened 92%
Taxidermy, panic attacks, and corporate HR: one woman's messy, hilarious survival manual.
by Jenny Lawson 2012
3.90
202k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir🖤 Dark Humor Memoir🌾 Rural Upbringing✍️ Personal Essays👯 Female Friendships
Peacebunny Island
by Caleb Smith • 2021
He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.
4.13
208
🐰 Animal Therapy🕊 Pet Loss💼 Youth Entrepreneurship✝️ Christian Memoir🐇 Animal Rescue
Peacebunny Island Summary
Peacebunny Island 92%
He brought rabbits to school shootings. Then he captained a houseboat toward his own island.
by Caleb Smith 2021
4.13
208 ratings
🐰 Animal Therapy🕊 Pet Loss💼 Youth Entrepreneurship✝️ Christian Memoir🐇 Animal Rescue
What the Dog Knows
by Cat Warren • 2013
An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.
3.98
2k+
🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs👃 Olfactory Science🫂 Human-Animal Bond🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Forensic Science
What the Dog Knows Summary
What the Dog Knows 92%
An unmanageable dog and the unlikely solution: training him to find human remains.
by Cat Warren 2013
3.98
2k+ ratings
🐕‍🦺 Working Dogs👃 Olfactory Science🫂 Human-Animal Bond🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Forensic Science
Blind Curves
by Linda Crill • 2013
At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.
3.62
149
🏍️ Motorcycle Travel🎬 Second Acts🌱 Grief Journeys🌿 Outdoor Healing🌻 Post-Traumatic Growth
Blind Curves Summary
Blind Curves 92%
At 57, widowed and terrified, she learned to ride a motorcycle. Then she rode 2,500 miles.
by Linda Crill 2013
3.62
149 ratings
🏍️ Motorcycle Travel🎬 Second Acts🌱 Grief Journeys🌿 Outdoor Healing🌻 Post-Traumatic Growth
Find the Good
by Heather Lende • 2015
An obituary writer finds the secret to a good life hidden in messy, ordinary deaths she chronicles.
3.76
6k+
💀 Obituary Writing🤝 Community Connection⏳ Mortality🫴 Embracing Imperfection🏘️ Ordinary Lives
Find the Good Summary
Find the Good 92%
An obituary writer finds the secret to a good life hidden in messy, ordinary deaths she chronicles.
by Heather Lende 2015
3.76
6k+ ratings
💀 Obituary Writing🤝 Community Connection⏳ Mortality🫴 Embracing Imperfection🏘️ Ordinary Lives
Never Leave the Dogs Behind
by Brianna Madia • 2024
Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.
4.14
6k+
🐕 Dog Memoirs🏜️ Off-Grid Living💔 Divorce Recovery🌵 Desert Memoir🐾 Canine Companionship
Never Leave the Dogs Behind Summary
Never Leave the Dogs Behind 92%
Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.
by Brianna Madia 2024
4.14
6k+ ratings
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The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe • 2012
She had terminal cancer. He had questions. They started a book club instead of saying goodbye.
3.81
56k+
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The End of Your Life Book Club Summary
The End of Your Life Book Club 92%
She had terminal cancer. He had questions. They started a book club instead of saying goodbye.
by Will Schwalbe 2012
3.81
56k+ ratings
👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bonds🏥 Terminal Illness📚 Bibliotherapy🌍 Humanitarian Work🩺 Caregiver Memoirs
Ghost Rider
by Neil Peart • 2002
Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.
4.12
7k+
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Ghost Rider Summary
Ghost Rider 92%
Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.
by Neil Peart 2002
4.12
7k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoir🏍️ Motorcycle Travel🛣️ Healing Through Motion🌲 Solitude And Nature🥁 Creative Recovery
Walking with Ghosts
by Gabriel Byrne • 2021
He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.
4.10
4k+
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Walking with Ghosts Summary
Walking with Ghosts 92%
He left Dublin for Hollywood. But the ghosts, the priest, and the bottle came with him.
by Gabriel Byrne 2021
4.10
4k+ ratings
🎭 Actor Memoirs🇮🇪 Irish Memoir🩹 Childhood Trauma🍺 Addiction Recovery⛪ Catholic Upbringing
Flying on the Inside
by Rachel Gotto • 2021
Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.
3.88
3k+
🩹 Trauma Recovery🏥 Medical Trauma💊 Addiction Recovery🧘 Buddhist Psychology👧 Childhood Adversity
Flying on the Inside Summary
Flying on the Inside 92%
Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.
by Rachel Gotto 2021
3.88
3k+ ratings
🩹 Trauma Recovery🏥 Medical Trauma💊 Addiction Recovery🧘 Buddhist Psychology👧 Childhood Adversity
On Grief and Grieving
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 2005
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
4.32
5k+
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On Grief and Grieving Summary
On Grief and Grieving 92%
Grief has no timeline. A framework that helps you move through chaos toward meaning, not closure.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 2005
4.32
5k+ ratings
🗣️ Grief Counseling🤝 Bereavement Support🧩 Grief Stages⏳ Anticipatory Grief🪷 Meaning-Making
The Amazing Afterlife of Animals; Messages and Signs from our Pets on the Other Side
by Karen A. Anderson • 2017
Your departed pet still sends messages. How to recognize the signs from an animal communicator.
4.38
982
🕊️ Animal Mediumship🐾 Pet Loss And Grief🦋 Afterlife Signs🧠 Animal Communication♻️ Reincarnation
The Amazing Afterlife of Animals; Messages and Signs from our Pets on the Other Side Summary
The Amazing Afterlife of Animals; Messages and Signs from our Pets on the Other Side 91%
Your departed pet still sends messages. How to recognize the signs from an animal communicator.
by Karen A. Anderson 2017
4.38
982 ratings
🕊️ Animal Mediumship🐾 Pet Loss And Grief🦋 Afterlife Signs🧠 Animal Communication♻️ Reincarnation
Windswept & Interesting
by Billy Connolly • 2021
A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.
4.40
11k+
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Windswept & Interesting Summary
Windswept & Interesting 91%
A Glasgow welder walked onstage with a banjo. The man who walked off was someone else.
by Billy Connolly 2021
4.40
11k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Memoir🎤 Comedian Memoir🃏 Humor As Survival💪 Sobriety Journey🎨 Creative Reinvention
Dancing Fish and Ammonites
by Penelope Lively • 2013
A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.
3.65
1k+
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Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary
Dancing Fish and Ammonites 91%
A life measured in books and fossils: a novelist confronts the new territory of old age.
by Penelope Lively 2013
3.65
1k+ ratings
📖 Literary Memoir🏺 Material Memory📚 Reading Life🕰️ Meditations On Aging🇬🇧 British Memoirists
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