These Books Will Make You Cry
Tearjerkers, emotional reads, catharsis, healing.
Cats I've Known: On Love, Loss, and Being Graciously Ignored
From deep friendships to brief encounters, this is the story of the cats in Katie Haegele's life, or rather the story of…
Unfuck Your Grief: Using Science to Heal Yourself and Support Others
When we lose someone or something close to us—a loved person or animal, a relationship, our health, our dream, our…
The Hate U Give
When a sixteen-year-old black girl, Starr Carter, witnesses the murder of her friend by a police officer, her surburban…
Heartstopper #1: A Graphic Novel
In this first installment of the graphic novel series Heartstopper, Charlie Spring meets rugby player Nick Nelson, and…
The Fault in Our Stars
Hazel has never been anything but terminal, and she's fully aware of it. But when Augustus Waters enters the story of…
H Is for Hawk
This book is so many things: a grief memoir, a story of a lifelong obsession (and skill) with birds of prey, and the…
Afterglow (a dog memoir)
This book is for you dog lovers looking to read a touching, poetic memoir about a human and man's best friend. If you've…
Notes For The Everlost - A Field Guide To Grief
This deeply personal account of loosing a premature baby is part memoir, part handbook for the brokenhearted. It speaks…
The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning
Grieving her beloved husband, Malaysian-born Norwegian anthropologist Long Litt Woon signs up for a course on mushroom…
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel's autobiographical graphic novel-turned-musical (which, by the way, won the 2015 Tony Award for Best…
The Giver
The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story…
The Courage Party: Helping Our Resilient Children Understand and Survive Sexual Assault
The Courage Party is a "gently explicit" book about sexual abuse, written for kids to read alone or (better) with a…
Imagine Me Gone
A novel about family, love, depression, anxiety, having faith in each other, and helping each other through the most…
Cycletherapy: Grief and Healing on Two Wheels
Can you pedal your way through everything life throws at you? Taking on the bicycle as a means of making sense of life…
Sad House: Parenting, Grief, and Creativity in the Coronavirus Crisis
There’s no guidebook for parenting during a pandemic. Sheltering at home means being yourself in front of your kids,…