Ten Novels About Grief and Loss
(alphabetically by author)
A Death in the Family by James Agee
Things that Fall from the Sky by Selja Ahava
The Kindness of Women by J.G. Ballard
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
The Blood of the Lamb by Peter De Vries
The River by Rumer Godden
Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato
They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
— June 6, 2021