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A surreal, labyrinthine journey through endless library shelves that ultimately celebrates the fleeting, beautiful nature of a mortal life. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with How to live forever.
- dreamlike
- labyrinthine
- quiet
- surreal
- contemplative
- 01
Ways to live forever
Sally Nicholls
A tender, tear-jerking exploration of what it means to truly live when time is running out.
- 02
Let Me Tell You How I Died
Sinclair Smith
A creepy, nostalgic descent into a dead girl's mind through the pages of a cursed diary.
- 03
The heart and the bottle
Oliver Jeffers
A tender, metaphorical exploration of how protecting ourselves from pain can accidentally close us off from the world.
- 04
The Shelf Elf
Hopkins, Jackie Mims
A cheerful, bouncy read-aloud that transforms the rules of book care into an inviting, magical adventure.
- 05
The Book of Time
Guillaume Prévost
A globe-trotting, era-hopping adventure fueled by a son's desperate quest to find his missing father.
- 06
Bat night at the library
Brian Lies
A playful, rhyming nighttime romp where nocturnal creatures discover the magic of books and gentle mischief.
- 07
Michael Rosen's sad book
Michael Rosen
A devastatingly honest and tender exploration of grief that offers no easy answers, only the comfort of shared sorrow.
- 08
Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt · 1975
A sun-dappled, philosophical fable that asks what it truly means to live by exploring the heavy weight of never dying.
- 09
Lost and found
Oliver Jeffers
A quiet, oceanic journey about realizing that sometimes what we think is lost is actually just looking for a friend.
- 10
Everfound
Neal Shusterman
A high-stakes, ethereal journey that wrestles with the moral weight of eternity and the bittersweet beauty of letting go.
- 11
Everlost
Neal Shusterman · 2006
A spooky, inventive journey through a liminal afterlife where forgotten things linger and eternity is what you make of it.
- 12
Secret vampire
Lisa Smith
A deliciously angsty paranormal romance where the ultimate choice is between a tragic mortal end and a dark, forbidden eternity.
