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A heartbreakingly honest and surprisingly funny exploration of a fractured family, seen through the unfiltered eyes of a boy who just wants to move forward. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with My sister lives on the mantelpiece.
- bittersweet
- tender
- melancholic
- hopeful
- 01
The sky is everywhere
Jandy Nelson
A vibrant, messy, and deeply poetic exploration of how a heart can simultaneously break from grief and burst with new love.
- 02
The truth about forever
Sarah Dessen
A sun-soaked summer of chaotic catering gigs, found family, and learning to let go of the need to be perfect.
- 03
Letters to the lost
Brigid Kemmerer
An intimate, emotionally charged exploration of how two broken people can help piece each other back together through the safety of shared words.
- 04
Cry heart, but never break
Glenn Ringtved
A tender, allegorical embrace that offers quiet comfort in the face of inevitable loss.
- 05
Hold Still
Nina LaCour
A tender, aching exploration of the quiet spaces left behind by loss, and the slow, messy art of learning to breathe again.
- 06
The Replacement
Brenna Yovanoff
A grunge-tinged, rust-scented descent into a macabre underworld where monsters and humans bleed together.
- 07
How to Make Friends with the Dark
Kathleen Glasgow
A raw, unflinching exploration of the suffocating weight of sudden loss and the slow, painful process of letting the light back in.
- 08
Cat Mummy
Jacqueline Wilson
A tender and accessible exploration of a child's unique way of processing grief and helping her family find their voice.
- 09
Love letters to the dead
Ava Dellaira
A raw, epistolary journey through the messy, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful landscape of teenage grief.
- 10
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.
- 11
Elsewhere
Gabrielle Zevin
A bittersweet, imaginative exploration of what it means to live, even after life has ended.
- 12
Grief is the thing with feathers
Max Porter
A surreal, poetic, and darkly funny exploration of the chaotic shape that mourning takes in a shattered home.
