Books like How She Died, How I Lived by Mary Crockett

A surgeon’s investigation of end‑of‑life care urges a shift from mere survival to overall well‑being, blending medical insight with personal stories.

Neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi’s poignant memoir chronicles his battle with stage IV metastatic lung cancer and his reflections on life, medicine, and mortality.

After her father’s sudden death, Helen Macdonald turns to falconry, training a fierce goshawk named Mabel as a way to cope with grief and explore human-animal bonds.

C.S. Lewis’s personal journal of grief following his wife’s death, offering reflective meditations on loss, faith, and the quest for meaning.

After thirteen years of living in her sister Kathy’s shadow, Elly’s world shatters when Kathy dies unexpectedly, leaving Elly to confront jealousy, guilt, and the mystery of why her sister had to die.

A soccer-themed school strike story featuring Lissa and her friends against the football team, showcasing the challenges of dating and self-control in a competitive high school setting.

A ghost girl falls in love with Nora as their house is renovated.

A teenage girl named Mary is haunted by nightmarish visions of her own death. Determined to find answers, she embarks on a dangerous quest that forces her to confront her deepest fears and hidden secrets.

"On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. She has written an engrossing, unsentimental, beautifully poised account: as she struggles through the first months following the tragedy, furiously clenched against a reality that she cannot face and cannot deny; and then, over the ensuing years, as she emerges reluctantly, slowly allowing her memory to take her back through the rich and joyous life she’s mourning, from her family’s home in London, to the birth of her children, to the year she met her English husband at Cambridge, to her childhood in Colombo; all the while learning the difficult balance between the almost unbearable reminders of her loss and the need to keep her family, somehow, still alive within her"--From publisher's website.

Ben must navigate the aftermath of his girlfriend Ani’s assault at a school party, looking for ways to support her healing while confronting the emotional trauma that threatens their relationship.

The unpredictable teenage drama of a 15-year-old high school student struggling with new friendships and insecurities.

Two sisters from North Carolina navigate the treacherous world of cotillion and parties.

The Bright Hour is a moving memoir in which poet Nina Riggs chronicles her life with terminal breast cancer, exploring how to live fully amid death, illness, and the emotional landscape of being a mother and patient.

Sixteen‑year‑old Zarin Wadia, a half‑Hindu, half‑Parsi teen in Jeddah, struggles with school rumors, smoking, and a desire to escape her aunt and uncle’s home while navigating friendship and cultural tensions.

Tear Soup is a richly illustrated modern fable for children, exploring the painful experience of loss and the healing power of empathy and storytelling.

Three‑year‑old Serenity and her younger brother face the loss of their mother and the challenge of adjusting to a new life with their grandparents while navigating family grief.

Mattie reconnects with her school friends after deciding to leave her self-imposed isolation.