Grief, Loss & Mortality
Individual topics classified under "Grief, Loss & Mortality", ranked by how many awards the books carrying each one have won combined. Open a topic to see its most-awarded books.
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- 1
Grief and loss
206 books
67
wins
1202
score
- 2
Grief
45 books
12
wins
263
score
- 3
Love and loss
33 books
8
wins
174
score
- 4
Aging and mortality
24 books
7
wins
172
score
- 5
Loss and grief
21 books
4
wins
113
score
- 6
Friendship and found family
12 books
4
wins
74
score
- 7
Technology and society
12 books
4
wins
59
score
- 8
Death and grief
6 books
4
wins
53
score
- 9
Mortality and illness
6 books
4
wins
50
score
- 10
Memory and loss
8 books
3
wins
75
score
- 11
Trauma and healing
9 books
3
wins
68
score
- 12
Illness and mortality
11 books
3
wins
66
score
- 13
Death and the afterlife
11 books
3
wins
55
score
- 14
Death and the supernatural
4 books
3
wins
43
score
- 15
Grief and trauma
9 books
3
wins
43
score
- 16
Loss
3 books
3
wins
40
score
- 17
Trauma and recovery
5 books
3
wins
25
score
- 18
Death and mortality
22 books
2
wins
101
score
- 19
Ghosts and the supernatural
10 books
2
wins
51
score
- 20
Death and afterlife
5 books
2
wins
42
score
- 21
Grief and revenge
9 books
2
wins
34
score
- 22
Memory and grief
4 books
2
wins
34
score
- 23
Grief and mortality
4 books
2
wins
33
score
- 24
Small-town Southern life
5 books
2
wins
27
score
- 25
Past trauma
3 books
2
wins
26
score
- 26
Trauma and grief
3 books
2
wins
26
score
- 27
Environmentalism
4 books
2
wins
22
score
- 28
Mortality and immortality
3 books
2
wins
20
score
- 29
Grief and guilt
9 books
1
win
35
score
- 30
Grief and widowhood
6 books
1
win
29
score
- 31
Loss and memory
3 books
1
win
26
score
- 32
Mortality and aging
4 books
1
win
24
score
- 33
Memory loss
4 books
1
win
19
score
- 34
Survival on an alien world
5 books
1
win
19
score
- 35
Death and immortality
5 books
1
win
18
score
- 36
Haunting and the supernatural
3 books
1
win
18
score
- 37
Afterlife
3 books
1
win
17
score
- 38
Magic school
3 books
1
win
14
score
- 39
Grief and tragedy
3 books
1
win
9
score
- 40
Loneliness and isolation
10 books
0
wins
38
score
- Close Range: Wyoming Stories · Annie Proulx0 wins · 8 score
- A Five-Year Sentence · Bernice Rubens0 wins · 4 score
- All the Lovers in the Night · Mieko Kawakami with Sam Bett and David Boyd (trans.)0 wins · 4 score
- Felicia's Journey · William Trevor0 wins · 4 score
- Mrs. Bridge · Evan S. Connell0 wins · 4 score
- 41
Ghosts and the afterlife
8 books
0
wins
21
score
- 42
Grief and memory
6 books
0
wins
19
score
- 43
Grief and redemption
3 books
0
wins
15
score
- 44
Motherhood and loss
4 books
0
wins
14
score
- 45
Disappearance and loss
4 books
0
wins
13
score
- 46
Life and death
4 books
0
wins
12
score
- 47
Motherhood and grief
3 books
0
wins
12
score
- 48
Grief and healing
4 books
0
wins
10
score
- 49
Mortality and death
3 books
0
wins
7
score
Recent Standout Topics (2020+)
- 1Grief and loss12 wins
- 2Loss and grief3 wins
- 3Friendship and found family3 wins
- 4Love and loss3 wins
- 5Grief1 win
- 6Trauma and healing1 win
- 7Illness and mortality1 win
- 8Death and the afterlife1 win
- 9Memory and loss0 wins
- 10Grief and revenge0 wins
Where This Data Comes From
- Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel1988–2025
- Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy2005–2025
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction2012–2026
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction1945–2026
- Anthony Award for Best Novel1986–2026
- Arthur C. Clarke Award1987–2026
- Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel1987–2025
- British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel (Robert Holdstock Award)2012–2026
- British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel2012–2026
- British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (August Derleth Award)1972–2011