Book Bingo: Grief
Here are some suggestions for your 2025 Book Bingo NW category: Grief. Book Bingo is our annual adult summer reading program presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures and King County Library System.
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Nothing to Fear
Nonfiction. What if we didn't consider death the worst possible outcome? What if we discussed it honestly, embraced hospice care, and prepared for the end of our lives with hope and acceptance? In this compassionate and knowledgeable guide, TikTok star Julie McFadden - known online as "Hospice Nurse Julie" - shares the valuable lessons she's learned in her fifteen years as an RN in the ICU and in hospice. (Publisher description)
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Someone Like Us
Fiction. In the beautiful latest from Mengestu, a journalist pieces together the mysteries of his early life in the wake of his biological father's death. (Publishers Weekly)
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All Friends Are Necessary
Fiction. …a 30-something Latinx bisexual man puts his life back together in Northern California after his first baby is stillborn and his marriage falls apart… Moniz's thoughtful narrative demonstrates the reparative power of friendship, and how it can even transcend the bonds of love. Readers will be entranced. (Publishers Weekly)
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Monstrilio
Fiction. The novel opens just moments after a young couple has lost their only son Santiago, his small body folded between them in his tiny bed. In an act of grief or love or desperation, Magos, the boy's mother, carves out a piece of his lung, places it in a jar, and begins to feed it… An enthralling debut that packs a heavy emotional punch. (Library Journal)
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Tending Grief
Nonfiction. Barton specifically speaks to the way in which grief impacts queer and BIPOC communities, but their embodiment practice exercises will appeal to anyone working through feelings of trauma, pain, and loss. (Library Journal)
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Lessons From the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth
Nonfiction. Filled with stories, questions, and exercises… readers will move through their personal and general climate anxiety, frustration, helplessness, and grief toward a sense of shared purpose and community care. (Publisher description)
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Conscious Grieving
Nonfiction. What does it mean to grieve consciously?… Presented in a series of thoughtful, brief vignettes that don't overwhelm the reader, Conscious Grieving offers a new framework for each stage of grief: Entering, Engaging, Surrendering, and Transforming. (Publisher description)
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Falling Back in Love With Being Human
Nonfiction. …a breathtaking book of formally diverse pieces - letters, prayers, spells, poems - that channel her grief and rage. It's impossible not to be inspired by her simultaneous generosity and fierceness, as well as the sheer beauty of her words. This is another book on this list that has already achieved queer classic status. (Autostraddle)
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Wildcat Dome
Fiction. Mitch and Yonko haven't spoken in a year. As children, they were inseparable, raised together in an orphanage outside Tokyo - but ever since the sudden death of Mitch's brother, they've been mourning in their private ways, worlds apart… Wildcat Dome is a hugely ambitious exploration of denial, of the ways in which countries and their citizens avoid telling the truth - a tale of guilt, loss, and inevitable reckoning. (Publisher description)
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Another Word for Love
Nonfiction. The story of a poet and podcaster's journey to claim the fullness of his identity and power as a queer Black American… Ultimately, this is an intricate and exhilarating memoir - heartbreaking, humbling, and hopeful. An exquisite, soulful must-read. (Kirkus)
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