Love and death are oddly enough two things that are most prominent in a lot of the books we read. Whether it’s a romance novel or a mystery thriller, these two themes usually run within the pages. But, what about when they’re combined? If you’re looking for stories in which love goes far beyond death and is a major component of the story, you’ll devour these emotionally charged reads!
Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan
New York architect Tate Donovan is looking for a fresh start after being released from a psychiatric facility where he was being treated for depression. Arriving in Cape Cod to design his best friend’s summer home, Tate is still haunted by the death of his sister, Sylvia. Sylvia had the gift of seeing spirits who were still tied to the living world and Tate struggled to believe in this gift she had. At a bed-and-breakfast in Cape Cod, he meets a woman named Wren who is about to change everything he thought he knew about the world. As their romance intensifies, Tate finds that the odds are fighting against them and Tate must confront his past in order to free Wren from her destiny.
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What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
Chris Nielsen had no idea what happens to us after we die. When Chris dies in an accident, he is separated from his wife, Anne. Even in Heaven, Chris longs for her as he tries to uncover the nature of death. When a tragedy threatens to divide him from Anne forever, he risks his soul to save her.
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The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
In the dead of the night, a beautiful man named Simon shows up at Zoe’s house. Although hesitant at first, Simon seems to understand Zoe’s loneliness and the grief she’s been experiencing since the death of her mother. But Simon is a vampire who is looking to avenge his mother’s death from three-hundred years ago. Does he dare think that Zoe is the one who frees him from all he’s been holding on to?
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The Book of Love by Kelly Link
One late night, Laura, Daniel, and Mo are standing in a high school classroom a year after they vanished from their hometown. The three were presumed dead and, well, that is unfortunately true. Also in the room is their high school music teacher and the reason they are back. The music teacher knows something and in order for the three of them to get their lives back they must complete a set of magical tasks which if they complete, they can return to their friends and families under one condition: do not tell anyone where they have been. As other supernatural entities threaten their chance at coming home and Laura’s sister gets closer to the truth, they begin to fear if they will ever get to return.
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A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L’Engle
The Austin family is spending the summer on a small island to be with their sick grandfather. To make matters worse, Vicky is now finding herself gaining the attention from three boys. Zachary Grey is the bad boy Vicky met last summer who is grieving the loss of his mother. Leo Rodney has just lost his father and has come to Vicky for comfort although they have been just friends for years. Lastly, there’s Adam Eddington, who needs help researching dolphins and this might be just the distraction Vicky needs from her grandfather’s deteriorating health.
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The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade
After an encounter with a bus, Alona Dare has gone from the homecoming queen to a ghost. Stuck in the land of the living, her only hope is outcast Will Killian. Will wishes he couldn’t communicate with the dead, especially with someone like Alona. While he has no desire to help her, if she crosses to the other side, he could get her off his back. While the dislike is mutual, an attraction is as well and now they have to work together whether they like it or not.
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The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffennegger
Henry is a handsome librarian who has a disorder that causes him to uncontrollably time travel. On one of his time travels, he meets artist Clare, who becomes the love of his life. But from Henry’s inability to remain in one place, the two must do all they can to make sure their love lasts.
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The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
The City is full of people who have left Earth but remembered by those still alive and will be stuck in the afterlife until they are fully forgotten. With the City shrinking and residents leaving, some wonder what will come as the population dwindles. Luka Sims produces the only newspaper. Cole Kinzler believes this is the beginning of the end. Laura Byrd is trapped in an Antarctic research station with her supplies running low. As she sets out across the ice in search of help, they all begin to realize time is running out.
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The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
On a dark night, a car ends up in a ravine. While the man driving the car survives, he is confined to a hospital burn unit where he meets mysterious Marianne Engel, a sculptress of the grotesque. Marianne believes they were loves in medieval Germany. As she tells him the story of their lives together in which he was a mercenary and she was a scribe, he finds himself being convinced that she’s right.
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