Books like It's Ok That You're Not Ok

It's Ok That You're Not Ok by Megan Devine reads as compassionate, empathetic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Motherless daughters

Hope Edelman · 2006

Both explore grief & loss

62% genome match

Necessary losses

Judith Viorst · 1986

Both explore loss & grief

60% genome match

Death be not proud

John Gunther · 1947

Both explore grief & loss

58% genome match

Helping Grieving People--When Tears Are Not Enough

J. Shep Jeffreys · 2004

Both explore grief & loss

77% genome match

Wild

Cheryl Strayed · 2012

Both explore grief & healing

55% genome match

All of This

Rebecca Woolf · 2022

Both explore grief & loss

61% genome match

I Feel Bad About My Neck

Nora Ephron · 1998

Same memoir feel

55% genome match

The Confidence Code

Katty Kay · 2014

Same self-help feel

53% genome match

Once More We Saw Stars

Jayson Greene · 2019

Both explore grief & loss

57% genome match

Nonviolent Communication

Marshall B. Rosenberg · 1999

Both explore empathy & compassion

69% genome match

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

Gloria Steinem · 1983

Same memoir feel

55% genome match

About Alice

Calvin Trillin · 2006

Both explore grief & loss

58% genome match