Books like Letters to the lost

Letters to the lost by Brigid Kemmerer reads as emotional, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

My life with the Walter boys

Ali Novak · 2014

Both explore grief & family

76% genome match

If I Stay

Gayle Forman · 2009

Both explore grief & family

73% genome match

The Summer of Broken Rules

K. L. Walther · 2021

Both explore family & grief

73% genome match

Love and Gelato

Jenna Evans Welch · 2016

Both explore grief

72% genome match

It's Not Summer Without You

Jenny Han · 2011

Both explore family & grief

73% genome match

All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven

Both explore grief

69% genome match

Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon

Both explore family & secrets

69% genome match

I Fell in Love with Hope

Lancali · 2022

Both explore grief

67% genome match

My Heart and Other Black Holes

Jasmine Warga · 2015

Both explore grief

69% genome match

If He Had Been with Me

Laura Nowlin · 2013

Both explore grief

67% genome match

How It Feels to Float

Helena Fox · 2019

Both explore grief & family

69% genome match

Call It What You Want

Alissa DeRogatis · 2023

Same romance feel

68% genome match