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Books like Meet in Heaven: 9 series to read next

Meet in Heaven is literary & general and fantasy, about grief and loss, set in afterlife & underworld, bittersweet in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Meet in Heaven is 2 books, 2003–2018.

“On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart.”
from the catalogue description of The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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Before I Fall
A Monster Calls
The Midnight World
The Witches of Eastwick
Inferno
Todd Family
Ninety-Nine Stories
Songs of the Seraphim
A Visit from the Goon Squad

Before I FallSeries

seriesLauren Oliver2 books2010

About time loop, set in north america.

“Attempting to understand why, Samantha tries different choices and actions each time through, some starkly out of character, as she reckons with her life and relationships.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Before I Fall →

A Monster CallsSeries

seriesPatrick Ness, Adam Peck & Sally Cookson2 books2011

Eerie in tone, about coming of age, set in british isles.

“A Monster Calls follows a boy struggling with his mother's terminal illness, who is visited each night by a tree-like monster demanding an honest story from him in exchange for the unsettling tales it tells.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Monster Calls →

The Midnight WorldSeries

seriesMatt Haig2 books2020

About second chance and identity.

“In particular, they frequently wonder how different things might have been had they made other choices at pivotal moments in their lives.”
from the catalogue description of The Midnight Library

Start with The Midnight Library →

The Witches of EastwickSeries

seriesJohn Updike2 books1984

About witches, set in north america and small town.

Start with The Witches of Eastwick →

InfernoSeries

seriesJerry Pournelle & Larry Niven2 books1976

Dark in tone.

“In Inferno, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle send a science fiction writer to his death and drop him into a modern-dress version of Dante's nine circles of Hell, where he must reason his way toward understanding why he has been damned.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Inferno →

Todd FamilySeries

seriesKate Atkinson2 books2013

Historical fiction, about family secrets, set in early 20th century and british isles.

“The companion novel A God in Ruins turns to Ursula's brother Teddy, a bomber pilot, following his one, single life forward from the war through old age.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Life After Life →

Ninety-Nine StoriesSeries

seriesJoy Williams2 books2016

About angels, set in our world.

Start with Ninety-Nine Stories of God →

Songs of the SeraphimSeries

seriesAnne Rice2 books2009

Dark in tone, about angels and assassins.

“Angel Time introduces Toby O'Dare, a contract killer given a chance at redemption when an angel recruits him to intervene in a medieval crisis, sending him back through history rather than forward.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Angel Time →

A Visit from the Goon SquadSeries

seriesJennifer Egan2 books2010

“The Candy House returns to several of the same characters and their descendants a decade later, in a world reshaped by a technology that lets people access and share their memories.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Visit from the Goon Squad →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Meet in Heaven?: Before I Fall — the closest match to Meet in Heaven on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Meet in Heaven?: The Five People You Meet in Heaven. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Meet in Heaven.
How big is Meet in Heaven?: Meet in Heaven is 2 books, 2003–2018.

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