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If you liked Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven
try these titles.

FICTION

God: Stories edited by Michael Curtis 813.0108382 G54: A collection of religious stories showcases the work of such authors as Eudora Welty, John Updike, Flannery O'Connor, Tobias Wolff, and James Joyce.
Soulmate by Deepak Chopra: In a novel by the great spiritual writer and mind-body healing expert, a doctor learns important lessons about love and death from a passionate woman named Molly.
Ramar: The Rabbit with Rainbow Wings by Darrell T. Hare: Preparing for his first journey to Earth as a human being, a young winged rabbit from the World-in-Between is befriended by a host of animal spirits who offer him guidance about his forthcoming journey.
Mr. Ives' Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos: A moving work from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author concerns the loss of faith endured by Mr. Ives, a businessman whose world is shattered when his son, who is studying for the priesthood, violently dies at Christmas.
What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson: When an unexpected accident cuts his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Chris Nielsen must discover the nature of life after death, but when tragedy threatens to divide Chris and Annie forever, he risks his very soul to save her from an eternity of despair.
Soon: Tales from Hospice by A.G. Mojtabai: Set in a Texan hospice, award-winning novelist Mojtabai's collection of 17 interlocking short stories explores the ways in which patients -- the cruelly young, the frail and weary, the angry, the believers, the rationalists, the people who try to maintain control, the deniers -- try to find a common language with their visitors without small talk.
The Laws of Return by Cameron Stracher: Secular Jew Colin Stone embarks on a search for his faith, a deeply personal journey that takes him to the wealthy suburbs of New York, as well as western Massachusetts, Harvard Law School, and the Arctic Circle.

Nonfiction

Living a Life That Matters: Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success by Harold Kushner 296.36 KUSHNER: Explores the nature of true accomplishment while examining the troubling impact of compromising one's integrity to achieve success, and argues that the path to leading a significant life lies in family, friendship, generosity, and self-sacrifice.
Morrie: In His Own Words by Morrie Schwartz 362.19683 S399m: A former sociology professor suffering from an incurable progressive disease shares his thoughts on his approaching death, coming to terms with one's mortality, and living life fully.
In Heaven As On Earth: A Vision of the Afterlife by M. Scott Peck 813.54 P335i: Through a fable about an alter ego who strives to fulfill his destiny in the afterlife, the psychiatrist-author of The Road Less Traveled explores the spiritual and moral principles that lift humans above mortality.

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