Book cover of How to Make Friends with the Dark

Book description

From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a novel about love and loss and learning how to continue when it feels like you're surrounded by darkness that Karen M. McManus, the New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying, calls "rare and…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked How to Make Friends with the Dark as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Tiger is a teenage girl who suddenly loses her mother. It’s a real, heartfelt, and painfully sad book, so be warned! This book made me look into my own losses and remember that grief is not a one size fits all experience and that there’s no way to avoid the sadness. To get through it we must keep going. I think it’s a beautifully written and important book for all who are grieving.

If you love How to Make Friends with the Dark...

Ad

Book cover of Dear Alderone

Dear Alderone by Ami Hendrickson,

Jera Fowler is hardly excited about having to keep a journal for ninth-grade English class. “What can happen in a day?” she grumps as she chronicles the 1984-85 school year. She doesn’t realize that a single day can be the dividing line between life and death. Forty years later, while…

Want books like How to Make Friends with the Dark?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 71 books like How to Make Friends with the Dark.

Browse books like How to Make Friends with the Dark

Book cover of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Book cover of The Poet X
Book cover of Eliza and Her Monsters

Share your top 3 reads of 2025!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,277

readers submitted
so far, will you?