Grief Is for People
Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including McKinsey & Company, for a Consensus Score of 12 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedCrosley's first memoir arrives freighted with a double loss — a burglary and, weeks later, the suicide of her friend and former boss Russell Perreault — and the book's structural gambit is to borrow Kübler-Ross's stages of grief while quietly refusing the one that matters most: acceptance never arrives, replaced instead by "Afterward." What holds the book together isn't the high-concept framing but Crosley's ear for dialogue and her instinct for deflecting pain through wit.
In the press
“the weight of the subject, paired with Crosley's exceptional ability to write juicy conversation, prevents it from being the kind of slim volume one flies through and forgets”
Ashley C. Ford, The New York Times
How the Consensus Score is calculated
Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.
| Source | Authority | Recency | Award | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinsey & Company | 0.80 | 0.70 | 1.00× | 0.56 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.56 → 12 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is Grief Is for People on?
Grief Is for People appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including McKinsey & Company.
What is its Consensus Score?
Grief Is for People has a Consensus Score of 12 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.