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Have you ever truly grieved over the loss of\xa0someone in a book? Together with Eric Molinsky, host of the Imaginary Worlds podcast, Frank and Gwen dive into the psychology of readers' responses to character\xa0deaths. Don't worry, it's not as depressing as it sounds!\xa0Maybe!

Eric's podcast, Imaginary Worlds, the\xa0"Imaginary Deaths" episode, the fanfiction episode, and the Madeline Miller episode

Some books with deaths we've mourned:

• Wuthering Heights\xa0by Emily Bronte
• Where the Red Fern Grows\xa0by Wilson Rawls
• The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
• The Fault in Our Stars\xa0by John Green
• The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin (the Red Wedding is in the third book, A Storm of Swords)

• "Dr. Who" -- the David Tennant season
• The Song of Achilles\xa0and\xa0Circe\xa0by Madeline Miller
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (available in many formats at the Library)\xa0and Riverdale (always)