The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Ranked #3 in Life Lessons, Ranked #4 in Five — see more rankings.
From the author of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, a novel that explores the unexpected connections of our lives, and the idea that heaven is more than a place; it's an answer.
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you... more
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you... more
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Rankings by Category
The Five People You Meet in Heaven is ranked in the following categories:
- #17 in 10th Grade
- #16 in 15-Year-Old
- #95 in Adult
- #36 in Bestseller
- #80 in Christian
- #90 in Contemporary
- #15 in Death
- #5 in Dying
- #23 in Easy Reading
- #49 in Emotional
- #27 in Existential
- #37 in Faith
- #6 in Feel-Good
- #55 in Gilmore Girls
- #19 in God
- #39 in Good Read
- #43 in Goodreads
- #61 in High School Reading
- #59 in Humanity
- #76 in Influential
- #34 in Insightful
- #12 in Inspiration
- #16 in Inspiring
- #94 in Interesting
- #6 in Introductory
- #17 in Life
- #35 in Life Changing
- #22 in Light
- #4 in Meaning Of Life
- #45 in Men
- #61 in Modern
- #57 in Modern Fiction
- #36 in Mom
- #40 in Motivational
- #93 in Novel
- #77 in Popular
- #15 in Positivity
- #62 in Religion
- #58 in Sad
- #30 in Self Discovery
- #10 in Soul
- #21 in Spirit
- #12 in Spiritual
- #60 in Spiritual Growth
- #12 in Spirituality
- #54 in Thought
- #32 in Thought-Provoking
- #28 in Wisdom
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