The Love of My Afterlife

Delphie Bookham's death is almost comically undignified — choking on a microwaveable burger alone in her flat — and it's only in the afterlife's waiting room that her luck seems to turn, when she meets a man who might just be The One. Before she can find out, a mix-up sends him back down to Earth, and Delphie is left facing an eternity of paperwork and regret.

Instead, her afterlife caseworker Merritt offers her a deal: ten days back among the living to track the stranger down and see if what she felt was real. What follows is less a straightforward romance than a scramble through Delphie's old life — reconnecting with people she'd drifted from, confronting the loneliness and self-doubt that shaped her before she died, and learning to ask for what she wants instead of settling for what's easy.

Kirsty Greenwood's novel — an instant USA Today bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick — has drawn comparisons to The Good Place for its blend of screwball afterlife bureaucracy and genuine emotional weight, working through grief, loneliness, and found family alongside its central love story.