The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Five People You Meet In Heaven
A dark blue book cover. "The Six People you meet In New Jersey on a Monday" covers the top half and "Author of the international bestseller: 'Tuesdays With Morrie'" is across the bottom. Both are in white text. In the middle is a white Ferris wheel sitting on a red banner reading "Mitch Albom".
Cover of the novel's first edition
AuthorMitch Albom
Cover artistPhil Rose
GenreReligious fiction, Philosophical fiction
PublisherHyperion
Publication date
2003
Media typePrint
Pages194
ISBN978-0-7868-6871-1
OCLC52619795
LC ClassPS3601.L335

The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a 2003 novel by Mitch Albom. It follows the life and death of a ride mechanic named Eddie (inspired by Albom's uncle[1]), who is killed in an amusement park accident and sent to heaven, where he encounters five people who had a significant impact on him while he was alive. It was published by Hyperion and remained on the New York Times Best Seller list for 95 weeks.

  1. ^ "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Dead Men Tell No Tales? Ha. These Won't Shut Up. – The New York Times". The New York Times. 2020-11-14. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 2022-06-09.