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I went through a rather painful divorce about fifteen years ago. I found myself suffering from a lack of attention span which made reading anything of substance very difficult, a symptom of temporary depression I suppose. Didn't help that I was frequently half-drunk.
While looking for something to read that wouldn't require too much concentration, I stumbled upon Christopher Pike's prolific line of young-adult murder books. They were well-written, tightly plotted, and very suspenseful. I fondly remember them for having helped get me through the grieving process, keeping my mind occupied while the healing took place. I must have read over a dozen of them.
That's what worked for me back then, so if something similar happened today I'd probably look for suspenseful, quality YA fiction like, say, Scott Westerfeld's Uglies or Midnighters series, or maybe Suzanne Collins' "Hunger Games" trilogy (bought it, but haven't read it yet; maybe I'll save it for the next crisis).
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