General Topics:

• Baugher, B. - Coping with Grief: A Guide for the Bereaved Survivor

• Beattie, M. - The Grief Club

• Bernhardt, M. - Voices of the Grieving Heart

• Cacciatore, J. - Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief

• Davis-Bush, A. - Transcending Loss: Understanding the Lifelong Impact of Grief and how to make it Meaningful

• Devine, M. - It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand

• Edwards, E. - Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers

• Elison, J. & Mcgonigle, C. - Liberating Losses: When Death Brings Relief

• Frankl, V. - Man’s Search for Meaning

• Goodman, S. - Love Never Dies

• Hone, L. - Resilient Grieving: Finding Strength and Embracing Life after a Loss that Changes Everything

• Hood, A. - Comfort: A Journey Through Grief

• Hull-McCormack, J. - Grieving: A Beginners Guide

• James, J. & Friedman, R. - The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith

• Kalanithi, P. - When Breath Becomes Air

• Kelly, R. - The Griefcase: A Man’s Guide to Healing and Moving Forward in Grief

• Kodanaz, R. - Living with Loss, One Day at a Time

• Lewis, C.S. - A Grief Observed

• Manning, D. - Don’t Take My Grief Away

• Mercado, L. - Adjusting to Life After Loss: Coping with the Death of a Loved One and Honoring Their Memory

• Miller, S. - Permission to Thrive: My Journey from Grief to Growth

• Nepo, M. - The Book of Awakening: Having the Life you Want by Being Present to the Life you Have

• Parker, S. - Grief as a Second Language: A Guidebook for Living with the Loss of a Loved One

• Peterson, A. - Droplets: Poetry for those in Grief

• Rando, T. - How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies

• Sandberg, S. & Grant, A. - Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

• Sheffield, R. - Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time

• Westberg, G. - Good Grief: A Companion for Every Loss

• Williams, J. - Mysterious Moments: Thoughts that Transform Grief

• Wolfet, A. - Healing Your Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas

• Wunnenberg, K. - Grieving the Loss of a Loved One

• Zuba, T. - Permission to Mourn: A New Way to do Grief

Specific Topics - Emotions:

• Baugher, B. - Understanding Anger During Bereavement

• Baugher, B. - Understanding Guilt During Bereavement

• Greenspan, M. - Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair

Specific Topics - Journals & Workbooks:

• Caplan, S. & Lang, G. - Grief’s Courageous Journey: A Workbook

• Devine, M. - How to Carry what can’t be Fixed: A Journal for Grief

• Eldon, K. - Angel Catcher: A Journal of Loss and Remembrance

• Jose, S. - Progressing Through Grief: Guided Exercises to Understand Your Emotions and Recover from Loss

• Richardson, T. - Forever in my Heart: A Grief Journal

• Roldan, M. - Navigating Grief: A Guided Journal: Prompts and Exercises for Reflection and Healing

• Sell-Bronstad, D. - 52-Week Devotional Journal for Grief: Prompts and Prayers for Navigating Loss

• Willis, M. - Restored: A Self-Paced Grief Workbook for Your Journey from Loss to Life

Specific Topics - Meditation & Mindfulness:

• Hickman, M. - Healing after Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief

• Stang, Heather - Mindfulness & Grief

• Studacher, C. - A Time to Grieve: Meditations for Healing after the Death of a Loved One

• Warner, J. - Grief Day By Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss

• Wolfelt, A. - Grief One Day at a Time: Meditations to Help you Heal after Loss

Specific Topics - Religion & Spirituality:

• Alexander, E. - Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife

• Bidwell-Smith, C. - After This: When Life is Over, Where Do We Go?

• Fiore, C. - A Grief Workbook for Skeptics: Surviving Loss without Religion

• Forbes, S. - The Angel in my Pocket: A Story of Love, Loss, and Life After Death

• Kubler-Ross, E. - On Life After Death

• Kushner, H. - When Bad Things Happen to Good People

• Myss, C. & Finley, J. - Transforming Trauma: A Seven-Step Process for Spiritual Healing

• Peterson, A. - He Whispers: Poetic Talks with God

• Sittser, J. - A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss

Specific Loss - Spousal Loss:

• Brody-Fleet, C. & Harriet, S. - Widows Wear Stilettos: A Practical and Emotional Guide for the Young Widow

• Carter, A. - The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow’s Transformation

• Colby, F. - Widower to Widower: Surviving the end of your Most Important Relationship

• Devine, M. - It’s OK That You’re not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand

• Didion, J. - The Year of Magical Thinking

• Feinberg, L. - I'm Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal

• Ginsburg, D. - Widow to Widow: Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life

• Roe, G. - Comfort for the Grieving Spouse’s Heart: Hope and Healing after Losing your Partner

• Roper, G. - A Widow’s Journey: Reflections on Walking Alone

• Santlofer, J. - The Widower’s Notebook

• Silverman, P. - Widow to Widow: How the Bereaved Help One Another

• Wolfelt, A. - Healing a Spouse's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Husband or Wife Dies

Specific Loss - Parent Loss:

• Ackner & Whitney -How to Survive the Loss of a Parent

• Bartocci, B. - Nobody’s Child Anymore: Grieving, Caring, and Comforting When Parents Die

• Bidwell-Smith, C. - The Rules of Inheritance

• Brooks, J. Midlife Orphan

• Gilbert, A. Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents

• Gilbert, R. Finding Your Way after Your Parent Dies: Hope for Grieving Adults

• Levy, A. The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change after the Death of our Parents

• Schuurman, D. Never the Same: Coming to Terms with the Death of a Parent

• Secunda, V. Losing Your Parents, Finding Yourself: The Defining Turning Point of Adult Life

• Stoop, D. Forgiving Our Parents, Forgiving Ourselves: Healing Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families

• Umberson, D. Death of a Parent: Transitions to a New Adult Identity

• Wolfelt, A. Healing the Adult Child’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas after Your Parent Dies

Specific Loss - Sibling Loss:

• Diraimondo, D. - Surviving Sibling Loss: The Invisible Thread that Connects Us Through Life and Death

• Wray, T. J. - Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies

• Wolfelt, A. - Healing the Adult Sibling’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas after your Brother or Sister Dies

Specific Loss - Child Loss:

• Belitz, L. - Two Infinities: A Memoir of Love and Childhood Cancer

• Buchanan, A. - Memories of Max: A Father’s Story

• Cheshire, C. - Thriving after the Death of a Child

• Cleckley, M. - Estes, E., & Norton, P. We Need not Walk Alone after the Death of a Child

• Farley, K. & DiCola, D. - Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back

• Fuller-Wilcox, F. - Facing into the Wind: A Mother’s Healing after the Death of Her Child

• Fuller-Wilcox, F. - Hope is a Bright Star: A Mother’s Memoir of Love, Loss, and Learning to Live Again

• Kearns, C. - Sugar Cookies and a Nightmare: How my Daughter’s Death Taught me the Meaning of Life

• Kelly, R. - Sometimes I Cry in the Shower: A Grieving Father’s Journey to Wholeness and Healing

• Kramar, M. - Searching for Spenser

• Lawrence-Hunt, L. - Pilgrimage Through Loss: Pathways to Strength and Renewal After the Death of a Child

• Levine, M. - First You Die: Learn to Live after the Death of Your Child

• McCracken, A. & Semel, M. - A Broken Heart Still Beats: After Your Child Dies

• Meisenhelder, J. - Surviving the Unthinkable: The Loss of a Child

• Miller, A. - You Are the Mother of All Mothers

• Mitchel, E. et al. - Beyond Tears: Living after Losing a Child

• Moss, J. - Blessings for a Grieving Mother: 52 Devotions from the Psalms

• O’Loughlin, S. - Life from the Ashes: Finding Signs of Hope After Loss

• Oliver-Krist, P. - Grief to Generosity: Honor your child by Helping Others

• Pazzi, S. - Sorrow and Hope: The Loss of a Child

• Pereyra, K. - Double Dollow: A Mother’s Grief

• Rademacher, K. - From the Lake House: A Mother’s Odyssey of Loss and Love

• Redfern, S. & Gilbert, S. - The Grieving Garden: Living with the Death of a Child

• Roe, G. - Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child

• Rosof, B. - The Worst Loss: How Families Heal from the Death of a Child

• Rothman, J. - The Bereaved Parents’ Survival Guide

• Sarnoff-Schiff, H. - The Bereaved Parent

• Starr, K. - 457 Days: A Mother’s Journey Along Grief’s Path

• Zelik, L. - From Despair to Hope: Survival Guide for Bereaved Parents

• Zenoff, N. - The Unspeakable Loss: How do you Live after a Child Dies?

Specific Loss - Pet Loss:

• Dolan-Del Vecchio, K. - The Pet Loss Companion: Healing Advice from Family Therapists Who Lead Pet Loss Groups

• Kowalski, G. - Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet

• Singh, M. - Lessons Learned from My Rescue Dog

• Wycherley, J. - Losing My Best Friend: Thoughtful support for those affected by dog bereavement or pet loss

Specific Loss - Suicide Loss:

• Bolton, I. - My Son…My Son: A Guide to Healing after Death, Loss, or Suicide

• Cobain, B. - Dying to Be Free: A Healing Guide for Families After Suicide

• Fine, C. - No Time for Goodbye: Surviving the Sudden Death of a Loved One

• Hsu, A. - Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One’s Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope

• Jordan, J. & Baugher, B. - After Suicide Loss: Coping with your Grief

• Lukas, C. & Seiden, H. - Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide

• Wolfelt, A. - The Wilderness of Suicide Grief: Finding Your Way

Specific Loss - Overdose Loss:

• Albanese, E. & M.J. - Understanding Addiction as Self Medication: Finding Hope Behind the Pain

• Carvlin, A. - Untimely: Personal Stories of Loss Due to Substance Abuse

• Feigelman, W. & Jordan, J. - Devastating Losses: How Parents Cope with the Death of a Child to Suicide or Drugs

• Fine, C. - No Time for Goodbye: Surviving the Sudden Death of a Loved One

• Minnich, M. - The Grief Chronicles

• Noel, B. & Blair, P. - I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping, and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One

• Quinones, S. - Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic

• Wittberger, P., Wittberger, R. - When a Child Dies from Drugs: Practical Help for Parents in Bereavement

Specific Loss - Sudden/Traumatic Loss:

• Armstrong, C. - Transforming Traumatic Grief: Six Steps to Move from Grief to Peace After the Sudden or Violent Death of a Loved One

• Baugher, B. & Cox, L. - Coping with Traumatic Death: Homicide

• Jenkins, B. - What to do when the Police Leave: A Guide to the First Days of Traumatic Loss

• Naparstek, B. - Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How they Heal

Helping Children Cope

• DeBay, Kerry - The Grief Bubble

• Doerrfeld, Cori - The Rabbit Listened

• Dougy Center - Helping the Grieving Student: A Guide for Teachers

• Fitzgerald, Helen - The Grieving Child; A Parent’s Guide.

• Goldman, L. - Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Help Children with Complicated Grief—Suicide, Homicide, AIDS, Violence, and Abuse

• Grollman, E. - Bereaved Children and Teens: A Support Guide for Parents and Professionals

• Grollman, E. - Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child

• Heegaard, Marge - When Something Terrible Happens

• Heegaard, Marge - When a Family is in Trouble: Children can cope with grief from drug and alcohol addiction

• Heegaard, Marge - When Someone Very Special Dies

• Huntley, T. - Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies

• Kroen, W.C. & Espeland, P. - Helping Children Cope with the Loss of a Loved One: A Guide for Grownups

• O’Toole, D. - Growing Through Grief: A K-12 Curriculum to Help Young People Through all Kinds of Loss

• Roberts, R. - Recognizing and Responding: Infant and Toddler Grief

• Schaefer, D. & Lyons, C. - How Do We Tell The Children, A Parents Guide To Helping Children Understand And Cope When Someone Dies

• Wolfelt, A. - Helping Children Cope With Grief

• Wolfelt, A. - Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart

Helping Teens Cope

• Day, Karen - A Million Miles From Boston

• Fitzgerald, H. - The Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teenagers and Their Friends

• Fry, V. - Part of Me Died Too: Stories of Creative Survival Among Bereaved Children and Teenagers

• Grollman, E. - Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love

• Ness, P. & Kay, J. - A Monster Calls

• O’Toole, D. - Facing Change & Coming Together Again in the Teen Years

• Schroder, Monika - Be Light Like a Bird

• Tyson, Janet - Common Threads of Teenage Grief

• Wolfet, A. - Healing Your Grieving Heart For Teens: 100 Practical Ideas