Books About Grief
There are many books out there covering a wide variety of topics about grief and loss. We encourage you to browse a bookstore, online listings or your local library.
We hope this offers a comprehensive starting place.
General Grief
- Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Griefby David Kessler
- Finding Peace, One Piece at a Time: What To Do With Your and a Loved One’s Personal Possessions by Rachel Blythe Kodanaz
- Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha Whitmore Hickman
- Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow by Breeshia Wade
- It’s Okay that You’re Not Okay: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understandby Megan Devine
- It’s Okay to Laugh: (Crying is Cool Too)by Nora McInerny Purmort
- Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome.by Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Kirkner
- Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joyby Sheryl Sandberg
- Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive by Allison Gilbert
- Permission to Mourn: A New Way to Do Griefby Tom Zuba
- Spark Seekers: Mourning with Meaning; Living with Light by Rabbi Baruch HaLevi, DMin
- The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Griefby Francis Weller
- Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Healby Alan Wolfelt
- Understanding Guilt During Bereavementby Bob Baugher
- Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heartby Alan Wolfelt
- Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief by Pauline Boss
- When Bad Things Happen to Good Peopleby Harold S. Kushner
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Timesby Pema Chodron
Loss of a Spouse
- I’m Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Healby Linda
- Feinberg
- The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dyingby Nina Riggs
- When Your Soulmate Dies: A Guide to Healing through Heroic Mourningby Alan Wolfelt
- Widow To Widow: Thoughtful, Practical Ideas For Rebuilding Your Life by Genevieve Davis Ginsburg
- When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi
Parent Loss
- Grief is Love: Living with Loss by Marissa Renee Lee
- Loss of a Parentby Theresa Jackson
- Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Lossby Hope Edelman
- The Dead Moms Club: A Memoir about Death, Grief and Surviving the Mother of All Lossesby Kate Spencer
Child Loss
- Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Griefby Joanne Cacciatore
- My Children in Heaven: A Story of Grief, Hope, and Love by Roseanne M. Collison
Suicide Loss
- I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved Oneby Brook Noel and Pamela Blair
- Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicideby Christopher Lukas and Henry M Seiden
Dementia Loss
- Healing Your Grieving Heart When Someone You Care About Has Alzheimer’s: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends, and Caregivers by Alan Wolfelt
- Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to find Hope while coping with Stress and Griefby Pauline Boss
- Relentless Goodbye: Grief and Love in the Shadow of Dementia by Ginnie Burkholder
- The Longest Lost: Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia by Hospice Foundation of America and Kenneth J. Doka and Amy S. Tucci
- Thoughtful Dementia Care: Understanding the Dementia Experienceby Jennifer Ghent-Fuller
Sibling Loss
- Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living through Grief when an Adult Brother or Sister Diesby T.J.Wray
For Professionals
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the Endby Atul Gawande
- Companioning the Bereaved: A Soulful Guide for Counselors and Caregivers by Alan Wolfelt
- Grief and the Expressive Arts : Practices for Creating Meaningby Barbara E. Thompson (Editor), Robert Neimeyer (Editor)
- The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Lossby George A. Bonanno
- When Grief is Complicated by Alan Wolfelt
For Kids
Young Kids
- Sun Kisses, Moon Hugsby Susan Schaefer Bernardo
- The Invisible Stringby Patrice Karst
- I Miss You: A First Look at Deathby Pat Thomas
- The Memory Boxby Joanna Rowland
Teens
- Teens Dealing with Death: Stories from my Studentsby Susan Romero
- Teen Grief: Caring for the Grieving Teenage Heartby Gary Roe
- The Healing Your Grieving Heart Journal for Teensby Alan Wolfelt
- Weird is Normal When Teenagers Grieveby Jenny Lee Wheeler
Pet Loss
- Losing My Best Friend: Thoughtful support for those affected by dog bereavement or pet lossby Jeannie Wycherley
