Recommended Readings

Recommended Reading on Grief and Loss

When you are grieving, or helping another cope with a loss, often the words of others who have experienced similar losses can be comforting. Certainly there is no shortage of information on the topics of grief and loss.
 

The following books are a few you may find helpful:

Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart
By Alan Wolfelt

Being a Widow
By Lynn Caine

You Can Help Someone Who’s Grieving: A How-To Healing Handbook
By Victoria Frigo

Mom Minus Dad: The Essential Resource Guide for Busy Adults with a Newly Widowed Parent
By Jamieson Haverkampf

The Needs of the Dying: A Guide to Bringing Hope, Comfort and Love to Life’s Final Chapter
By David Kessler

A Grief Observed
by C.S. Lewis

When Bad Things Happen to Good People
By Rabbi Harold Kushner

On Grief and Grieving
By Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler

How Can I Help? How to Support Someone Who Is Grieving
By June Cerza Kolf

What to Do When a Loved One Dies: A Practical and Compassionate Guide to Dealing with Death on Life’s Terms
By Eva Shaw

I Know Just How You Feel: Avoiding the Clichés of Grief
By Erin Linn

Understanding Your Suicide Grief Trilogy
By Alan Wolfelt

I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One
By Pamela D. Blair and Brook Noel

How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
By Therese A. Rando

Companioning the Dying: A Soulful Guide for Caregivers
By Alan Wolfelt

Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies: A Guide for Families
By Alan Wolfelt

                              For Children and Adolescents

How I Feel: A Coloring Book for Grieving Children
By Alan Wolfelt

When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death
By Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown

Where is Grandpa?
By T.A. Barron and Chris Soentpiet

Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain Death the Children
By Bryan Mellonie
 

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