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Many excellent books have been written on the topics of grief and loss.

General Bereavement

  • The Courage to Grieve Tatelbaum, Judy
  • Grief: The Courageous Journey Lang & Caplan
  • How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies Rando, Therese
  • Life’s Losses: Living Through Grief, Bereavement and Sudden Change Wylie, B.J.
  • Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family Walsh, F. & McGoldrick, M.
  • Life After Loss Deits, Bob
  • Living Through Mourning Sarnoff Schiff, Harriett
  • The Mourning Handbook: A Complete Guide for the Bereaved Fitzgerald, H.
  • Living When a Loved One has Died Grollman, Earl
  • Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal Wolfelt, Alan
  • What Helped Me When My Loved One Died Grollman, Earl
  • What Will Help Me? How Can I help? Miller, James
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good People Kushner, Harold

Bereaved Spouse

  • Being a Widow Caine, Lynne
  • Finding your Way After Your Spouse Dies Felber, Marta
  • I Can’t Stop Crying Martin & Ferris
  • Surviving the Death of your Spouse Levinson, Deborah
  • Widower: When Men are Left Alone Campbell & Silverman
  • Widows Journey: A Return to the Loving Self Rose, Xenia
  • Wife After Death Anderson, M.
  • The Young Widow: Conflicts and Guidelines Ferguson et. al.

Men’s Grief

  • Swallowed by a SnakeGolden, Tom
  • When a Man Faces Grief/ When a Man You Know is GrievingGolden, Tom
  • When Men Grieve: Why Men Grieve Differently and How You Can HelpLevang, E.

Bereaved Parents

  • A Broken Heart Still BeatsMcCraken, Anne
  • After the Death of a ChildFinkbeiner, Ann
  • The Bereaved ParentSarnoff Schiff, Harriet
  • Beyond EnduranceKnapp, Ronald
  • Empty Cradle, Broken HeartDavis, Deborah
  • How to Survive the Loss of a ChildSanders, C.
  • Miscarriage: Women Sharing from the HeartAllen & Marks
  • Recovering from the Loss of a ChildDonnelly, K.
  • What Forever Means after the Death of a ChildTalbot, Kay
  • When a Baby Dies: Answers to Comfort Grieving ParentsNash, R.
  • When the Bough BreaksBernstein, Judith
  • When Goodbye is ForeverBranblett, John
  • The Worst LossRosof, Barbara

Bereaved Children

  • 150 Facts about Grieving ChildrenLinn, Erin
  • After Charlotte’s Mom DiedSpelman, Cornelia
  • Fall of Freddie the LeafBuscaglia, Leo
  • Henry and HarrietMacArthur, Henriettewww.morethanwordsbooks.ca
  • Learning to Say Goodbye: When a Parent DiesLeShan, Eda
  • Lifetimes: A Beautiful Way to Explain DeathMellonie, Byran
  • On the Wings of a Butterfly: A Story About Life and DeathMaple, M.
  • Our Special Garden: Understanding Cremation: Learning to cope with loss and transitionCarney, Karen L.
  • Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and ChildGrollman, Earl
  • When Dinosaurs DieKrasky, Brown L.M.
  • The Saddest TimeSimon, Norma
  • Saying Goodbye to DaddyVigna, Judith

Bereaved Children Interactive/Activity Books

  • Healing Your Grieving Heart for KidsWolfelt, Alan
  • Help Me Say GoodbyeSilverman, Janis
  • My Grieving Journey BookShavatt, Donna
  • When Someone Very Special DiesHeegard, Marge

Supporting Bereaved Children: Books for Adults

  • Bereaved Children and TeensGrollman, Earl
  • Healing Children’s GriefHyslop Christ, Grace

Bereaved Teens

  • Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Loosing Someone You LoveGrollman, Earl
  • Teenagers Face to Face with BereavementGravelle, Karen
  • All Rivers Flow to the SeaMcGhee, Alison

Bereaved Teens Interactive/Workbooks

  • Death & DyingPeacock, Carol Antoinett
  • Healing Your Grieving Heart for TeensWolfelt, Alan
  • A Teen’s Simple Guide to GriefCunningham, Alexis

Inspirational

  • A Time To GrieveStaudacher, C.
  • Come Back to LifeChapman, Jim (web: jimchapman.ca)
  • How to Survive the Loss of a Loved OneColgrove, M.
  • In the Midst of WinterMoffat, M.
  • Life PrayersRoberts, E.
  • The ProphetKahlil, G
  • Safe PassageFumia, M.

Helping Professionals

  • Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies: A Guide for CaregiversWolfelt, A.
  • Death and Grief: A Guide for ClergyWolfelt, A.
  • Death and the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide to Assist Grieving StudentsCassini, K.
  • Funerals without God: A Practical Guide to Non Religious FuneralsWilson, J.
  • In Memoriam: A Practical Guide to Planning a Memorial ServiceBennett, A.
  • What We Don't Discuss: A Teacher's Guide to Death and DyingSaunders-Leslie,L.

Trauma

  • After SuicideHewlett, John
  • Healing after the Suicide of a Loved OneSmolin & Guinan
  • No Time For GoodbyesLord, Janice
  • Recovering for the Loss of a Loved One to AIDSDonnelly, Katherine
  • Suicide Survivors: A Guide for Those Left BehindWrobleske, A.
  • Surviving When Someone You Loved Was MurderedRedmond, L.
  • Who Lives Happily Ever After? For Families Whose Child Has Died ViolentlyTurnbull, S.
  • Aftershock: Help, Hope, and Healing in the Wake of SuicideCox, David
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