SUGGESTED READING

SUGGESTED READING LIST

FOR ADULTS

Members of the Healing Hearts Grief Support Group shared favorite books that have helped them cope with their loss. It is our hope that you find comfort from these selections.

  • Darcie D. Sims – multiple titles, one of which is Why Are the Casseroles Always Tuna?
  • Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph. D. – multiple titles, one of which is Understanding Your Grief
  • Allen Klein – multiple titles, two of which are: The Courage to Laugh & Learning to Laugh When You Feel Like Crying (Embracing Life After Loss)
  • Doug Manning – multiple titles, two of which are: Don’t Take My Grief Away from Me & The Power of Presence  https://www.insightbooks.com/ 
  • Elisabeth Kubler-Ross – multiple titles, two of which are: Death, the Final Stage of Growth & On Grief and Grieving
  • Healing After Loss - Martha Whitmore Hickman
  • Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy - Sheryl Sandberg
  • Gift of the Red Bird - Paula D’Arcy
  • Self-Compassion - Kristin Neff
  • It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok - Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand - Megan Devine
  • The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity – William P. Young
  • Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love – Lynn Brookside and Raymond Mitsch
  • How to Survive the Loss of a Love – Melba Colgrove, Ph.D. and Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D. 
  • When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi
  • Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End – Atul Gawande
  • Seven Choices: Finding Daylight After Loss Shatters Your World – Elizabeth Harper Neeld, Ph.D. 
  • Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief – Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC
  • Imagine Heaven – John Burke
  • The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion

SUGGESTED READING LIST

FOR CHILDREN

If are looking for some resources to help grieving children, here are some options when selecting books to help them. It is our hope that they find comfort from these selections.

  • Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. – Multiple titles can be found here. 
  • The Memory Box – Joanna Rowland – Ages 4 – 8 
  • The Invisible String – Patrice Karst – Ages 5 - 8
  • The Invisible Leash – Patrice Karst – Ages 5- 8
  • I Can’t Believe They’re Gone – Karen Brough- Ages 5 – 9 
  • Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss – Chuck DeKlyen – Ages 6 & Up
  • Death is Stupid - Anastasia Higgenbotham – Ages 7 - 12
  • The Fall of Freddie the Leaf – Leo Buscaglia – Ages 7 – 12
  • When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving and Loss – Marilyn Gootman, Ed.D. - Ages 11 & Up
  • My Parent Has Cancer and It Really Sucks – Mark Silver and Maya Silver – Ages 13- 17
  • A Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teens and Friends – Helen Fitzgerald – Ages 13 -17
  • Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love – Earl Grollman – Ages 13- 17