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Suggested Books for Grieving Adults 
12 Weeks of Winter and BeyondSandy McBayGrief/Sudden Death
A Decembered Grief: Living with Loss While Others are CelebratingHarold Ivan SmithGrief/Holidays
After the Death of a Child: Living with Loss Through the YearsAnn K. FinkbeinerGrief/Bereavement
Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a ChildEllen MitchellGrief
Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul: Stories About Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved OneJack Canfield and Mark Victor HansenGrief/Bereavement
Dying to Be Free: A Healing Guide for Families after a Suicide
 
Beverly Cobain and Jean Larch
 
Suicide of a Loved One
 
Finding your Way After your Spouse DiesMarta FelberLove/Loss
First you Hurt, Then you Heal: A Road Map for the Grief JourneyDr. Bill WebsterDeath/Grief
Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After your Child DiesAlan D. WolfeltGrief/Bereavement
Healing a Spouse’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After your Husband or Wife DiesAland D. WolfeltGrief/Husband or Wife
Healing After the Suicide of a Loved OneAnn SmolinSuicide of a Loved One
Healing your Grieving Heart After a Military Death: 100 Practical Ideas for Family and FriendsBonnie Carroll and Alan D. WolfeltMilitary Death
Healing your Traumatized Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Someone you Love Dies a Sudden, Violent DeathAlan D. WolfeltGrief/Traumatic Death
I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden DeathBrook Noel and Pamela D BlairGrief/Sudden Death
Just Stay : A Couple’s Last Journey TogetherJennifer Fazakerley, Helen Butlin-Battler and Grace BradishGrief/Pancreatic Cancer
Letters to Sara
 
Anne McCurryGrief/Sibling
Military Widow: A Survival GuideJoanne M. Steen and Regina AsaroGrief/Widows
No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved OneCarla FineSuicide of a Loved One
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding JoySheryl Sandberg and Adam GrantGrief/Bereavement
Our Walk with ElephantsPeggy Boone and Bonnie HeadingtonDeath/Grief
Recovering from the Loss of a SiblingKatherine Fair DonnellyGrief/Sibling
Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies
 
T.J. WrapGrief/Sibling
Through Tears to Triumph: God’s Gracious Help Through Grief and Sorrow
 
John Wallace StephensonGrief/Sorrow
Understanding your GriefAlan D. WolfeltGrief/Bereavement
When a Man Faces Grief / A Man you Know is Grieving: 12 Practical Ideas for Help When a Man Faces LossJames E. Miller and Thomas GoldenMen/Grief
When the Bough Breaks: Forever After the Death of a Son or DaughterJudith R. BernsteinGrief/Bereavement
Widow to Widow: Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding your LifeGenevieve Davis GinsburgGrief/Widows
Widows Wear Stilettos: A Practical and Emotional Guide for the Young WidowCarole Brody Fleet and Syd HarrietGrief/Widows
Suggested Books for Grieving Children  
Healing activities for children in griefGay McWhorterChildren/Grief
I Miss You: A First Look at DeathPat ThomasDeath
Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute: Explaining (sudden) Death in Words Very Young Children Can UnderstandElke Barber and Alez BarberChildren/Grief
Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After LossPat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyenDeath/Dying
The Invisible StringPatrice KarstChildren/Grief
What Happened to Daddy’s Body? Explaining What Happens After Death in Words Very Young Children Can UnderstandElke Barber and Alez BarberChildren/Grief
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding DeathLaurie Krasny Brown and Marc BrownDeath/Grief