After Wendy died, I went to the place we always sought solace: the bookstore. These are many of the titles that helped me through my journey. Links connect to independent bookstore options.


A Grief Observed

C.S. Lewis

It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

Megan Devine

The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss

Hope Edelman

Your Grief, Your Way: A Year of Practical Guidance and Comfort After Loss

Shelby Forsythia

After This: When Life Is Over, Where Do We Go?

Claire Bidwell Smith 

Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner's Guide to Grief

Annie Sklaver Orenstein

Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief

Claire Bidwell Smith

Ash and Spirit: Freeing Grief and Finding Hope in 31 Days of Memories, Mediumship, and Collective Healing

Pema Rocker

Can Anyone Tell Me?

Meghan Riordan Jarvis, MA LCSW

Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss

Claire Bidwell Smith

Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief

David Kessler

Grief is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss

Lisa Keefauver

Grief Is for People

Sloane Crosley

Harmony

Whitney Hanson

Hold Nothing: An Invitation to Let Go and Come Home to Yourself 

Elena Brower 

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife 

Sebastian Junger

Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives

Michael Newton, PhD

Life After Life

Raymond A. Moody, Jr., MD

Many Lives, Many Masters

Dr. Brian Weiss

Memorial Days: A Memoir

Geraldine Brooks

Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But the End: A Memoir

Liz Levine

Ride or Die: Loving Through Tragedy, A Husband's Memoir

Jarie Bolander

Seeking Jordan: How I Learned the Truth about Death and the Invisible Universe

Matthew McKay , PhD

Soul Conversations: A Medium Reveals How to Cultivate Your Intuition, Heal Your Heart, and Connect with the Divine

Austyn Wells

The Book of the Dead

Shinobu Orikuchi

The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing

Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD

The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss

Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD

The Luminous Landscape of the Afterlife: Jordan's Message to the Living on What to Expect after Death  

Matthew McKay , PhD

Wolf’s Message

Suzanne Giesemann