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