Resources
If you are looking for a non-fiction book*, podcast, film, journal article, or other resource specific to the loss you suffered, we have created an extensive list of the many different mediums that may resonate.
* Please note that we are not including fiction or memoirs in the adult resources at this time, but have included those genres for children and young adults, as that is often the best way to connect with those under 18.
The list is divided it into 9 categories, below:

General Loss
Books
- Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief by Claire Bidwell Smith (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2018)
- Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Joanne Cacciatore (Wisdom Publications, 2017)
- Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa (Atria Books, 2015)
- Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler (Scribner, 2020)
- Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving by Julia Samuel (Scribner, 2017)
- Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair by Miriam Greenspan (Shambhala, 2004)
- How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, by Therese A. Rando (Bantam, 1991)
- It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand, by Megan Devine (Sounds True, 2017)
- On Grief & Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler (Scribner, 2005)
- Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive by Allison Gilbert (Seal Press, 2016
- Swallowed by a Snake: The Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing by Thomas R. Golden (G.H. Publishing, L.L.C., 1st Ed. 2000)
- The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss by George A. Bonanno (Basic Books, 2009)
- The Truth About Grief: The Myth of Its Five Stages and the New Science of Loss by Ruth Davis Konigsberg (Simon & Schuster, 2011)
- The Way Men Heal by Thomas R. Golden, LCSW (G.H. Publishing, L.L.C., 1st Ed. 2014)
- The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller (North Atlantic Books, 2015)
- We Get It: Voices of Grieving College Students and Young Adults by Heather Servaty-Seib and David C. Fajgenbaum (Jessica Kingsley, 2015)
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron (Shambhala, 2016)
- Your Grief, Your Way: A Year of Practical Guidance and Comfort After Loss by Shelby Forsythia (Zeitgeist, 2020)
Videos
- “Grief: It’s not something you have to ‘get over’ (Like Minds Ep. 12) BBC Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X55TJRj9HUk
- “We don’t ‘move on’ from grief. We move forward with it.” Nora McInerny, TED Talk, Apr 25, 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khkJkR-ipfw
- Full length documentary www.speakinggrief.org
- Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper’s beautiful conversation about grief https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=YB46h1koicQ
- “The journey through loss and grief.” Jason B. Rosenthal (TED Talk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhoCdZFoktQ
Films and TV
- “This is Us.” https://www.nbc.com/this-is-us
- A list of movies about grief and loss: https://whatsyourgrief.com/64-movies-about-grief-and-loss/
Websites & Podcasts
- What’s Your Grief – www.whatsyourgrief.com
- Modern Loss – www.modernloss.com
- Center for Loss and Life Transition www.centerforloss.com
- Centering and Grief Digest Magazine https://centering.org/
- The Griefcast Podcast https://cariadlloyd.com/griefcast
Early Parent Loss
Books
- A Music I No Longer Heard: The Early Death of a Parent by Leslie Simon and Jan Johnson Drantell (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
- Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents by Allison Gilbert and Christina Baker Kline (Seal Press, 2006)
- Fatherless Women: How We Change After We Lose Our Dads by Clea Simon (John Wiley & Sons, 2001)
- Fatherloss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms with the Deaths of Their Dads by Neil Chethik (Hyperion, 2001)
- Kiss Me Goodnight: Stories and Poems by Women Who Were Girls When Their Mothers Died by Ann O’Fallon and Margaret Vaillancourt (Syren Books, 2005)
- Mothering Without a Map: The Search For the Good Mother Within by Kathryn Black (Viking Adult, 2004)
- Motherloss by Lynn Davidman (University of California Press, 2000)
- The Fatherless Daughter Project: Understanding Our Loss and Reclaiming Our Lives by Denna D. Babul and Karin Luise (Avery, 2015)
- The Loss That Is Forever: The Lifelong Impact of the Early Death of a Mother or Father by Maxine Harris, Ph.D. (Plume, 1996)
- What to Do When I’m Gone: A Mother’s Wisdom to Her Daughter by Suzy Hopkins (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018)
Videos
- Losing a Parent: Understood, BBC Three. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L21gV8DUOKY
- When My Parent Passed Away, BuzzFeed Video, Aug. 30, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elE6iSytJks
- Life After Losing a Parent: 4 months vs. 4 years later, Feb. 15, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emZrmiPDTFo
Films and TV
- Northern Rescue, Netflix, 1 season only.
Adult Parent Loss
Books
- Always Too Soon: Voices of Support for Those Who Have Lost Both Parents by Allison Gilbert and Christina Baker Kline (Seal Press, 2006)
- Fatherless Women: How We Change After We Lose Our Dads by Clea Simon (John Wiley & Sons, 2001)
- Fatherloss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms with the Deaths of Their Dads by Neil Chethik (Hyperion, 2001)
- Healing The Adult Child’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Parent Dies by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. (Companion Press, 2002)
- How to Survive the Loss of a Parent: A Guide for Adults by Lois F. Akner and Catherine Whitney (William Morrow, 1994)
- Losing a Parent: Passage to a New Way of Living by Alexandra Kennedy (HarperSanFrancisco, 1991)
- Midlife Orphan: Facing Life’s Changes Now That Your Parents Are Gone by Jane Brooks (Berkley Books, 1999)
- Parentless Parents: How the Loss of Our Mothers and Fathers Impacts the Way We Raise Our Children by Allison Gilbert (Hyperion, 2011)
- The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping With Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents by Alexander Levy (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2000)
- Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died: Coping With Loss Every Day by Ty Alexander (Mango Publishing, 2018)
- When Parents Die: Learning to Live With the Loss of a Parent by Rebecca Abrams (Routledge, 2013)
Videos
- Bradley Cooper Tells Oprah How His Father’s Death Changed His Life, SuperSoul Conversation, Feb. 11, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MgoJtG9YvE
- Losing Our Mothers, BuzzFeed Video, May 11, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKi7_Xkq0bk
Early Sibling Loss
Books
- The Empty Room: Understanding Sibling Loss by Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn (Scribner, 2007)
- From Mourning to Knight: Overcoming Loss by Damon Silas, Psy.D. (Balboa Press, 2016)
Articles
- “Death, Memory, and Other Superpowers” by Jennifer Haupt, The Rumpus, August 8, 2017.
Films and TV
- Evelyn – documentary regarding sibling loss by suicide. https://www.netflix.com/title/80216928
Adult Sibling Loss
Books
- Healing the Adult Sibling’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Brother or Sister Dies by Alan D. Wolfelt (Companion Press, 2008)
- Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies by T.J. Wray (Harmony, 2003)
Videos
- Billy Bob Thornton: “I’ve never been the same since my brother died”, Oprah’s Master Class, OWN, July 20, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pn3y7S5FAw
Friend Loss
Videos
- Cameron Hanes discusses the death of his best friend, Roy (From Joe Rogan experience #759). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MgoJtG9YvE
Films and TV
- Beaches
Spousal Loss
Books
- The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life by Donald L. Rosenstein and Justin M. Yopp (Oxford University Press, 2018)
- Healing a Spouse’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Husband or Wife Dies by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. (Companion Press, 2003)
- When Your Soulmate Dies: A Guide to Healing Through Heroic Mourning by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. (Companion Press, 2016)
Videos
- The journey through loss and grief, Jason B. Rosenthal (TED Talk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhoCdZFoktQ
Films and TV
- PS I Love You
Websites & Podcasts
- The Widowed Parent Podcast https://jennylisk.com/podcast-main
Child Loss
Books
- Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood by Emma Hansen (Greystone Books, 2020)
- Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After a Child Dies by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. (Companion Press, 2002)
Children & Teen Resources
Books
For Grade- and Middle-School Readers:
- A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. Holmes (Magination Press, 2000)
- After Charlotte’s Mom Died by Cornelia Spellman (Albert Whitman & Company, 1996)
- Eddie’s Brave Journey: How One Little Elephant Learned All About Grief by Randi Pearlman Wolfson (Grief and Grits, 2020)
- Eden and Her Joy by Tracy Schlepphorst (Emotion Belly Books, 2018)
- How It Feels When a Parent Dies by Jill Krementz (Alfred A. Knopf, 1981)
- I Miss You: A First Look At Death by Pat Thomas (Barron’s Educational Series, 2001)
- I Wish I Had a Book to Read: Helping a Child’s Heart Heal When Someone Special Has Died by Randi Pearlman Wolfson (Look Up at the Moon Publications, 2007)
- My Grandmother Is Always With Me: A Remembering Journey by Lorraine Hedtke and Addison Davidove (NRD Publishing, 2013)
- Sad Isn’t Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing With Loss by Michaelene Mundy (Abbey Press, 1998)
- Saying Good-bye to Grandma by Jane Resh Thomas (Clarion Books, 1988)
- Someone I Loved Died By Suicide: A Story for Child Survivors and Those Who Care for Them by Doreen Cammarata (Limitless Press LLC, 2009)
- The Invisible String by Patrice Karst (DeVorss Publications, 2000)
- The Memory Box: A Book About Grief by Joanna Rowland (Sparkhouse Family, 2017)
- The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst (Atheneum Books, 1987)
- Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell (Scholastic Press, 2019)
- Death is Stupid by Anastasia Higginbotham (Feminist Press, 2016)
- Healing Your Grieving Heart For Kids: 100 Practical Ideas by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. (Companion Press, 2001)
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2012)
For Teens:
- Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins: A Journal for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss by Enid Samuel-Traisman (Centering Corporation, 2002)
- Healing Your Grieving Heart For Teens: 100 Practical Ideas by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. (Companion Press, 2001)
- Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers: How to Cope With Losing Someone You Love by Earl A. Grollman (Beacon Press, 1993)
- Weird Is Normal When Teenagers Grieve by Jenny Lee Wheeler (Quality of Life, 2013)
- You Are Not Alone: Teens Talk About Life After the Loss of a Parent by Lynne B. Hughes (Scholastic, 2005)
- What to Do When I’m Gone: A Mother’s Wisdom to Her Daughter by Suzy Hopkins (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018)
Films and TV
- Movie suggestions in the Children’s Grief Awareness Movie Bracket Challenge https://childrengrieve.org/awareness/movie-bracket-challenge
- Heartland (TV Show – available on Netflix) First two seasons deal with mother loss
Websites
- National Alliance for Grieving Children. https://childrengrieve.org/
- The Dougy Center (The National Center for Grieving Children & Families). https://www.dougy.org/