Our list of some of the best Grieving books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
1. Grieving the Child I Never Knew: A Devotional Companion for Comfort in the Loss of Your Unborn or Newly Born Child [GRIEVING THE CHILD I NEVER KNE] ()
Paperback Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company (March 31, 2001) ASIN: B001TICT5Q Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars 142 customer reviews Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,285,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?…
2. Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief (1994)
The classic guide for dealing with grief and lossFor those who have suffered the loss of a loved one, here are thoughtful words to strengthen, inspire and comfort….
3. It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand (2017)
When a painful loss or life-shattering event upends your world, here is the first thing to know: there is nothing wrong with grief. “Grief is simply love in its most wild and painful form,” says Megan Devine. “It is a natural and sane response to loss.” So, why does our culture treat grief like a disease to be cured as quickly as possible? In It’s OK That You’re Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help others who have endured tragedy. Having experienced grief from both…
4. Grief Day By Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss (2018)
Grief Day by Day offers supportive readings and exercises to help you move through life after loss, one day at a time.Grief is complex. It is ever changing and may come to us differently on any given day. Grief Day by Day offers reflections and practices that address the day-to-day feelings that accompany the ever changing process of grief.In Grief Day by Day, Jan Warner draws on her own extensive experience and the experiences of the 2 million followers on her Grief Speaks Out Facebook page to offer hope in its most practical form. This book does not look to offer a solution to grief. Rather, it provides supportive, useful guidance to…
5. Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss (2005)
Grief is a personal journey, never the same for any two people and as unique as your life and your relationships. Although loss is an inevitable part of life, how you approach this fact can make the difference between meaningless pain and the manifestation of understanding and wisdom. This book describes a mindful approach to dealing with grief that can help you make that difference. By walking this mindful path, you will discover that you are capable of transforming and healing the grief you carry and finding the spiritual and emotional resilience you need…
6. Grieving with Hope: Finding Comfort as You Journey through Loss (2011)
Practical and straightforward, yet warm and compassionate, Grieving with Hope clarifies the popular misconception that people move through stages of grief. This will be an encouragement to many, as grieving people often think something is wrong with them when their grief doesn’t proceed neatly through stages. The reality is that grieving people jump back and forth between different emotions, sometimes wrestling with multiple emotions at once.This book is packed with short, biblically based, gospel-centered, topical chapters addressing the issues grieving people face but are often hesitant to mention to others. It helps readers…
7. Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love: Daily Meditations to Help You Through the Grieving Process (2014)
Few losses are as painful as the death of someone close. No valley is as vast as grief, no journey as personal and life changing. Compassionate and wise guides Raymond Mitsch and Lynn Brookside shine a light on the road through grief. They can help you endure the anguish and uncertainty; understand the cycles of grief; sort through the emotions of anger, guilt, fear, and depression; and face the God who allowed you to lose the one you love. A series of thoughtful daily devotions, Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love shares wisdom, insight, and comfort that…
8. I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One (2008)
The grief books that just “gets it”.Each year about eight million Americans suffer the unexpected death of a loved one. For those who face the challenges of sudden death, the classic guide I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye offers a comforting hand to hold, written by two authors who have experienced it firsthand.Acting as a touchstone of sanity through difficult times, this book covers such difficult topics as: Featured on ABC World News, Fox and Friends and many other shows, this book has offered solace to over eight thousand people, ranging from seniors to teenagers and from the newly bereaved those who lost a loved one years ago. An…
9. Healing a Spouse’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Husband or Wife Dies (Healing Your Grieving Heart series) (2003)
“Helping widows and widowers learn how to cope with the grief of losing their helpmate, their lover, and perhaps their financial provider, this guide shows them how to find continued meaning in life when doing so seems difficult. Bereaved spouses will find advice on when and how to dispose of their mate’s belongings, dealing with their children, and redefining their role with friends and family. Suggestions are provided for elderly mourners, young widows and widowers, unmarried lovers, and same-sex partners. The information and comfort offered apply to individuals whose spouse died recently or long ago.”…
10. On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss (2014)
Ten years after the death of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, this commemorative edition of her final book combines practical wisdom, case studies, and the authors’ own experiences and spiritual insight to explain how the process of grieving helps us live with loss. Includes a new introduction and resources section.Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s On Death and Dying changed the way we talk about the end of life. Before her own death in 2004, she and David Kessler completed On Grief and Grieving, which looks at the way we experience the process of grief. Just as On Death and Dying…
11. Grieving the Death of a Mother (2003)
A mother’s death can make a shambles of schedules, priorities, agendas, commitments, and, sometimes, even our most important relationships. A mother’s last breath inevitably changes us. Drawing on his own experience of loss, as well as those of others, Harold Ivan Smith guides readers through their grief, from the process of dying through the acts of remembering and honoring a mother after her death….
Best Grieving Books You Should Read
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Grace Like Scarlett: Grieving with Hope after Misscarriage and Loss
Author(s): Adriel Booker
Publisher: Baker Books, Year: 2018, Size: 17 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2215804
Grieving reproductive loss: the healing process
Author(s): Gray, Kathleen; Lassance, Anne
Publisher: CRC Press, Year: 2018, Size: 31 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2350761
On Grief and Grieving - Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
Author(s): Elisabeth Kubler-Ross & David Kessler
Publisher: Scribner - Simon and Schuster, Inc., Year: 2014, Size: 637 Kb, Download: epub
ID: 1309047
Yoga for Grief Relief : Simple Practices for Transforming Your Grieving Mind and Body
Author(s): Antonio Sausys MA CMT RYT, Lyn Prashant PhD
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications;New Harbinger Pubns Inc, Year: 2014, Size: 23 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2086992
Working with grieving and traumatized children and adolescents : discovering what matters most through evidence-based, sensory interventions
Author(s): Kuban, Caelan; Steele, William
Publisher: Wiley, Year: 2013, Size: 11 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1361736
Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children
Author(s): Linda Goldman
Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2013, Size: 8 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1683304
Wishes For The Grieving and Healing Heart: Why the Dragonfly Cries
Author(s): Tricia LaVoice
Publisher: Hay House, Year: 2012, Size: 5 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1117928
Helping Grieving People - When Tears Are Not Enough: A Handbook for Care Providers, 2nd Edition (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement)
Author(s): J. Shep Jeffreys
Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2011, Size: 2 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 804968
Shakespeare and Son: A Journey in Writing and Grieving
Author(s): Keverne Smith
Publisher: Praeger, Year: 2011, Size: 1 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 810588
Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are really chart-busters according to The New York Times, others are composed by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.