For Adults
The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and coping with grief and change after the death of our parents. Alexander Levy (2000)
A Grief Observed. CS Lewis (2015)
It’s OK to laugh (crying is cool too). Nora McInerny Purmot (2016)
It’s OK that you’re not OK: Meeting grief and loss in a culture that doesn’t understand. Megan Devine (2017)
Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death & Surviving. Julia Samuel (2017)
Thinking Out Loud; Love, Grief and being Mum and Dad. Rio Ferdinand (2017)
Sisters & Brothers: Stories about the death of a sibling. Julie Bentley & Simon Anthony Blake (2020)
Tell me the truth about loss. Niamh Fitzpatrick (2020)
The Plain Guide to Grief. John Wilson (2020)
Surviving the Early Loss of a Mother: Daughters Speak. Anne Tracey (2008)
Stillbirth and Miscarriage, A Life-Changing Loss ‘Say my baby’s name’ Anne Tracey (2022)
When there are few words: Exploring some of the questions that may arise for you, or someone close to you, at the end of life. Deirdre McKenna (2024)
For Teens & Young Adults
When a friend dies: A book for teens about grieving & healing. Marilyn E. Gootman (2005)
Out of the blue: Making memories last when someone has died. Winston’s Wish (2006)
Still Here with Me: Teenagers and Children on Losing a Parent. Suzanne Sjogvist (2006)
Sometimes Life Sucks: When Someone You Love Dies. Molly Carlisle (2011)
We Get It. Heather L. Servaty-Seib & David C. Fajgenbaum. (2015)
A Teenage Guide to coping when Someone dies. Child Bereavement UK (2019)
For Children
Badger’s Parting Gifts. Susan Varley (1987) 35th Anniversary Edition of multi-award-winning picture book
Muddles, puddles and sunshine. Diane Crossley (2001)
A Child’s Grief: Supporting a Child When Someone in Their Family Has Died. Di Stubbs (2009)
What does dead mean?: A book for young children to help explain death and dying. Caroline Jay and Jenni Thomas (2012)
The Memory Tree. Britta Teckentrup (2014)
The coat I wear. Mel Maxwell (2014)
The Goodbye Book. Todd Parr (2016)
Cry heart but never break. Glenn Ringtved (2016)
The Invisible String. Patrice Karst (2018)
For People with a Learning Disability
How to break Bad News to People with Intellectual Disabilities. Irene Truffrey-Wijne (2013)
For Children Bereaved by Suicide
Safe Harbour www.childhoodbereavement.ie (2024)
Grief and Religion
Books about Grief from a Religious Perspective