Books Unique to Those Grieving Their Father

Books hold a lot of power in them. They can comfort, educate, and help move the grieving process along. Sometimes those books use rote logic to convey helpful ideas, while others may use analogies to convey emotional ideas or a combination of both. 

• "Longing For Dad: Father Loss and Its Impact," by Beth M. Erickson, Ph.D. - This book takes a practical look at how people try to cope with the loss of a father and attempts to coach people to accept their father's death and move on as a whole person. 

• "The Fatherless Daughter Project: Understanding Our Losses and Reclaiming Our Lives," by Deana Babul, RN, Karen Luise, Ph.D. - Using interviews with over 5000 women, the authors help fatherless women understand and grow in light of these profound losses. 

• "Speak of Me As I Am," by Sonia Belasco - This novel characterizes what it's like to live after losing a beloved parent alongside someone struggling to deal with the loss of a best friend. 

• "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," by Leo Tolstoy - This classic novel tells the story of a man on his deathbed, reflecting on his life and how he has lived it. The book explores death, grief, and the meaning of life.

• "Death of a Parent: Transition to a New Adult Identity," by Debra Umberson - This book takes a practical dive into what it looks like to move on and how people can change after losing a beloved parent. 

• "Your Grief, Your Way: A Year of Practical Guidance and Comfort After Loss," by Shelby Forsythia - This book is a collection of daily readings from collected quotes on grief, offering the reader a short, manageable passage to daily digest encouragements, crossing a broad range of nuanced topics around grief. 

• "The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses," by John W. James and Russell Friedman - This book is a practical guide on how to cope with grief, offering a step-by-step program to help readers understand, process, and move beyond their grief.

• "How to Survive the Loss of a Parent: A Guide for Adults," by Lois F. Ackner & Catherine Whitney - This is a follow-up to a book about surviving a lost love and is a straight-forward look at how to get support and move on, based on the author's unique therapeutic experience. 

• "It's Ok That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn't Understand," by Megan Devine - This book teaches you to accept that grief is a normal response to loss and uses a myriad of educational tools to help someone understand themselves better and find healing. 

• "How It Feels to Float," by Helena Fox - This novel talks about what it's like for one young girl who copes in numerous ways after losing her father. 

• "This Time Tomorrow," by Emma Straub - This national best-selling novel follows a woman as she attempts to come to grips with the impending loss of her father through a shocking, time-altering path that causes her to evaluate how she views life. 

• "The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping With Grief and Change After the Death of our Parents," by Alexander Levy and Jeff Steitzer - Whether you're walking through the sudden or anticipated loss of your parents, the authors take you through how to best understand and cope with the wide range of emotions that comes with such a significant loss.
  

Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and you can find more books related to the topic by searching online. It's important to note that everyone grieves differently, and these books may or may not resonate with everyone.