eBook Resources for Loss

When you’re in the throes of deep grief, brain fog makes even the easiest tasks harder. Even trying to focus on reading all the resources that can help you walk through your grief can be difficult. Thankfully, there are a lot of eBook options, where you can listen to books specific to your grief needs. Here’s an example of some grief eBooks. You can find more titles wherever you listen to your audiobooks.  

• "The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses" by John W. James and Russell Friedman – This classic guide has now reached its 20th-anniversary edition. As it has from the beginning, this book helps grievers move through their loss to recovery.
• "On Death and Dying" by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross – This classic was developed while working with the terminally ill. During that time, Kubler-Ross developed the famous five stages of grief.
• "A Monster Calls: A Novel," by Patrick Ness – This New York Times bestseller beautifully weaves the story of a young boy wrestling with the terminal illness of his mother while meeting an unexpected visitor in his backyard.
• "The Year of Magical Thinking," by Joan Didion – Winner of the 2005 National Book Award, Didon takes her readers through the heart-wrenching losses she experienced with her husband and daughter's death. 
• "A Grief Observed," by C.S. Lewis – In the classic work, Lewis wrestles where grief meets faith and life after the devastating loss of his beloved wife.
• "The Last Lecture," by Randy Pausch – As a college professor author Randy Pausch was asked to lecture on what matters. Having recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer, Pausch tells his students what truly matters most.
• "The Invitation," by Oriah Mountain Dreamer – Based on her beloved poem, Oriah speaks to the heart of life, pain, and grief. Will you shrink back or dare to live your truest self and to your fullest potential?
• “It’s OK That You’re Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand,” by Megan Devine – Narrated by the author, this book offers a unique perspective. Devine is not only a therapist but also witnessed the accidental drowning of her partner. This deep insight provides a new experience of grief and how to help those enduring tragedy.
• “Stages of Grief,” by Jordan Gerdes – Written over the course of a year, these essays depict a real-life dive into what grief looks like.
• “The Art of Letting Go,” by Thought Catalog – This thought-provoking work helps those having a hard time letting go understand why, how and when it’s healthy to let go.
• “100 Affirmations for the Grieving,” Serenity McLean – These affirmations were developed after having walked through a dark season, McLean gives grievers what they often lack the energy to do.
• “Loss of a Parent: Adult Grief When Parents Die,” by Theresa Jackson – After losing her father in 2007, this bestselling author takes her readers through the practical parts of grief and loss, explores the seven stages of grief, as well as best practices to heal and honor your parents.
• “Grief is Love,” by Marisa Renee Lee – The author debunks the idea that grief has a timeline and challenges her readers to make space for the significant changes loss brings with it.
• “Grief Day by Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss,” by Jane Warner – Warner provides her readers with real-world, daily help for navigating the chaos that comes with loss and grief. 
• “The Grief Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn From Love and Loss,” by Mary-Frances O’Connor, Ph.D. -- This renowned neuroscientist and grief expert shares her groundbreaking findings on what happens in our brains as we walk through love and loss.