RECOMMENDED READING
Book Resources For The Bereaved
Listed below are books that our survivors of suicide have found particularly helpful during their time of grieving. We hope this short list will be of help to you as well.
Change
Choices: Taking Control of Your Life and Making It Matter
By Melody Beattie
Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese
The Grief Club: The Secret to Getting Through All Kinds of Change
By Melody Beattie
Depression
Darkness Visible. A Memoir of Madness
By William Styron
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
By Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
By Andrew Soloman
The Year of Magical Thinking
By Joan Didion
Grief
Grief Therapy (Caring Reflections)
By Karen Katafiasz
Don’t Take My Grief Away
By Doug Manning
When Things Fall Apart
By Pema Chodron
The Fountainhead
By Ayn Rand
Touched By Suicide. Hope & Healing After Loss
By Michael Myers & Carla Fine
No Time To Say Goodbye. Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One
By Carla Fine
Losing A Parent. Passage to a New Way of Living
By Alexandra Kennedy
Dying To Be Free. A Guide For Families After Suicide
By Beverly Cobain
Inspiration
The Power of Intention
By Dr. Dayne Dyer
Mental Health
Overcoming Grief: A Self –Help Guide To Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques
By Sue Morris
The Empty Room. Understanding Sibling Loss
By Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn
The White Knight Syndrome. Rescuing Yourself from Your Need to Rescue Others
By Mary C. Lamia Ph.D. &Marilyn J. Krieger, Ph.D.
Spirituality
Buddha. A Story of Enlightenment
By Deepak Chopra
Glimpses of Heaven: True Stories of Hope and Peace at the End of Life’s Journey
By Trudy Harris
Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner’s Path Through Grief to Healing
By Anne Brener
No Death No Fear
By Thich Haht Nahn
Open to Desire: The Truth About What the Buddha Taught
By Mark Epstein
The Prophet
By Kahlil Gibran
The Shack
By William Paul Young
The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom
By Joan Halifax and Thich Nhat Hanh