There are some incredible books to share about the experience of grief and loss. I am happy to share them here and hope that you will find them supportive, insightful and helpful. 

The Grieving Brain
Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor

It’s Ok That You’re Not Okay: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand
Megan Devine and Mark Nepo

Grief is Love: Living with Loss
Marisa Renee Lee

Real Self-Care 
Pooja Lakshmin, MD

The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion

Still Life
Dr. Jeff Sutherland

Caregiving with Strength: Raising Self-Care to New Heights by Acknowledging the Losses
Eleanor Silverberg, SW

Making it to Monday
Jennifer Nunes

Disenfranchised Grief in Contemporary Society  Gabriela Casellato

A Grief Observed
C.S Lewis

Wild Edge of Sorrow
Frances Weller

Love Notes to Grievers
Angela E. Norris

Good Mourning: Honest conversations about grief and loss
Sally Douglas

The Grief Recovery Handbook
John W. James and Russell Friedman

Grief Map
Sarah Hahn Campbell (LGBTQ2+)

Grief Works: Stories of Love, Death & Surviving
Julia Samuel

A Widow’s Guide to Healing: Gentle Support & Advice for the First 5 Years
Kristin Meekof & Windell

Modern Loss
Gabrielle Birkner and Rebecca Soffer

A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief & Healing
Amanda Held Opelt

Attached
Amir Levine M.D and Rachel F.F Heller, M.A

Children's Books

Some children’s books that I highly recommend include (suggested ages 0-12):

When Dinosaurs Die 
by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
ages 4-8

The Goodbye Book 
by Todd Parr
ages 3-6

A Terrible Thing Happened
by Margaret M. Holmes
ages 4-8

Why Do Things Die? A life a flap book 
by Katie Daynes
ages 4+

Ida Always
by Caron Levis and Charles Santoso
ages 4-8

The Memory Tree
by Britta Teckentrup
ages baby-5

The Purple Balloon
by Chris Raschka
ages 4-8

The Invisible String
by Patrice Karst
ages 3-7

The Invisible Leash (pet loss) by Patrice Karst
ages 4-8

The Memory Box
by Joanna Rowland
ages 4-8

Badgers Parting Gifts
by Susan Varley
ages 3-7

I have a question about: Death? A book for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or Other Special Needs
by Arlen Grad Gaines and Meredith Englander Polsky  
ages 5-11