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Recommended Reading

Books for Grief and Loss

Diary of a Broken Mind (book).

Diary of a Broken Mind: A Mother's Story, A Son's Suicide, and the Haunting Lyrics He Left Behind

By Anne Moss Rogers and Charles Aubrey Rogers

Bad Things Happen to Good People (book).

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

By Rabbi K David Levy, LCSW

If I Could Mend Your Heart (book).

If I Could Mend Your Heart

By Mary Farr

After Suicide (book).

After Suicide Loss: Coping with your Grief

By Bob Baugher and Jack Jordan

Goodnight Mr. Vincent van Gogh (book).

Goodnight Mr. Vincent Van Gough

By Lindsey Doolittle

The Forgotten Mourners (book).

The Forgotten Mourners: Sibling Survivors of Suicide

By Magdaline Desousa aka John's Sister

Surviving the Death of a Sibling (book).

Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother Or Sister Dies

By T. J. Wray

Aftermath (book).

Aftermath: Picking Up The Pieces After a Suicide

By Gary Roe

Life After Loss (book).

Life After Loss: 31 Questions To Help You Break Free Of The Pain Of Death And Grief

By Dr. E. Marcel Jones

When it is Darkest (book).

When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It

By Rory O’ Connor

The Wilderness of Suicide Grief (book).

The Wilderness of Suicide Grief: Finding Your Way

By Alan Wolfelt

Bearing the Unbearable (book).

Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief

By Joanne Cacciatore

Why People Die by Suicide (book).

Why People Die by Suicide

By Thomas Joiner

Unfinished Conversation (book).

Unfinished Conversation: Healing from Suicide and Loss

By Marilynne Chophel and Robert Lesoine

You Won't Always be this Sad (book).

You Won't Always Be This Sad: A Book of Moments

By Sheree Fitch

I Understand (book).

I Understand: Pain, Love, and Healing After Suicide

By Vonnie Woodrick

Spiritual Reading List

Proof of Heaven (book).

Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife

By Eben Alexander

The Map of Heaven (book).

The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife

By Eben Alexander and Ptolemy Tompkins

Dying to Be Me (book).

Dying To Be Me: My Journey From Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing

By Anita Moorjani

My Life After Death (book).

My Life After Death: A Memoir from Heaven

By Elisa Medhus and Erik Medhus

The Afterlife of Billy Fingers (book).

The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved to Me There's Life After Death

By Annie Kagan

Memories of Heaven (book).

Memories of Heaven: Children's Astounding Recollections of the Time Before They Came to Earth

By Dee Garnes, Dianna Hicks-Garnes, and Wayne Dyer

The Top Ten Things Dead People Want to Tell You (book).

The Top Ten Things Dead People Want to Tell YOU

By Mike Dooley

Ask Your Guides (book).

Ask Your Guides: Connecting to Your Divine Support System

By Sonia Choquette

Messages from Spirit (book).

Messages from Spirit: The Extraordinary Power of Oracles, Omens, and Signs

By Colette Baron-Reid

Infinite Quest (book).

Infinite Quest: Develop Your Psychic Intuition to Take Charge of Your Life

By John Edward

This website adapts and promotes content from the Zero Suicide Toolkit. The Zero Suicide Toolkit is administered by Zero Suicide Institute at Education Development Center (EDC), Inc. EDC developed the Zero Suicide framework through the federally funded Suicide Prevention Resource Center and National Action Alliance. The Zero Suicide Toolkit can be found at zerosuicide.com.