Resources

Want to learn more about dying, death or grief? Here are some of my favorite resources.

Books

  • Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

  • Lessons from the Dying by Rodney Smith

  • My Grandfather’s Blessings by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.

  • Grieving While Black by Breeshia Wade

  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead

  • Prayers of Honoring Grief by Pixie Lighthorse

  • The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson

  • Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

  • The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die by Katie Engelhart

  • On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy & Their Own Families by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

  • How To Live When a Loved One Dies by Thich Nhat Hanh

  • The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde

  • Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief

  • Beyond the Grave: The Right Way and the Wrong Way of Leaving Money to Your Children (and Others) by Jeffrey L. Condon, Esq.

  • It’s OK to not be OK by Megan Devine

  • Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End-of-Life Care edited by Koshin Pale Ellison and Matt Weingast

  • Reimagining Death: Stories and Practical Wisdom for Home Funerals and Green Burials by Lucinda Herring