We haven’t personally read all of these books, but other loss parents have read them and found them helpful. We’re including them in case you find them helpful, too.
Books About Loss
Miscarriage Books
- I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, A Movement by Jessica Zucker
- Miscarriage: A Shattered Dream by Sherokee Ilse
- Not Broken: An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss by Lora Shahine, MD,FACOG
- Too Soon a Memory: A Guide for Parents Suffering a Miscarriage by Pat Schwieber
TFMR Books
- Difficult Decisions by Joy Johnson & Patricia Fertel
- Precious Lives: Painful Choices by Sherokee Ilse
- A Time to Decide, A Time To Heal by Molly Minick
Blighted Ovum Books
- Unsupported Losses: Ectopic Pregnancy, Molar Pregnancy, and Blighted Ovum by Sherokee Ilse
Molar Pregnancy Books
- Molar Pregnancy by Claudia Gordon
- My Molar Pregnancy: A Collection of Personal Stories From Diagnosis Through Recovery by Jennifer Gilbreath
- Unsupported Losses: Ectopic Pregnancy, Molar Pregnancy, and Blighted Ovum by Sherokee Ilse
Ectopic Pregnancy Books
- Unsupported Losses: Ectopic Pregnancy, Molar Pregnancy, and Blighted Ovum by Sherokee Ilse
- The Untold Stories Of Ectopic Pregnancies by Cindy Sexton
- The Untold Stories Of Ectopic Pregnancies: Part 2 by Cindy Sexton
Stillbirth Books
- Healing Your Grieving Heart After Stillbirth by Dr. Alan Wolfelt
- This Little While by Joy & Marv Johnson
Books About Grief
Funeral Planning Books
- Bittersweet… hellogoodbye by The National Share Office
- Making Loving Memories by M. L. Eddy & Linda Raydo
- Planning a Precious Goodbye by Sherokee Ilse & Susan Erling Martinez
- When Hello Means Goodbye by Grief Watch
Grieving Books
- Comfort Us, Lord, Our Baby Died by Norman Hagley
- Dear Parents: Letters to Bereaved Parents from Bereaved Parents by Centering Corporation
- Empty Arms by Sherokee Ilse
- Grief Day by Day: Simple Practices to Help Yourself Survive and Thrive by Dr. Alan Wolfelt
- Healing Together: For Couples Whose Baby Died by Marcie Lister & Sandra Lovell
- It’s OK That You’re Not OK by Megan Devine
- Single Parent Grief by Sherokee Ilse
- Tear Soup by Pat Schwiebert
- Thoughts for the Holidays by Doug Manning
Birthing Person Grief Books
- Empty Arms: Hope and Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy by Pam Vredevelt
- Grieving the Child I Never Knew: A Devotional by Kathe Wunnenberg
- I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy by Angie Smith
- MotherCare: Physical Care and Beyond After a Baby Dies by Sherokee Ilse
- You Are the Mother of All Mothers: A Message of Hope for the Grieving Heart by Angie Miller
Partner Grief Books
- Andy’s Mountain: Fathers Grieve Too by Dwight L. Patton
- Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back by Kelly Farley & David Dicola
- Miscarriage: A Man’s Book by Rick Wheat
- Strong and Tender: A Guide for the Father Whose Baby has Died
by Grief Watch
Children’s Grief Books
- Ethan’s Butterflies by Christine Jonas-Simpson
- The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia
- The Goodbye Book by Todd Parr
- Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids by Dr. Alan Wolfelt
- How I Feel by Dr. Alan Wolfelt
- In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek
- The Invisible String by Patricia Karst
- My Yellow Balloon by Erwin Madrid
- The Next Place by Warren Hanson
- No New Baby by Marilyn Gryte
- Remembering Our Baby by Patti Keough
- Someone Came Before You by Pat Schwiebert
- Something Happened by Cathy Blanford
- Stewart’s Tree by Cathy Campbell
- Tell Me, Papa by Marv Johnson
- The Terminations Remembered Series (Our Baby is Going to Die, Our Baby Died [Labour & Delivery Version], Our Baby Died [Surgical Termination Version], Remembering Our Baby, The Baby Before You Died) by Katrina Villegas
- Thumpy’s Story by Nancy C. Dodge
- Water Bugs and Dragonflies by Doris Stickney
- We Were Gonna Have a Baby, But We Had an Angel Instead
by Pat Schwiebert - When Dinosaurs Die by Laurie and Marc Brown
- Where’s Jess? by Ray Goldstein
- Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman
Parenting After Loss Books
- Children Grieve, Too: Helping Children Cope With Grief by Joy & Dr. S. M. Johnson
- Helping Children Cope with Death by The Dougy Center
- Sibling Grief by Sherokee Ilse, Linda Hammer Burns & Susan Erling Martinez
Grandparent Grief Books
- For Bereaved Grandparents by Margaret Gerner
- A Grandparent’s Sorrow by Grief Watch
- Grieving Grandparents: After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death
by Sherokee Ilse & Lori Leininger - Healing A Grandparent’s Grieving Heart by Dr Alan Wolfelt
Books About Pregnancy After Loss
- Another Baby? Maybe… by Maribeth Doerr
- Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss by Alexis Marie Chute
- Joy At the End of the Rainbow by Amanda Ross-White
- Pregnancy After Loss: A Guide to Pregnancy After a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death by Carol Cirulli Lanham
- Still to be Born by Pat Schwiebert & Paul Kirk
- When Pregnancy Follows a Loss by Joann O’Leary & Clare Thorwick
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