Grieving? Check out These Five Books in 2019.
My favorite grief-related page-turners for grievers and the people who love them.
6 min readJan 9, 2019
I became a voracious reader after my mom died in 2013. Books, which I’d mostly ignored after the “required reading years” of high school and college became my source of comfort, inspiration, and helpful tools in the midst of my grief. I continue to read grief books because no two losses are alike — and everyone “does grief” a little differently.
The stories of others hold tremendous power for those of us in the unknown waters of grief. They console, relate, and remind… that we are not alone.
Below are the best grief books I read in 2018. Add them to your list this year if you or someone you love is grieving.
5. You Are Not Alone by Debbie Augenthaler
I host quite a few grief authors on my podcast Coming Back. Most of them send along their books as both a gift and an interview reference and Debbie Augenthaler’s book You Are Not Alone instantly struck my heart…
