Consider these helpful books by subject.
The publications listed below may help to clarify some of the issues you and your family are facing.
On health and healing
The Healing Companion: Simple and Effective Ways Your Presence Can Help People Heal, Jeff Kane, Larry Dossey
Kitchen Table Wisdom; Stories That Heal, Rachel Naomi Remen
On life and death
Angel Unaware: A Touching Story of Love and Loss, Dale Evans Rogers
Final Gifts: Understand the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying, Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley
The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Todd Gold (Contributor)
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith, Studs Terkel
On grieving (for adults)
The Bereaved Parent, Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
The Courage to Grieve: Creative Living, Recovery, and Growth Through Grief, Judy Tatelbaum
Good Grief: A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss, Granger E. Westberg
A Grief Observed, C. S. Lewis
The Grief Recovery Handbook : The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses, John W. James, Russell Friedman
Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief, Martha W. Hickman
How Can I Help?/What Will Help Me? 12 things to do when someone you know suffers a loss/12 things to remember when you have suffered a loss, James E. Miller
How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, Therese A. Rando
How to Survive the Loss of a Love, Peter McWilliams et al.
Living When a Loved One Has Died, Earl A. Grollman
Preparing the Children: Information & Ideas for Families Facing Terminal Illness & Death, Kathy Nussbaum
Saying Kadish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn As a Jew, Anita Diamant
A Time to Grieve: Meditations for Healing After the Death of a Loved One, Carol Staudacher
The Worst Loss: How Families Heal from the Death of a Child, Barbara D. Rosof
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
On grieving (for children and teens)
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story for All Ages, Leo Buscaglia
Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins: A Journal for Teenagers Experiencing a Loss, E. Samuel Traisman
Gentle Willow: A Story for Children about Dying, Joyce C. Mills
Help Me Say Goodbye: Activities for Helping Kids Cope When a Special Person Dies, Janis Silverman
Love You Forever, Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, Michael Rosen
The Next Place, Warren Hanson
Sad Isn't Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss, Michaelene Mundy
Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love, Earl A. Grollman
Tear Soup, Pat Schweibert, et al
The Tenth Good Thing about Barney, Judith Viorst
The Way I Feel, Janan Cain
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death, Laurie Krasny Brown, Marc Brown
When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Grief, Marge Heegaard
