This collection offers men practical tools and personal insights to navigate the loss of a parent. These books provide comfort, reflection and support—whether the relationship was close, distant, or complicated—helping sons process grief and continue forward with clarity and strength.

When a Parent Dies: A Guide for Adults

By Edward Myers

The topics range from the psychological responses to a parent’s death such as shock, depression, and guilt, to the practical consequences such as dealing with estates and funerals.

The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents

By Alexander Levy

Losing our parents when we ourselves are adults is in the natural order of things… The Orphaned Adult guides readers through the storm of change this passage brings and anchors them with its compassionate and reassuring wisdom.

On Grieving the Death of a Father

By Harold Ivan Smith

Smith has combined personal stories… to help others through their grieving process.

Grieving the Write Way Journal and Workbook

By Gary Roe

Gary says, ‘By the time I was a teenager, I was slogging through each day carrying a massive amount of grief.’… Then Gary picked up a pen and started writing.

She Loved Me, She Loved Me Not: Adult Parent Loss After a Conflicted Relationship

By Linda Converse

Anger, rage, ambivalence, guilt and shame, relief–all of these unexpected feelings can accompany grief and sadness when a parent dies… If you had a conflicted relationship with a parent, you will no longer feel alone.

Losing Your Parents, Finding Your Self

By Victoria Secunda

Losing Your Parents, Finding Your Self offers the assurance that out of loss can come unforeseen gain—that on the other side of sorrow, we can discover new hope, wisdom, and strength.