These titles are grouped under several different headings. All books touch on subjects of interest to suicide survivors: causes of suicide, depression, bi-polar disorders, suicide bereavement and grief, how suicide affects spouses, parents, siblings, children, and telling children about suicide death. The majority of titles can be found at Amazon.com.

Depression & Bipolar Disorders

• The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon
• An Unquiet Mind: Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
• Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron
• The Beast: Journey Through Depression by Tracy Thompson

Overview of Suicide and its Causes and Bereavement

• Why People Die by Suicide by Thomas Joiner
• After Suicide Loss: Coping With Your Grief, 2nd Edition. J. Jordan & B. Baugher
• Devastating Losses: How Parents Cope with the Loss of a Child to Suicide or Drugs by W. Feigelman, J. Jordan, J.McIntosh & B. Feigelman
• Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving a Suicide Attempt by Kevin Hines
• Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison
• The Suicidal Mind by Edwin Shneidman
• Autopsy of a Suicidal Mind by E. Shneidman & J. Collins
• Lay My Burden Down: Unraveling Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis Among African-Americans by A. Poussaint & A. Alexander

Dealing With Grief & Bereavement

• Touched by Suicide by M. Myers and C. Fine
• After the Suicide: Helping the Bereaved to Find a Path from Grief to Recovery by K. Dyregrov et al.
• What to Do When the Police Leave: A Guide to the First Days of Traumatic Loss by Bill Jenkins
• The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
• The Final Leap: Suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge by John Bateson
• The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War by Yochi Dreazen

Talking To Children About Suicide

• Bart Speaks Out: Breaking the Silence On Suicide by J & L Goldman
• But I Didn’t Say Goodbye: Helping Children & Families After A Suicide by Barbara Rubel
• Guiding Your Child Through Grief by J & M. Emswiler
• Healing the Grieving Child’s Heart – 100 Practical Ideas For Families, Friends, and Caregivers by Alan Wolfelt
• Healing Your Grieving Heart – 100 Practical Ideas For Kids by Alan Wolfelt
• Life and Loss: A Guide To Help Grieving Children by Linda Goldman

Loss of a Parent To Suicide

• Before Their Time: Adult Children’s Experiences of Parental Suicide by M. & M. Stimming
• The Suicide Index: Putting My Father’s Death in Order by Joan Wickersham
• In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother’s Suicide by Nancy Rappaport

Loss of a Partner To Suicide

• No Time to Say Good-Bye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One by Carla Fine
• Suicide Tsunami: Living in the Aftermath by Sheralyn Rose

Dealing With The Loss of a Child

• My Son, My Son: A Guide to Healing After a Suicide In the Family by Iris Bolton
• After the Darkest Hour the Sun Will Shine Again by Elizabeth Mehren
• When Suicide Comes Home: A Father’s Diary and Comments by Paul Cox
• A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold
• A Broken Heart Still Beats by A. McCracken & A. Semel

Loss of a Sibling To Suicide

• Do They Have Bad Days In Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling by Michelle Linn Gust
• My Brother Peter: Murder or Suicide? by Nomi Berger
• My Sister’s Unfinished life: History of My Sister’s Suicide by Jill Bialoski
• Blue Genes: A Memoir of Loss and Survival by Christopher Lukas

Suicide Survivor Memoirs

• His Bright Light: The Story of Nick Traina by Danielle Steel
• In the Wake of Suicide: Stories of the People Left Behind by Victoria Alexander
• Vita’s Will: Real Life Lessons About Life, Death and Moving On by Debbie Gisonni
• Sanity and Grace: A Journey of Suicide Survival and Strength by Joan Collins