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The Most Informative Abusive Relationship Books

Some essential reading if you are in an abusive relationship, know someone who is, or want to avoid one

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  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognise It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans
  • The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing by Beverly Engel
  • It’s My Life Now: Starting Over after an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence, 2nd Edition by Roger R. Hock
  • The Emotionally Destructive Relationship: Seeing It, Stopping It, Surviving It by Leslie Vernick
  • Free Yourself From An Abusive Relationship by Andrea Lissette
  • Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
  • Love Without Hurt: Turn Your Resentful, Angry or Emotionally Abusive Relationship into a Compassionate, Loving One by Steven Stosny
  • But I Love Him: Protecting Your Teen Daughter from Controlling, Abusive Dating Relationships by Dr. Jill Murray
  • It’s My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence by Roger R. Hock
  • In Love and In Danger: A Teen’s Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive Relationships by Barrie Levy
  • The Verbally Abusive Man, Can He Change?: A Woman’s Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go by Patricia Evans
  • The Secret of Overcoming Verbal Abuse: Getting Off the Emotional Roller Coaster and Regaining Control of Your Life by Albert Ellis
  • Dragonslippers: This is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like by Rosalind B. Penfold
  • The Manipulative Man: Identify His Behaviour, Counter the Abuse, Regain Control by Dorothy McCoy
  • Time to Fly Free: Meditations for Those Who Have Left an Abusive Relationship by Judith R. Smith
  • Before It’s Too Late: Helping Women in Controlling or Abusive Relationships by Robert J. Ackerman
  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognise It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans
  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship – How to Recognise It and How to Respond, Expanded Second Edition by Patricia Evans
  • The Abusive Personality: Violence and Control in Intimate Relationships by Donald G. Dutton
  • The Abusive Personality, Second Edition: Violence and Control in Intimate Relationships by Donald G. Dutton
  • The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Relationship: How to Support Your Partner and Keep Your Relationship Healthy by Diane England
  • Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships by Janja Lalich
  • Stepping Out of the Bubble: Reflections on the Pilgrimage of Counselling Therapy by James P. Krehbiel
  • Coping with an Abusive Relationship by Carlene Cobb
  • Chain, Chain, Change: For Black Women in Abusive Relationships (New Leaf Series) by Evelyn C. White
  • Stop the Merry-Go-Round: Stories of Women Who Broke the Cycle of Abusive Relationships by Milton S Trachtenburg
  • How to Get Off the Merry-Go-Round: Stories of Women Who Broke the Cycle of Abusive Relationships by Milton S Trachtenburg
  • But He’ll Change: End the Thinking That Keeps You in an Abusive Relationship by Joanna V. Hunter
  • Everything You Need to Know about Abusive Relationships (Need to Know Library) by Nancy N. Rue
  • He Promised He’d Stop: Helping Women Find Safe Passage from Abusive Relationships by Michael Groetsch
  • Your Call to Freedom!: An Interactive Guidebook With Bible-Based Tools To Heal From An Abusive Relationship by Michele Jones
  • What Did I Do to Deserve This?: A Step-By-Step Guidebook to Move You Through the Abusive Relationship Towards a Peace-Filled Future by Joan McNeill
  • Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship by Mira Kirshenbaum
  • He’s Just No Good for You: A Guide to Getting Out of a Destructive Relationship by Beth Wilson Saavedra
  • Safe People: How to Find Relationships that are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren’t by John Townsend
  • Exposed: The Harrowing Story of a Mother’s Undercover Work with the FBI to Save Children from Internet Sex Predators by R. Stephanie Good

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The Most Informative Healthy Relationship Books

Some essential healthy relationship books

  • Healthy Relationship: 92 Affirmations For Turning a Bad Relationship Into a Better Relationship Without Needing Relationship Counseling! by Gary Vurnum
  • Life Preservers: Good Advice When You Need it Most by Harriet Lerner
  • Relationships: An Open and Honest Guide to Making Bad Relationships Better and Good Relationships Great by Les Parrott
  • Too Good for Her Own Good: Searching for Self and Intimacy in Important Relationships by Claudia Bepko
  • In Good Times and Bad: Strengthening Your Relationship When the Going Gets Tough and the Money Gets Tight by M. Gary Neuman
  • How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Relationship by Patricia Love
  • When Good People Have Affairs: Inside the Hearts and Minds of People in Two Relationships by Mira Kirshenbaum
  • New Earth Relationships: A Guide For Couples in the 21st Century by William Weil
  • Damaged Goods: The Restoring Power of the Father’s Love by Pastor Lewis L. Tucker Jr.
  • Class Acts: How Good Manners Create Good Relationships and Good Relationships Create Good Business by Mary Mitchell
  • We’re Just Good Friends: Women and Men in Non-Romantic Relationships by Kathy Werking
  • Getting Married after 40: Advice and Inspiration from 100 Women Who Found Good Men and Happy Marriages by Carmen Anthony
  • Master Yourself: Ten Steps to Loving Yourself, Having Good Relationships, and Being Successful by Claudio Vargas Silva
  • Connect to Love: The Keys to Transforming Your Relationship by M. Gary Neuman
  • Feeling Good Together: The Secret to Making Troubled Relationships Work by David D. Burns
  • When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behaviour, Change Your Relationship by David B. Wexler
  • The Good Relationship Guide: How to Understand and Improve Male-Female Relationships by Maryon Tysoe
  • The Good Men Project: Real Stories from the Front Lines of Modern Manhood by Perry Glasser
  • The Good Wife Guide: 19 Rules for Keeping a Happy Husband by Ladies’ Homemaker Monthly
  • Inner Fitness for Creating a Better You: Six Lessons for Building Greater Awareness, High Self-Esteem, Good Relationships, and Spiritual Meaning by Suzanne E. Harrill
  • Creating a Good Relationship by William J. Lederer
  • Lame Habits of Truly Good People by Gudrun C. Carstairs
  • His, Mine and Ours: A Guide to Keeping Marriage from Ruining a Perfectly Good Relationship by Anne Seifert
  • Churches in Trouble by Paul E. Brown
  • The Communication Skills Book by Fanning, Patrick, Matthew McKay & Martha Davis
  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by Gottman, John M. & Nan Silver
  • The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman
  • Letters To Philip: On How To Treat A Woman by Dr. Charlie W. Shedd
  • Letters To Karen: On How to Treat A Man by Dr. Charlie W. Shedd
  • The Guy’s Guide To Romance edited by James Bassil
  • Dare to Connect: How to Create Confidence, Trust and Loving Relationships by Susan Jeffers
  • Internet Dating – Men to Avoid, Men to Enjoy: The Breakthrough Guide to Pain-Free Dating for Women by Buzz McCarthy
  • What Is Marriage For?  by E.J. Graff
  • The Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work by Dr John Gottman
  • 1001 Questions to Ask Before You Get Married by Monica Mendez Leahy
  • If the Buddha Married by Charlotte Kasl Ph. D
  • Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships by David Schnarch
  • Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love fame)
  • I Do but I Don’t: Walking Down the Aisle Without Losing Your Mind by Kamy Wicoff
  • Emotionally Engaged: A Bride’s Guide to Surviving the Happiest Time of Her Life by Allison Moir-Smith
  • How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free by Tina Tessina and Riley Smith
  • The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
  • Love is Never Enough by Aaron Beck
  • Money and Marriage by Matt Bell
  • Marriage Shock: The Transformation of Women into Wives by Dalma Heyn
  • The Commitment by Dan Savage
  • You Just Don’t Understand by Deborah Tannen
  • Two-Part Invention: A Story of a Marriage by Madeleine L’Engle
  • Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Dr Laura Shlessinger
  • How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk by Jon Van Epp, PhD
  • She Comes First: A Thinking Man’s Guide to Pleasing a Woman by Ian Kerner
  • Young Wives’ Tales edited by Jill Corral and Lisa Miya-Jervis
  • Your Wedding, Your Way by Sophie Vincenzi
  • Emotional Intelligence by Goleman
  • The Meaning of Wife by Kingston
  • A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom
  • Couples by Kate Figes
  • Spousonomics by Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson
  • The Conscious Bride by Sheryl Paul
  • The Magic Room by Jeffrey Zaslow
  • His Needs, Her Needs by Dr. Willard Harley
  • LoveBusters by Dr. Willard Harley

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General Relationship Related Reading

  • Positive Thinking for Single Women: 92 Tips for Staying Happy and Positive When You’re Not In a Relationship by Gary Vurnum
  • Positive Thinking for Single Men: 92 Tips for Staying Happy and Positive When You’re Not In a Relationship by Gary Vurnum
  • Sexual Detours: The Startling Truth Behind Love, Lust and Infidelity by Dr. Holly Hein
  • Your Long Erotic Weekend: Four Days of Passion for a Lifetime of Magnificent Sex by Dr. Lana Holstein and Dr. David Taylor

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Good books for Teens and Parents of Teens

  • But I Love Him: Protecting Your Teen Daughter from Controlling, Abusive Dating Relationships by Dr. Jill Murray
  • In Love and In Danger: A Teen’s Guide to Breaking Free of Abusive Relationships by Barrie Levy
  • Exercising Good Relationship Skills – Stories for Kids (Playaway Children) by Trenna Daniells
  • What’s Right for Me?: Making Good Choices in Relationships (Boys Town Teens and Relationships) by Ronald W. Herron
  • For Young Men Only: A Guy’s Guide to the Alien Gender by Jeff Feldhahn and Eric Rice

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