Must-Read Marriage Books for a Healthy Relationship
Working on your relationship doesn’t end the moment you say, “I do.” Even the best marriages sometimes need advice on things like conflict resolution, increasing intimacy, or spicing things up. This list of books, written by the top authors and experts in their fields, offer key insights that can be helpful for everyone, whether you’re thinking about getting engaged, newlyweds, or empty nesters.
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by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
We already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller scientifically explain why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle. Discover how an understanding of adult attachment — the most advanced relationship science in existence today — can help us find and sustain love.
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Fight Right
by Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD and John Gottman, PhD
Conflict is the top reason couples seek help — but it’s also an opportunity for greater intimacy, deeper connection, and lasting love. Through decades of research, Drs. John and Julie Gottman, founders of the world-famous Love Lab, have identified the five common mistakes we make when we are at odds. In Fight Right, we learn the five secrets that help us to get back on track and harness conflict to build stronger, healthier relationships.
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
by John Gottman, PhD and Nan Silver
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work has revolutionized the way we understand, repair, and strengthen marriages. Straightforward yet profound, these principles teach partners new approaches for resolving conflicts, creating new common ground, and achieving greater level of intimacies. This is the definitive guide for anyone who wants their relationship to attain its highest potential.
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The Meaning of Marriage
by Timothy Keller and Kathy Keller
Based on the acclaimed sermon series by New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller, this book shows everyone—Christians, skeptics, singles, longtime married couples, and those about to be engaged—the vision of what marriage should be according to the Bible.
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How We Love, Expanded Edition
by Milan Yerkovich and Kay Yerkovich
Relationship experts Milan and Kay Yerkovich explain why the ways you and your spouse relate to each other go back to before you even met. Drawing on the powerful tool of attachment theory, Milan and Kay explore how your childhood created an “intimacy imprint” that affects your marriage today. This expanded edition will bring vibrant life to your marriage.
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The Meaning of Marriage: A Couple’s Devotional
by Timothy Keller and Kathy Keller
Marriage is the most profound human relationship there is. In this gorgeously packaged daily devotional, bestselling authors Timothy and Kathy Keller offer stories, daily scriptures, and prayer prompts that will take you on a year-long journey into discovering the meaning of marriage.
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The Emotionally Destructive Marriage
by Leslie Vernick
For any woman caught in an emotionally destructive marriage, Leslie Vernick offers a personalized path forward. Based on decades of counseling experience, her intensely practical, biblical advice will show you how to establish boundaries and break free from emotional abuse. Discover how you can initiative effective change to stop the cycle of destruction and restore hope for the future.
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Negotiating the Nonnegotiable
by Daniel Shapiro
Negotiating the Nonnegotiable takes you on a journey into the heart and soul of conflict, providing unique insight into the emotional undercurrents that too often sweep us out to sea. Daniel Shapiro presents a universally applicable method to successfully navigate conflict. A deep, provocative book to reflect on and wrestle with, this book can change your life.
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The New Rules of Marriage
by Terrence Real
The New Rules of Marriage will introduce you to a radically new kind of relationship, one based on the idea that every woman has the power to transform her marriage, while men, given the right support, have it in them to rise to the occasion.
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Marriageology
by Belinda Luscombe
In Marriageology Belinda Luscombe examines the six major fault lines that can fracture contemporary marriages, also known as the F-words: familiarity, fighting, finances, family, fooling around, and finding help. She presents a smart and concise guide to staying together that draws on scientific findings, expert advice, and years in the marital trenches to explain why marriage is better for your health, your finances, your kids, and your happiness.
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Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage
by John Gottman, PhD, Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD and Joan DeClaire
In Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage, marital psychologists John and Julie Gottman provide vital tools—scientifically based and empirically verified—that you can use to regain affection and romance lost through years of ineffective communication.
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Marriage Rules
by Harriet Lerner
This marriage book provides couple’s therapy in a unique format perfect for today’s world. All that’s required is a genuine wish for a better relationship and a willingness to practice. Marriage Rules is a treasure chest of lively, practical advice to help you navigate your relationships issues with clarity, courage, and joyous conviction.
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The All-or-Nothing Marriage
by Eli J. Finkel
The All-or-Nothing Marriage reverse engineers fulfilling marriages—from the “traditional” to the utterly nontraditional—and shows how any marriage can be better. This is a book for the newlywed to the empty nester, for those thinking about getting married or remarried, and for anyone looking for illuminating advice that will make a real difference to getting the most out of marriage today.
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It’s Not You, It’s the Dishes (originally published as Spousonomics)
by Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson
It’s Not You, It’s the Dishes is a clear-eyed, rational route to demystifying your disagreements and improving your relationship. Smart, funny, deeply researched, and refreshingly realistic, this book cuts through the noise of emotions, egos, and tired relationship clichés to solve the age-old riddle of a happy, healthy marriage.
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Making Marriage Simple
by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt
Change the relationship you have into the one you want. Written with humor, compassion, and honesty, and illustrated throughout with engaging line drawings, Making Marriage Simple is a strategic blueprint for creating a stronger, more satisfying partnership in today’s world.
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On Marriage
by Timothy Keller and Kathy Keller
From bestselling authors Timothy Keller and Kathy Keller, a book devoted to helping you start your marriage strong and keeping it strong as the years pass. On Marriage is a short, powerful book that gives you the tools to understand the meaning of marriage within God’s vision of life.
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Marriage, a History
by Stephanie Coontz
Just when the clamor over “traditional” marriage couldn’t get any louder, along comes this groundbreaking book to ask, “What tradition?” Historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz demonstrates how recent the idea of marrying for love is—and how absurd it would have seemed to most of our ancestors. This enlightening and hugely entertaining book brings intelligence, perspective, and wit to today’s marital debate.
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Love and War Devotional for Couples
by John Eldredge and Stasi Eldredge
Is your relationship with your spouse far from the union you’d hoped it would be? In this eight-week devotional, John and Stasi Eldredge will guide you through new insights, encouraging Scriptures, and practical exercises that will help you develop a personal plan for a vibrant marriage.
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Building a Marriage That Really Works
by Kay Arthur, David Lawson and BJ Lawson
In this study, you’ll examine God’s design for marriage, and you’ll learn from the Designer’s perspective, what it means to be a godly husband or wife. You’ll discover biblical wisdom for pursuing harmony in difficult areas such as finances, communications, and respect for each other’s roles. Most important, you’ll learn the principles you need to build a love that lasts.
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