Best Relationship Books

Discover the key to transforming millions of relationships worldwide in this #1 New York Times bestseller. Dr. Gary Chapman shares his proven approach to showing and receiving love, offering practical and insightful wisdom to deepen intimacy with your partner. Updated to reflect the complexities of modern relationships, this book includes a personal assessment to help you discover your love language and that of your loved one. Whether your relationship is flourishing or struggling, The 5 Love Languages can help bring you to deeper levels of intimacy starting today.

This book offers the seven essential principles for making a marriage work, based on years of research by a psychology professor and marriage expert. The author provides couples with practical and profound strategies for paying attention to each other and creating a strong foundation for conflict resolution. The book includes exercises and questionnaires proven to strengthen marriages and create shared meaning.

Discover the groundbreaking relationship science that can help you find and sustain love with "Attached". Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller explore adult attachment theory, and how it can help explain why some people navigate relationships with ease while others struggle. They guide readers in identifying their attachment style and their partner's, offering a roadmap for building stronger and more fulfilling connections with the ones they love.

Discover the secret behind successful couples therapy in this groundbreaking book supported by science. Emotionally Focused Therapy views love relationships as an attachment bond and has become widely popular among therapists worldwide. In Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson introduces Emotionally Focused Therapy to the general public for the first time. By focusing on key moments in a relationship and using them as touch points for seven healing conversations, couples can learn to reestablish safe emotional connection and preserve the attachment bond. With illuminating advice and practical exercises based on case studies from her practice, couples will discover how to heal and enrich their relationships for a lifetime of love.

Explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire with a bold and provocative new take on intimacy and sex. This therapist's bestselling book draws on over 20 years of experience to examine the complexities of sustaining desire in long-term relationships. With case studies and lively discussion, discover how to bring playful and even poetic sex back home. Wise, witty, and revelatory, Mating in Captivity will transform the way you live and love.

Transform troubled relationships into positive ones with this groundbreaking, practical program. Discover the subtle secrets of building and maintaining strong emotional connections with loved ones, colleagues, and even strangers. Based on two decades of research from the country’s foremost relationship expert, this simple five-step program empowers readers to greatly improve all of their relationships. Learn the key elements of healthy relationships and the powerful concept of the emotional “bid.” With the tools provided by this New York Times bestselling author, you can become a master at bidding for emotional connection and responding to the bids of others.

Transform your relationship and discover a lasting source of love and companionship with this bestselling guide. Recommended by therapists and couples worldwide, this book helps you revive romance and remove negativity, listen to your partner, heal childhood experiences, and achieve a common vision for your dream relationship. With a new forward and chapter, this fully revised edition combines psychology, therapy, and neuroscience to help you and your partner connect on a deeper level and experience the joy of a fulfilling relationship.

Discover how fear-based beliefs and assumptions can undermine love and lead to suffering in relationships in this insightful book. Using compelling stories, the author shows how to heal emotional wounds, embrace freedom and joy, and nurture playfulness to create healthy, loving relationships. Learn to overcome self-rejection, avoid the war of control, and capture the love within yourself. A must-read for anyone seeking to accept and forgive themselves and others.

Discover the power of validation - a little-known communication skill that can improve every relationship in your life. In this 3-hour read, learn simple, proven techniques for calming fears, resolving arguments, and increasing love, respect, and appreciation in romantic relationships. Improve your communication skills with coworkers, connect on a deeper level with friends and family, and provide support and encouragement to others. Give validation a chance and be amazed at the difference it can make.

Restore trust in your broken relationship with the help of a renowned couples therapist. From daily dishonesties to monumental betrayals, this guide shows you how to effectively work towards rebuilding trust in your relationship, regardless of how it was damaged. Learn how trust strengthens over time, avoid common mistakes that hinder the healing process, and ultimately feel secure in your relationship once again.