I believe there are always more opportunities to learn about ourselves and others. My clients have found the following books to be very helpful in helping them gain more information and insight outside of therapy or coaching. Some I have read cover-to-cover. Others, I have done "over-views" to get information I needed for myself or clients. I recommend purchasing directly online at Amazon. I have had very good luck with purchasing "used" books at reduced prices.
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Here are my recommendations by topic:
Marriage/Relationships
Fight Less, Love More Laurie Puhn, JD (based on her work as a divorce attorney)
Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: 7 questions to ask before and after you marry Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Lundy Bancroft
Becoming Soul Mates Elva Anson, M.A., LMFT
The Emotionally Destructive Marriage Leslie Vernick
Getting Ready For Marriage Workbook Hardin & Sloan
The Five Love Languages Gary Chapman
Love as a Way of Life Gary Chapman
Why Mars & Venus Collide: Improving Relationships by Understanding How Men & Women Deal With Stress John Gray
Hold Me Tight. Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love Sue Johnson
How To Argue So Your Spouse Will Listen Sharon May
The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands Dr. Laura Schlessinger
How to Survive the Loss of Love Bloomfield & Calgrove
Divorce & Remarriage: A Redemptive Theology Rubel Shelly
The Empowered Wife: Six Surprising Secrets for Attracting Your Husbands Time, Attention, and Affection Laura Doyle
Couple Skills: Making Your Relationship Work Matthew McKay, Ph.D.
Destructive Relationships Jill Murray
If the Man You Love Was Abused: A Couple's Guide to Healing Marlene M. Browne
HIS Needs HER Needs: Building an Affair-proof Marriage Willard F. Harley, Jr.
1001 Ways to be Romantic Gregory J.P. Godek
Infidelity
Not Just Friends: Rebuilding trust and recovering your sanity after infidelity Shirley P. Glass, Ph.D.
Transcending Post-Infidelity Stress Disorder (PISD) Dennis Ortman, Ph.D.
Blindsided By His Betrayal Caroline Madden, MFT
How to Help Your Spouse Heal From Your Affair Linda J. MacDonald, LMFT
Out of the Dog House: Step-by-Step Guide for Men Caught Cheating Robert Weiss, LCSW
When Your Husband is Addicted to Porn: Healing Your Broken Heart Vicki Tiede
Women
What Smart Women Know Steven Carter and Julia Sokal
The Men We Never Knew: How to Deepen Your Relationship With The Man You Love Daphne R. Kingma
I Know I'm In There Somewhere: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner Voice & Living A Life Of Authenticity Helene Brenner (empowerment)
Women Who Love Too Much: Hoping & Wishing He'll Change Robin Norwood
Getting Past Your Breakup Susan J. Elliot
Getting To I Do Patricia Allen
Men
Straight Talk for Men About Marriage Martin Friedman
Every Woman's Desire Stephen Arterburn (guide for men about women)
Every Man's Battle Stephen Arterburn (guide to sexual integrity)
Getting Past Your Breakup Susan J. Elliot
The Christian Husband Bob LePine
Parenting/Teenagers
Parenting With An Attitude Ed Wimberly, Ph.D. (21 questions successful parents ask themselves)
Positive Parenting with a Plan Matthew A. Johnson, PsyD. (Overall parenting help grades K-12)
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Sean Covey
Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & the New Reality of Girl World Rosalin Wiseman
How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk Faber & Mazlish
Next To Nothing Carrie Arnold (understanding eating disorders in teens)
Mind Race Patrick E. Jamieson (understanding bipolar disorders in teens)
Monochrome Days Cait Irwin (depression in teens)
Helping Teens Who Cut Michael Hollander (parent guide about teen cutting behavior)
Raising A Sensory Smart Child Biehl & Peske (parent guide for sensory processing disorder teen/child)
New Skills for Frazzled Parents: The Instruction Manual that Should Have Come With Your Kid Daniel G. Amen
Parenting From the Inside Out Daniel Siegel
Healing Your Grieving Heart For Teens Wolfelt
General
Boundaries Cloud & Townsend (boundaries in all relationships)
Necessary Endings Cloud & Townsend (endings in relationships, career, & business)
How People Grow Cloud & Townsend (personal growth)
The Freedom From Depression Workbook Les Carter, PhD., Frank Minirth, M.D. (depression)
The Choosing to Forgive Workbook Les Carter, PhD., Frank Minirth, M.D. (12-part plan for forgiveness)
When Sorry Isn't Enough Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas
Grief and Loss
The Grief Recovery Handbook James & Russell
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens Wolfelt
When Children Grieve James & Rossell
I Wasn't Ready To Say Goodbye Pamela Blair, Ph.D. (after a sudden loss of loved one)
Grief Quest. A Workbook & Journal to Heal the Grieving Parent's Heart Lilly Julien & I.J. Weinstock
Abusive Relationship
The Verbally Abusive Relationship Patricia Evans
Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them Susan Forward
If the Man You Love Was Abused: A Couple's Guide to Healing Marlene M. Browne
Career Coaching
Elevate Your Career Helen Horyza
The resume.com Guide To Writing Unbeatable Resumes Rose Curtis, CPRW
Headhunter" Hiring Secrets: the Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed...Forever! Skip Freeman
Luck Is No Accident John Krumboltz and Al Levin
Life Coaching
Someday is Not a Day in the Week Sam Horn
What's Holding You Back? Sam Horn
Tongue Fu! How to Deflect, Diffuse, and Disarm and Verbal Conflict Sam Horn
Mindfulness Skills Workbook Debra Burdick, LCSWR
Anxiety, Depression, Narcissism, Borderline Personality
Be Calm: Proven Techniques to Stop Anxiety Now Jill P. Weber, Ph.D.
How to Live in Fear: Mastering the Art of Freaking Out Lance Hahn (Christian-based)
The Freedom From Depression Workbook Les Carter, Ph.D. and Frank Minirth, M.D.
The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression William J. Knauss, Ed.D.
Disarming the Narcissist Wendy T. Behary, LCSW
Stop Caretaking the Borderline Margalis Fjelstadt
Walking on Eggshells Paul T. Mason (Partner of Borderline Personality)
Anger Management
The Anger Workbook Les Carter, Ph.D. and Frank Minirth, M.D.
The Anger Workbook for Women Laura J. Petracek, Ph.D., LCSW
Anger: Taming A Powerful Emotion Gary Chapman
The Irritable Male Syndrome Jed Diamond
Beyond Anger: A Guide For Men Thomas J. Harbin, Ph.D.