The Most Popular Self-Help Books on Human Relations According to Ask Metafilter (2010)

by Phil Dhingra author of The Perfect Thread: How One Question Tapped into the Soul of MetaFilter

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
David D. Burns
(15 mentions)
How To Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
(9 mentions)
The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence
Gavin de Becker
(9 mentions)
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
(7 mentions)
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Lundy Bancroft
(7 mentions)
Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships
David Schnarch
(5 mentions)
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Ross W. Greene
(5 mentions)
How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
David Richo
(4 mentions)
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
Gary D Chapman
(4 mentions)
1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12
Thomas W. Phelan PhD
(3 mentions)
Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment
Gay Hendricks, Kathlyn Hendricks
(3 mentions)
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition
Harville Hendrix
(3 mentions)
How to Break Your Addiction to a Person: When and Why Love Doesn't Work, and What to Do About It
Howard Halpern
(3 mentions)
Intimate Connections
David D. Burns
(3 mentions)
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book
don Miguel Ruiz
(3 mentions)
The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant
Dan Savage
(3 mentions)
The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
Neil Fiore
(3 mentions)
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
John Gottman, Nan Silver
(3 mentions)
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to recognize it and how to respond
Patricia Evans
(3 mentions)
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
Mira Kirshenbaum
(3 mentions)
Toxic Parents
Susan Forward
(3 mentions)

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