The Most Popular Self-Help Books on Human Relations According to Ask Metafilter (2010)
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Phil Dhingra
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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
David D. Burns
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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
)