The Best Books About Relationships

Finding our way to interdependence—or healthy and functioning relationships—is inarguably one of the most difficult things to do. And breaking up, whether it’s with a friend or a partner, can be one of life’s most difficult passages. There are some couples therapists who I would trust with my life, and you’ll find their picks in the shelf below (Stan Tatkin, Terry Real, the Gottmans, Esther Perel) along with other great therapeutic reads, like Lori Gottlieb’s Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Elizabeth Lesser’s Broken Open, where she grapples with her own divorce, and Molly Howes’s very useful book, A Good Apology. Please, as always, drop recommendations in the comments, I am always all ears for recommendations. The link below will take you to a shelf I curated on Bookshop with my picks—I earn an affiliate commission there, but it is ALWAYS MY PREFERENCE that you shop at and support your local bookseller, so no pressure to buy via Bookshop. This is the easiest way for me to organize and keep picks updated. Happy reading!