The Truth by Neil Strauss Reading List
1. 
I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
by:
Terrence Real
4.30 avg rating — 4,276 ratings 2. 
Lean on Me: The Power of Positive Dependency in Intimate Relationships 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Cannabis Climax - The Connoisseur's Guide to Cannaphrodisiacs
by:
Bianca Latimer
3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings 
6. 
Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives
by:
Pia Mellody
4.07 avg rating — 3,127 ratings 
8. 
Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners : Understanding Covert Incest
by:
Kenneth M. Adams
4.19 avg rating — 866 ratings 9. 
Under Saturn's Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men
by:
James Hollis
4.36 avg rating — 1,375 ratings 10. 
Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts, 79)
by:
James Hollis
4.50 avg rating — 1,256 ratings 11. 
Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love
by:
Pia Mellody
4.09 avg rating — 1,348 ratings 12. 
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 4.36 avg rating — 255,290 ratings
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Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray
by:
Helen Fisher
3.88 avg rating — 1,926 ratings 
16. 
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
by:
Harville Hendrix
4.05 avg rating — 14,201 ratings 17. 
Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage
by:
Stephanie Coontz
3.98 avg rating — 3,625 ratings 
19. 
The Client's Guide to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: How to Live a Healthy, Happy Life...No Matter What!
by:
Aldo R. Pucci
4.21 avg rating — 39 ratings 
21. 
Reclaiming Virtue: How We Can Develop the Moral Intelligence to Do the Right Thing at the Right Time for the Right Reason
by:
John Bradshaw
3.77 avg rating — 71 ratings 22. 
Breaking Free: A Recovery Handbook for 'Facing Codependence'
by:
Pia Mellody
4.05 avg rating — 166 ratings 
25. 
Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature
by:
Connie Zweig
4.31 avg rating — 2,062 ratings 26. 
Thrilled to Death: How the Endless Pursuit of Pleasure Is Leaving Us Numb 3.70 avg rating — 109 ratings
28. 
Transformation through Intimacy: The Journey toward Awakened Monogamy 4.11 avg rating — 93 ratings
30. 
Stop Overreacting: Effective Strategies for Calming Your Emotions
by:
Judith Siegel
3.82 avg rating — 287 ratings 31. 
The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family 4.17 avg rating — 1,847 ratings
32. 
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
by:
Amir Levine
4.14 avg rating — 113,152 ratings 33. 
Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing
by:
Peter A. Levine
4.33 avg rating — 470 ratings 
36. 
The Monogamy Myth: A Personal Handbook for Recovering from Affairs, Third Edition
by:
Peggy Vaughan
3.78 avg rating — 72 ratings 37. 
Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families 4.06 avg rating — 6,074 ratings
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When He's Married to Mom: How to Help Mother-Enmeshed Men Open Their Hearts to True Love and Commitment
by:
Kenneth M. Adams
4.41 avg rating — 318 ratings 39. 
Lust, Anger, Love: Understanding Sexual Addiction and the Road to Healthy Intimacy
by:
Maureen Canning
3.75 avg rating — 44 ratings 
41. 
Bradshaw on the Family: A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem
by:
John Bradshaw
4.12 avg rating — 1,377 ratings 42. 
The Intimacy Factor: The Ground Rules for Overcoming the Obstacles to Truth, Respect, and Lasting Love
by:
Pia Mellody
4.15 avg rating — 523 ratings 
45. 
Post-Romantic Stress Disorder: What to Do When the Honeymoon Is Over
by:
John Bradshaw
4.04 avg rating — 72 ratings 46. 
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
by:
Alice Miller
4.05 avg rating — 29,448 ratings 
49. 
The Secret Life of Men: A Practical Guide to Helping Men Discover Health, Happiness, and Deeper Personal Relationships
by:
Steve Biddulph
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings 
53. 
Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex While in Recovery from Sex Addiction 4.32 avg rating — 63 ratings
55. 
Growing Yourself Back Up: Understanding Emotional Regression
by:
John H. Lee
4.15 avg rating — 399 ratings 56. 
The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to do When a Parent's Love Rules Your Life
by:
Patricia Love
4.19 avg rating — 521 ratings 57. 
Why Walk When You Can Fly: Soar Beyond Your Fears and Love Yourself and Others Unconditionally
by:
Isha Judd
4.03 avg rating — 172 ratings 58. 
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
by:
Byron Katie
4.08 avg rating — 24,790 ratings 
61. 
Every Man's Battle: Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time 3.89 avg rating — 7,070 ratings
63. 
Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love
by:
Kent Nerburn
4.25 avg rating — 601 ratings 64. 
The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency (Hazelden Meditation Series)
by:
Melody Beattie
4.37 avg rating — 8,752 ratings 65. 
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
by:
Melody Beattie
4.13 avg rating — 47,940 ratings 66. 
When I Say No, I Feel Guilty: How to Cope - Using the Skills of Systematic Assertive Therapy
by:
Manuel J. Smith
4.02 avg rating — 2,952 ratings 
70. 
Male Sexuality: Why Women Don't Understand It-And Men Don't Either
by:
Michael J. Bader
3.86 avg rating — 170 ratings 
73. 
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" 4.25 avg rating — 36,995 ratings
76. 
Toward an Emancipatory Psychoanalysis (Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series) 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
77. 
Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way
by:
Rick Carson
3.89 avg rating — 1,871 ratings 78. 
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
by:
Daniel J. Siegel
4.14 avg rating — 11,317 ratings 
81. 
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Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
by:
Christopher Ryan
3.98 avg rating — 31,324 ratings 83. 
The Life and Behavior of Living Organisms: A General Theory
by:
Elliott Jaques
4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings 84. 
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
by:
Matt Ridley
4.05 avg rating — 17,202 ratings 85. 
Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles
by:
Robin Baker
3.91 avg rating — 2,963 ratings 86. 
Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations - From Adventure to Revenge
by:
Cindy M. Meston
3.95 avg rating — 1,557 ratings 87. 
Mating Intelligence: Sex, Relationships, and the Mind's Reproductive System
by:
Glenn Geher
3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings 88. 
The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
by:
Robert Wright
4.08 avg rating — 11,843 ratings 89. 
The Brain in Love: 12 Lessons to Enhance Your Love Life
by:
Daniel G. Amen
3.75 avg rating — 419 ratings 90. 
What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire
by:
Daniel Bergner
3.60 avg rating — 2,358 ratings 
92. 
The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think 3.82 avg rating — 5,664 ratings
92. 
The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities
by:
Dossie Easton
3.94 avg rating — 26,256 ratings 
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Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits : Secrets of Sustainable Intimate Relationships
by:
Deborah Anapol
3.59 avg rating — 204 ratings 98. 
The New Intimacy: Open-Ended Marriage and Alternative Lifestyles
by:
Ronald Mazur
3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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