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Relationships Book Summaries

Johnny Carson
by Henry Bushkin • 2013
His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.
3.79
9k+
Johnny Carson Summary
Johnny Carson
His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.
by Henry Bushkin 2013 323 pages
3.79
9k+ ratings
The Wonder of Boys
by Michael Gurian • 1996
One household is not enough to raise a boy. What community, initiation, and real work provide.
3.63
1k+
The Wonder of Boys Summary
The Wonder of Boys
One household is not enough to raise a boy. What community, initiation, and real work provide.
by Michael Gurian 1996 320 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Human(Kind)
by Ashlee Eiland • 2020
Kindness disarms hostility. Reclaim your worth and bridge the divides you thought permanent.
4.18
359
Human(Kind) Summary
Human(Kind)
Kindness disarms hostility. Reclaim your worth and bridge the divides you thought permanent.
by Ashlee Eiland 2020 213 pages
4.18
359 ratings
Nasty People
by Jay Carter • 1989
85% of conflict isn't personal; it's mismatched intent and impact. A guide to manipulative types.
3.73
500+
Nasty People Summary
Nasty People
85% of conflict isn't personal; it's mismatched intent and impact. A guide to manipulative types.
by Jay Carter 1989 130 pages
3.73
500+ ratings
Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People
by Renée Evenson • 2013
Scripted lines for tough workplace conflicts, delivered calmly without burning bridges.
3.39
1k+
Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People Summary
Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People
Scripted lines for tough workplace conflicts, delivered calmly without burning bridges.
by Renée Evenson 2013 238 pages
3.39
1k+ ratings
Tightwads and Spendthrifts
by Scott Rick • 2024
Tightwads and spendthrifts attract, then the traits that drew them together pull the marriage apart.
3.75
269
Tightwads and Spendthrifts Summary
Tightwads and Spendthrifts
Tightwads and spendthrifts attract, then the traits that drew them together pull the marriage apart.
by Scott Rick 2024 230 pages
3.75
269 ratings
Passages in Caregiving
by Gail Sheehy • 2010
No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.
4.13
287
Passages in Caregiving Summary
Passages in Caregiving
No one handed you a map. The predictable stages and the team you need to survive.
by Gail Sheehy 2010 418 pages
4.13
287 ratings
101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties
by Paul Angone • 2018
One hundred and one questions for the decade that doesn't come with a manual.
3.68
500+
101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties Summary
101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties
One hundred and one questions for the decade that doesn't come with a manual.
by Paul Angone 2018 256 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Radical Friendship
by Kate Johnson • 2021
How to build friendships that survive hard times, hold truth, and push back against injustice.
4.13
467
Radical Friendship Summary
Radical Friendship
How to build friendships that survive hard times, hold truth, and push back against injustice.
by Kate Johnson 2021 232 pages
4.13
467 ratings
Love Language
by Linda Marigliano • 2023
She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.
3.97
500+
Love Language Summary
Love Language
She hid her boyfriend, her pain, and her real self until her jaw locked shut.
by Linda Marigliano 2023 280 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Personality Type
by Lenore Thomson • 1998
Your personality runs on four mental functions. The one you suppress runs you.
4.12
492
Personality Type Summary
Personality Type
Your personality runs on four mental functions. The one you suppress runs you.
by Lenore Thomson 1998 432 pages
4.12
492 ratings
Aging Thoughtfully
by Martha C. Nussbaum • 2017
Wrinkles, retirement, and desire: a moral philosopher's guide to the challenges of growing old.
3.42
119
Aging Thoughtfully Summary
Aging Thoughtfully
Wrinkles, retirement, and desire: a moral philosopher's guide to the challenges of growing old.
by Martha C. Nussbaum 2017 261 pages
3.42
119 ratings
The Soulful Art of Persuasion
by Jason Harris • 2019
Persuasion without the hard sell: generosity, authenticity, and stories that actually stick.
3.87
252
The Soulful Art of Persuasion Summary
The Soulful Art of Persuasion
Persuasion without the hard sell: generosity, authenticity, and stories that actually stick.
by Jason Harris 2019 304 pages
3.87
252 ratings
Understanding Other People
by Beverly D. Flaxington • 2009
You don't see people. You see your own history projected onto them. How to clear the lens.
3.74
372
Understanding Other People Summary
Understanding Other People
You don't see people. You see your own history projected onto them. How to clear the lens.
by Beverly D. Flaxington 2009 104 pages
3.74
372 ratings
Nice Is Just a Place in France
by The Betches • 2013
Why niceness is a losing strategy, and the unapologetic playbook for getting everything you want.
3.11
4k+
Nice Is Just a Place in France Summary
Nice Is Just a Place in France
Why niceness is a losing strategy, and the unapologetic playbook for getting everything you want.
by The Betches 2013 338 pages
3.11
4k+ ratings
What Is Psychotherapy?
by The School of Life • 2019
Your flaws are not character defects but childhood survival strategies. How therapy rewrites them.
4.00
342
What Is Psychotherapy? Summary
What Is Psychotherapy?
Your flaws are not character defects but childhood survival strategies. How therapy rewrites them.
by The School of Life 2019 120 pages
4.00
342 ratings
How to Not Give a F*ck at Christmas
by Sarah Knight • 2016
Identify the holiday obligations you secretly hate, skip them guilt-free, and reclaim December.
3.67
288
How to Not Give a F*ck at Christmas Summary
How to Not Give a F*ck at Christmas
Identify the holiday obligations you secretly hate, skip them guilt-free, and reclaim December.
by Sarah Knight 2016 23 pages
3.67
288 ratings
The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook
by Amy Marlow-MaCoy • 2020
Stop questioning your sanity and start questioning the abuse: a workbook to reclaim your reality.
4.23
156
The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook Summary
The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook
Stop questioning your sanity and start questioning the abuse: a workbook to reclaim your reality.
by Amy Marlow-MaCoy 2020 194 pages
4.23
156 ratings
The Gift of Influence
by Tommy Spaulding • 2022
Forget followers. Influence is built one invested, present, promise-kept moment at a time.
3.79
429
The Gift of Influence Summary
The Gift of Influence
Forget followers. Influence is built one invested, present, promise-kept moment at a time.
by Tommy Spaulding 2022 224 pages
3.79
429 ratings
Tantric Love
by Diana Richardson • 2009
Love is a steady state, not a fleeting emotion. Your storms are old pain in disguise.
4.53
30
Tantric Love Summary
Tantric Love
Love is a steady state, not a fleeting emotion. Your storms are old pain in disguise.
by Diana Richardson 2009 115 pages
4.53
30 ratings
Daddy Issues
by Katherine Angel • 2019
Behind every sentimentalized father is a story of possession that feminism forgot to tell.
3.36
1k+
Daddy Issues Summary
Daddy Issues
Behind every sentimentalized father is a story of possession that feminism forgot to tell.
by Katherine Angel 2019 128 pages
3.36
1k+ ratings
The 52 Week Project
by Lauren Keenan • 2020
Fifty-two uncomfortable firsts in one year: how a mother rebuilt the identity she'd lost.
3.35
379
The 52 Week Project Summary
The 52 Week Project
Fifty-two uncomfortable firsts in one year: how a mother rebuilt the identity she'd lost.
by Lauren Keenan 2020 186 pages
3.35
379 ratings
Confident Conversation
by Mike Bechtle • 2008
How to start, sustain, and exit any conversation using the personality you already have.
3.52
151
Confident Conversation Summary
Confident Conversation
How to start, sustain, and exit any conversation using the personality you already have.
by Mike Bechtle 2008 151 pages
3.52
151 ratings
Social Skills Activities for Kids
by Natasha Daniels • 2019
Fifty games that teach the real rules of friendship, from first hello to handling hurt feelings.
4.27
154
Social Skills Activities for Kids Summary
Social Skills Activities for Kids
Fifty games that teach the real rules of friendship, from first hello to handling hurt feelings.
by Natasha Daniels 2019 152 pages
4.27
154 ratings
Mindfulness for Anger Management
by Stephen Dansiger • 2018
Anger is a messenger, not a monster. Mindfulness practices to read its signals before you react.
4.03
120
Mindfulness for Anger Management Summary
Mindfulness for Anger Management
Anger is a messenger, not a monster. Mindfulness practices to read its signals before you react.
by Stephen Dansiger 2018 162 pages
4.03
120 ratings
Driving with Plato
by Robert Rowland Smith • 2011
What does learning to walk teach about freedom? A philosophical tour through life's milestones.
3.24
278
Driving with Plato Summary
Driving with Plato
What does learning to walk teach about freedom? A philosophical tour through life's milestones.
by Robert Rowland Smith 2011 256 pages
3.24
278 ratings
A Chicken's Guide to Talking Turkey with Your Kids About Sex
by Kevin Leman • 2004
The talk is a myth. Real sex ed is a thousand small conversations, and this is the script.
4.21
200
A Chicken's Guide to Talking Turkey with Your Kids About Sex Summary
A Chicken's Guide to Talking Turkey with Your Kids About Sex
The talk is a myth. Real sex ed is a thousand small conversations, and this is the script.
by Kevin Leman 2004 234 pages
4.21
200 ratings
Parenting with Presence
by Susan Stiffelman • 2015
Stop managing your child. Lead yourself first. The parenting method where the grownup goes first.
4.22
500+
Parenting with Presence Summary
Parenting with Presence
Stop managing your child. Lead yourself first. The parenting method where the grownup goes first.
by Susan Stiffelman 2015 288 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
What Do You Want Out of Life?
by Valerie Tiberius • 2023
Your goals are at war. A philosophical guide to brokering peace by renegotiating what you value.
3.19
373
What Do You Want Out of Life? Summary
What Do You Want Out of Life?
Your goals are at war. A philosophical guide to brokering peace by renegotiating what you value.
by Valerie Tiberius 2023 208 pages
3.19
373 ratings
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
by Viv Albertine • 2014
The Slits' guitarist became a suburban mother. Cancer forced her to ask what she'd abandoned.
4.27
13k+
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. Summary
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
The Slits' guitarist became a suburban mother. Cancer forced her to ask what she'd abandoned.
by Viv Albertine 2014 421 pages
4.27
13k+ ratings
The Man Who Mistook His Job for His Life
by Naomi Shragai • 2021
Your rivalry with the colleague, your fear of the boss: none of it began at work.
3.56
375
The Man Who Mistook His Job for His Life Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Job for His Life
Your rivalry with the colleague, your fear of the boss: none of it began at work.
by Naomi Shragai 2021 270 pages
3.56
375 ratings
El precio de la pasión
by Gabriel Rolón • 2019
The hidden costs of passion: why the things that make us feel most alive also destroy us.
3.96
500+
El precio de la pasión Summary
El precio de la pasión
The hidden costs of passion: why the things that make us feel most alive also destroy us.
by Gabriel Rolón 2019 352 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Knocking Myself Up
by Michelle Tea • 2022
Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.
3.98
500+
Knocking Myself Up Summary
Knocking Myself Up
Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.
by Michelle Tea 2022 294 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Fighting for Our Friendships
by Danielle Bayard Jackson • 2024
Why female friendships fray and how to repair them from first fight to last goodbye.
4.14
1k+
Fighting for Our Friendships Summary
Fighting for Our Friendships
Why female friendships fray and how to repair them from first fight to last goodbye.
by Danielle Bayard Jackson 2024 272 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Still Distracted After All These Years
by Kathleen G. Nadeau • 2022
A diagnosis at 65 rewrites decades of blame. The guide for skills medication can't teach.
3.99
130
Still Distracted After All These Years Summary
Still Distracted After All These Years
A diagnosis at 65 rewrites decades of blame. The guide for skills medication can't teach.
by Kathleen G. Nadeau 2022 352 pages
3.99
130 ratings
Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder
by Julie A. Fast • 2006
A stability plan beyond medication: sleep, triggers, and the conversations bipolar families lose.
4.28
413
Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder Summary
Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder
A stability plan beyond medication: sleep, triggers, and the conversations bipolar families lose.
by Julie A. Fast 2006
4.28
413 ratings
Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in Your Life
by Linda Martinez-Lewi • 2008
Narcissists run the same playbook on everyone. Learn their moves before they run them on you.
3.71
278
Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in Your Life Summary
Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in Your Life
Narcissists run the same playbook on everyone. Learn their moves before they run them on you.
by Linda Martinez-Lewi 2008 257 pages
3.71
278 ratings
Ambitious Like a Mother
by Lara Bazelon • 2022
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
3.58
164
Ambitious Like a Mother Summary
Ambitious Like a Mother
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
by Lara Bazelon 2022 272 pages
3.58
164 ratings
Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World
by Zig Ziglar • 2000
Attitude beats circumstance, persistence beats talent, and a daily dose of hope makes both possible.
3.66
143
Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World Summary
Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World
Attitude beats circumstance, persistence beats talent, and a daily dose of hope makes both possible.
by Zig Ziglar 2000 288 pages
3.66
143 ratings
Be More Taylor Swift
by D.K. Publishing • 2022
Find your voice, face your fears, and embrace reinvention with wisdom drawn from Taylor Swift.
3.89
369
Be More Taylor Swift Summary
Be More Taylor Swift
Find your voice, face your fears, and embrace reinvention with wisdom drawn from Taylor Swift.
by D.K. Publishing 2022
3.89
369 ratings
The Art and Science of Connection
by Kasley Killam • 2024
Identify your social style and strengthen your relationships, adding years to your life.
3.85
500+
The Art and Science of Connection Summary
The Art and Science of Connection
Identify your social style and strengthen your relationships, adding years to your life.
by Kasley Killam 2024 288 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
A Love Letter Life
by Jeremy Roloff • 2019
Two years of friendship, then a courtship built on letters, boundaries, and prayer.
4.14
4k+
A Love Letter Life Summary
A Love Letter Life
Two years of friendship, then a courtship built on letters, boundaries, and prayer.
by Jeremy Roloff 2019 247 pages
4.14
4k+ ratings
Boyslut
by Zachary Zane • 2023
Bisexual men disappear unless they shout. One manifesto for making your desires undeniable.
3.77
2k+
Boyslut Summary
Boyslut
Bisexual men disappear unless they shout. One manifesto for making your desires undeniable.
by Zachary Zane 2023 240 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
Here Be Dragons
by Melanie Shankle • 2025
Her mother was her first bully. She learned to forgive without going back.
4.53
5k+
Here Be Dragons Summary
Here Be Dragons
Her mother was her first bully. She learned to forgive without going back.
by Melanie Shankle 2025 224 pages
4.53
5k+ ratings
The Science of Sin
by Jack Lewis • 2018
Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.
3.60
230
The Science of Sin Summary
The Science of Sin
Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.
by Jack Lewis 2018 304 pages
3.60
230 ratings
If Only I'd Known
by Chelsey Brooke Cole • 2023
The trauma bond explains why leaving feels impossible. A repair manual for what comes next.
4.51
300
If Only I'd Known Summary
If Only I'd Known
The trauma bond explains why leaving feels impossible. A repair manual for what comes next.
by Chelsey Brooke Cole 2023 284 pages
4.51
300 ratings
How to Analyze People with Dark Psychology
by Charles P. Carlton • 2020
Body language, persuasion, and NLP: the dark psychology toolkit decoded, from detection to defense.
4.00
2
How to Analyze People with Dark Psychology Summary
How to Analyze People with Dark Psychology
Body language, persuasion, and NLP: the dark psychology toolkit decoded, from detection to defense.
by Charles P. Carlton 2020 71 pages
4.00
2 ratings
The Serious Business of Small Talk
by Carol A. Fleming • 2018
A shared moment, a personal detail, one question: the routine that turns strangers into allies.
3.58
279
The Serious Business of Small Talk Summary
The Serious Business of Small Talk
A shared moment, a personal detail, one question: the routine that turns strangers into allies.
by Carol A. Fleming 2018 208 pages
3.58
279 ratings
The Guy's Guide to Feminism
by Michael Kaufman • 2011
Equality isn't just for women: a straight-talking guide for the guys who want in.
3.54
380
The Guy's Guide to Feminism Summary
The Guy's Guide to Feminism
Equality isn't just for women: a straight-talking guide for the guys who want in.
by Michael Kaufman 2011 208 pages
3.54
380 ratings
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything
by Rachael "Steak" Finley • 2022
She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.
4.55
500+
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything Summary
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything
She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.
by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022 280 pages
4.55
500+ ratings
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