LibGuides: Great Nonfiction Reads: Self-Help and Relationship Advice

Families

You can find many books on family relationships under the following call numbers:

Family relationships 306.87

Parent-child relationships 306.874

Sibling relationships 306.875

Parenting: 649.1

Here are some books to get you started:

Making Peace with Your Father by David A. Stoop
Call Number: 306.8742 STOOP 2004
You're Wearing That? Understanding mothers and daughters in conversation by Deborah Tannen
Call Number: 306.8743 TANNEN 2006
ISBN: 9780812972665
You Were Always Mom's Favorite! Sisters in conversation throughout their lives by Deborah Tannen
Call Number: 306.8754 TANNEN 2009
I Thought We'd Never Speak Again: the road from estrangement to reconciliation by Laura Davis
Call Number: 158.2 DAVIS
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
Call Number: 649.1 FABER 2012
Love Him, Love His Kids: the stepmother's guide to surviving and thriving in a blended family by Stan Wenck;
Call Number: 306.8747 WENCK 2009
Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Call Number: 649.1 KURCINK 2000
ISBN: 9780060182885
Unhappy Teenagers: a way for parents and teachers to reach them by William Glasser
Call Number: 649.125 GLASSER 2002

Couples

You can find books on romantic relationships and marriage under the call number 646.78.

Here are some highlights:

His Needs, Her Needs: building an affair-proof marriage by Harley, Willard
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray
Call Number: 646.78 GRAY 2004
Also avialable on Nook and Kindle. Ask at the Circulation Desk.
Love Is Never Enough by Aaron T. Beck
Call Number: 646.78 BECK 1989
Why Can't You Read My Mind? by Jeffrey Bernstein
Call Number: 646.78 BERNSTE 2004
Love Busters: overcoming habits that destroy romantic love by Willard F. Harley
Call Number: 646.78 HARLEY
Are You the One for Me? Knowing who's right & avoiding who's wrong by Barbara De Angelis
Call Number: 646.77 DE ANGE 1994

Other Self Help

Start Where You Are: life lessons in getting from where you are to where you want to be by Chris Gardner; Mim E. Rivas
Call Number: 158.1 GARDNER 2010
Chris Gardner when from homeless single father to a millionaire businessman. Now he shares steps for recovering from professional or physical setbacks and finding the motivation to pursue new challenges
Brain Rules by John Medina
Call Number: 612.82 MEDINA 2008
In each chapter the author describes a brain rule--what scientists know for sure about how our brains work--and then offers way to harness that rule to survive and thrive at work, home, and school.
Dollars and Sense for College Students by Ellen Braitman
Call Number: 378.3097 BRAITMA
How not to run out of money by midterms.
Healing the Angry Brain by Ronald T. Potter-Efron
Call Number: 152.47 POTTER 2012
ISBN: 9781608821334
Do you find yourself: Becoming so angry you have trouble thinking? Getting so mad that you feel out of control of your actions? Over time, these responses can actually hard-wire our brains to respond angrily in situations that normally wouldn't cause us to lose our cool. Learn how to short-circuit the anger cycle. You will learn which areas of your brain are causing your reactions and discover how to take control of your emotions by rewiring your brain for greater patience and perspective.
Life Makeovers by Cheryl Richardson
Call Number: 158.1 RICHARD 2000
52 practical and inspiring ways to improve your life one week at a time
Financial Facts of Life by Bob Rosefsky
Call Number: 332.024 ROSEFSK 1995