The Library
Black Relationship Books
If
someone figured it out, they wrote about it!What Mama Couldn't Tell Us About Love - Healing the Emotional Legacy of Racism by Celebrating Our Light by Brenda Lane Richardson ISBN 0-06-093079-9
Getting to I Do by Dr. Patricia Allen & Sandra Harmon ISBN 0-380-71815-4 (This is a great book for understanding the differences between personalities in a relationship. It's not so much about getting married as it is about staying married.)
Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman, Northfield Publishing, 1992
The Sistahs' Rules - Not to Be Confused with The Rules - Secrets to Meeting, Getting and Keeping a Good Black Man by Denene Millner ISBN 0-688-15689-4
The Rules II - More Rules to Live and Love By by Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider ISBN 0-446-60621-9
Never Satisfied - How & Why Men Cheat by Michael Baisden ISBN 0-9643675-8-0
Not A Day Goes By by E. Lynn Harris. Fiction but closer to real life than we want to believe! ISBN 0-385-49825-x
Surrendering to Marriage: Husbands, Wives & Other Imperfections by Iris Krasnow, Talk Miramax Books, 2001
Hot Monogamy by Love & Robinson, Plume, 1999
Staying Married: A Guide for African American Couples by Anita Doreen Diggs and Vera S. Paster, Kensington Publishing, 2000
Quarterlife Crisis - The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties by Alexandra Robbins and Abby Wilner, Tarcher/Putnam, 2001
Making Love the Way We Used to….Or Better - Secrets to Satisfying Midlife Sexuality by Alan M. Altman and Laurie Ashner, McGraw - Hill, 2002
In the Garden of My Dreams: Memoirs of a Marriage by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip and Harold Haizlip, Bantam Doubleday, 2000.
Passionate Marriage: Love, Sex and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationships by David Schnarch, Henry Holt Publisher, 1998
Keeping the Love You Find - A Guide for Singles by Harville Hendrix, Pocket Books, 1992
Am I the Last Virgin?: Ten African American Reflections on Sex and Love by Malik Yusef (Editor), Aladdin Paperbacks, ISBN 068981254X
Friends, Lovers and Soulmates: A Guide to Better Relationships Between Black Men & Women by Derek S. Hopson and Darlene Powell Hopson, Fireside, 1995
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationship by John Gray, Harper Collins Publishing, 1992
Infidelity - A Survival Guide by Don-David Lusterman, New Harbinger Publications, 1998, www.NewHarbinger.com
Loving Home: Caring for African American Marriages and Families by Lee H. Butler, Pilgrim Press, 2000
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