 | Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships by John Gray
Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $0.01 Obviously cheesy terminology and a product of pop culture, but I was astonished at the dead-on articulation of the way men & women work.
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 | Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: Seven Questions to Ask Before (and After) You Marry by Leslie Parrott
Buy used from: $0.01 I have become a big fan of the Parrotts as a result of this book.
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 | Men Are Like Waffles--Women Are Like Spaghetti by Bill Farrel
Buy used from: $1.15 Less impactful than Mars/Venus, but still some helpful thoughts on the differences b/t men & women from a Christian perspective.
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 | Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $0.01 Start of a men's "movement." Some good points at how we're wired, but I was not as impacted as others were by this book.
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 | Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship by Joshua Harris
Buy used from: $0.01 One of the most helpful books we went through before marriage.
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 | The Power of a Praying® Husband by Stormie Omartian
Buy used from: $0.01 I bought this before we were married and need to re-visit it now. Seems like a powerful tool for praying over specific needs of your wife.
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 | Before You Say "I Do": A Marriage Preparation Manual for Couples by H. Norman Wright
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.77 Went through this book with our pastor for our pre-marital counseling. Excellent prep for marriage.
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 | For Better or for Best by Gary Smalley
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $2.10 Very insightful and a short book that can be re-read several times.
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 | If Only He Knew: What No Woman Can Resist by Gary Smalley
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $2.06 Ditto above.
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 | A Celebration Of Sex For Newlyweds by Dr. Douglas E. Rosenau
Buy used from: $2.98 Helpful abbreviation of the bigger version below.
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 | How To Listen To God by Dr. Charles F. Stanley
Buy used from: $0.01 Good help on prayer.
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 | How to Know God's Will by Charles Stanley
Buy used from: $3.80 Very short, so-so insights and help.
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 | A Leader in the Making: Essentials to Being a Leader After God's Own Heart by Joyce Meyer
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $4.99 Didn't like it so much. She should have just done an autobiography or a bullet-point list.
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 | Man to Man by Charles R. Swindoll
Buy new: $11.10 / Used from: $0.01 Lots of short snippets that vary in length, so it's kind of hard to read through daily. I think will be more helpful when I'm a father.
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 | Husbands Who Won't Lead and Wives Who Won't Follow by James Walker
Buy used from: $0.46 Recommended by our pastor and was somewhat helpful, although relies on the stereoptypes of meek/docile/stay at home mom that don't apply to most people I know.
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 | Pillow Talk for Couples: Drawing Closer Before the Lights Go Out by Les Parrott
Buy used from: $0.20 Nice devotional for our first month of marriage.
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 | The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $0.01 Good daily devotional that is faith building.
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 | A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God's Gift of Sexual Intimacy by Douglas E. Rosenau
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $8.49 Very helpful.
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 | Men's Relational Toolbox by Gary Smalley
Buy used from: $3.33 Interesting approach to help guys get more in tune with their emotions. Somewhat simplistic, and the analogies get stretched too far at times, but overall is effective.
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 | Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive by John Eldredge
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $0.01 Going through this book with a "couples group" at church.
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 | Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage by Kevin Leman
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $8.65 |
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