18 must-read nonfiction books like The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans

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The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond

By: Patricia Evans

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal a…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)

By: Chris Hardwick

3.68

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Nerd superstar Chris Hardwick offers his fellow "creative obsessives" crucial information needed to… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"When you don't take an aggressive role in shaping your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions, you become a helpless passenger floating through the universe like a ghost ship, merely reacting to whereve…"

-Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)

"Choosing one thing usually doesn't mean killing all of the other options forever. Oftentimes, you can always go back and change your mind if you want. If not, and you realize the decision did not pan…"

-Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)

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2. Should I Stay or Should I Go?: A Guide to Working Out Whether Your Relationship Can--and Should--be Saved

By: Lundy Bancroft , None , J.A.C. Patrissi , Jac Patrissi

4.30

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A guide to making the ultimate relationship decision from the author of Why Does He Do That? In thi… read more

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  • relationships
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • self help
"All the energy and time you have committed toward someone else's well-being you deserve for yourself. You deserve a chance to feel filled up and hopeful again. You deserve the time to see what happen…"

-Lundy Bancroft, Should I Stay or Should I Go?: A Guide to Working Out Whether Your Relationship Can--and Should--be Saved

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3. Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse

By: Shannon Thomas

4.37

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Within every community, toxic people can be found hiding in families, couples, companies, and place… read more

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  • relationships
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • self help
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4. Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want

By: Michael Hyatt , Daniel Harkavy

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Each of us has but one life to live on this earth. What we do with it is our choice. Are we driftin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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5. Trên Đường Băng

By: Tony Buổi Sáng

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Khi con tre, hay ra ngoai nhieu hon o nha. Hay nhao vo xin nguoi khac "boc het, lot sach" kha nang… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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6. Insight: Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life

By: Tasha Eurich

3.50

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Thefirst definitive book exploring the science of self-awareness, the meta-skill of the 21st centur… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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7. My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind

By: Scott Stossel

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, revelatory, and moving account of the author's struggles with anxiety, and of the histo… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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8. Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

By: Heidi Grant Halvorson

4.50

Format: 290 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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9. The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond

By: Patricia Evans

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal a… read more

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  • relationships
  • feminism
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
  • self help
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10. In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People

By: George K. Simon Jr.

4.00

Format: 371 pages,

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  • relationships
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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11. The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking

By: Mikael Krogerus

4.01

Format: 560 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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12. The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive

By: Brendon Burchard

4.67

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. USA TODAY BESTSELLER. AMAZON BESTSELLER. #1 WALL STREET JOURNAL. #1 BARN… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help

13. When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life

By: David D. Burns

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Are you plagued by fears, phobias, or panic attacks? Do you toss and turn at night with a knot in y… read more

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14. The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits

By: Jon Kabat-Zinn , Judson Brewer

3.68

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so ten… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
"How we relate to our thoughts and feelings makes all the difference."

-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits

"Until we define happiness for ourselves, clearly seeing the difference between excitement and joy, for example, our habits will likely not change. We will keep returning to the fruits of our desires."

-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits

"The self itself isn't a problem, since remembering who we are when we wake up each morning is very helpful. Instead, the problem is the extent to which we get caught up in the drama of our lives and …"

-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits

"We read stories and see YouTube videos about people who, distracted by their smartphones, walk into traffic and off piers into the ocean. Perhaps not surprisingly, a report in 2013 found that pedest…"

-Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits

15. Level Up Your Life: How to Unlock Adventure and Happiness by Becoming the Hero of Your Own Story

By: Steve Kamb

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Level Up Your Lifeuses the principles of video games, movies, television, comic books, and pop cult… read more

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16. You Are Now Less Dumb: How to Conquer Mob Mentality, How to Buy Happiness, and All the Other Ways to Outsmart Yourself

By: David McRaney

5.00

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

The author of the bestselling You Are Not So Smartshares more discoveries about self-delusion and i… read more

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17. You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation

By: Deborah Tannen

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

From the author ofNew York Timesbestseller You're Wearing That? this bestselling classic work draws… read more

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18. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook

By: Stephen R. Covey

4.00

Format: None pages,

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19. Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior

By: Ron McMillan , Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny , Al Switzler

3.03

Format: 234 pages,

The authors of the New York Times bestseller Crucial Conversations show you how to achieve personal… read more

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20. Healing Your Emotional Self: A Powerful Program to Help You Raise Your Self-Esteem, Quiet Your Inner Critic, and Overcome Your Shame

By: Beverly Engel

3.84

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

Healing Your Emotional Self "Emotionally abusive parents are indeed toxic parents, and they cause s… read more

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21. The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points

By: Alice Boyes

5.00

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Do you overthink before taking action? Are you prone to making negative predictions? Do you worry a… read more

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22. The Worry Trick: How Worry Controls You and What You Can Do to Take Back your Life

By: None

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Are you truly in danger or has your brain simply "tricked" you into thinking you are? In The Worry … read more

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23. Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time

By: Melody Beattie

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

In simple, straightforward terms, Beattie takes you into the territory beyond codependency, into th… read more

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24. Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

By: Lundy Bancroft

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft--a counselor who specializes in working with abus… read more

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25. Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

By: Maria Konnikova

3.94

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Hol… read more

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26. Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life

By: Judith Orloff

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Picture yourself trapped in a traffic jam feeling utterly calm. Imagine being unflappable and relax… read more

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27. Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

By: Gregory S. Works

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Don’t let family history set the course for your future. Triumph was strategically designed to help… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Choose joy."

-Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

"Be okay with having health-essential boundaries."

-Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

"God has been there with us every step of the way."

-Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

"Find people who are fighting the same illness that you are."

-Gregory S. Works, Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation

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28. AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

By: Ronald M. Razmi

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the healthcare industry AI … read more

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  • nonfiction
"It’s true that AI can mimic the human brain, but it can also outperform us mere humans by discovering complex patterns that no human being could ever process and identify."

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

"In short, physicians are getting more and more data, which requires more sophisticated interpretation and which takes more time. AI is the solution, enhancing every stage of patient care from researc…"

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

"Pilots used to fly planes manually, but now they operate a dashboard with the help of computers. This has made flying safer and improved the industry. Healthcare can benefit from the same type of app…"

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

"It’s estimated that AI could free up to 25% of clinician time across different specialties. This increased amount of time could mean less hurried encounters and more humane interactions, including mo…"

-Ronald M. Razmi, AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors

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29. Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication

By: Oren Jay Sofer

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

How to speak and listen more effectively--to communicate mindfully and improve all relationships--b… read more

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  • relationships
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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30. The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

By: Emily P. Freeman

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Nothing gets our attention like an unmade decision: Should I accept the new position? Which schooli… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Making a living is nothing if you're not also making a life."

-Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

"Just because things change doesn't mean you chose wrong in the first place. Just because you're good at something doesn't mean you have to do it forever."

-Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

"A No Mentor is there to help you feel confident about saying no to the things you really don’t want to do anyway or to help you finally discover your strong, brave yes in the midst of fear."

-Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

"Sometimes it looks like you're going nowhere or that you're headed in the wrong direction. I'm learning that the decision itself is rarely the point. The point is becoming more fully ourselves in the…"

-Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

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31. Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

By: Laura Vanderkam

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

"I well recall a conversation with an executive I hoped to interview about her astonishing producti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Time is elastic. It stretches to accommodate what we choose to put into it."

-Laura Vanderkam, Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

"Strategizing boosts efficiency; planning your toughest work for the time when you have the most energy means a task might take one hour instead of two."

-Laura Vanderkam, Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

"Being off the clock implies time freedom, yet time freedom stems from time discipline. You must know where the time goes in order to transcend the ceaseless ticking."

-Laura Vanderkam, Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

"Conscious fun takes effort. This seeming paradox—Why should fun be work?—stops us in our tracks. So we overindulge in effortless fun (scrolling through Instagram . . .) It is the effortful fun that m…"

-Laura Vanderkam, Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

17 Best self help books like The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond by Patricia Evans

Transform Your Habits

The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)

Chris Hardwick

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Should I Stay or Should I Go?: A Guide to Working Out Whether Your Relationship Can--and Should--be Saved

Lundy Bancroft , None , J.A.C. Patrissi , Jac Patrissi

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse

Shannon Thomas

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want

Michael Hyatt , Daniel Harkavy

3.75

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The Brain Fog Fix: Reclaim Your Focus, Memory, and Joy in Just 3 Weeks

Mike Dow

3.43

Transform Your Habits

The Confidence Gap

Russ Harris

3.69

Transform Your Habits

48 Days to the Work You Love

Dave Ramsey , Dan Miller

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits

Jon Kabat-Zinn , Judson Brewer

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