15 Best Books To Help Save Your Marriage

Marriage is a social tie between two people that is meant to last for life. However, there are certain instances where this social tie does not last for life and the couples seek separation from each other. The reason for the unsuccessful marriage can be anything. There are many books being written on this topic focusing on the ways that can save your marriage. These books are focused on certain aspects of life and marriage that help you gain more knowledge about what exactly the meaning of marriage is and the very small things that you need to do so that the married life of the couple would be a beautiful one. It is recommended that even though your marriage is on the right track and everything is going fine, few small things can help you enhance your married life and these books are meant for that as well.

The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

(By: Gary Chapman )

This book will act as a powerful prescription that is given by a wise man. Whether your marriage requires a major renovation or just a fine tune-up, this book is the best prescription for you. Dr. Gary Chapman has identified and beautifully described the five languages of love: Quality Time, Words of Affirmation, Physical Touch, Acts of Service and Receiving Gifts in his book. He has unpacked these languages in a very friendly and often humorous style. The short questionnaires in the book are the ways to find your and your spouse’s love language.

Love & Respect

(By: Emerson Eggerichs )

This book is highly recommended for any married couple. The way Dr. Emerson Eggerichs has described small details of love and respect in this book is commendable. The book is full of insights and described how little deeds and words can make a difference in your spouse’s life and make him or her feel happy and respected and of course loved as well. The connection between love and respect is well established in this book. The explanation of “crazy cycle” and “reward cycle” is one of the USP's of this beautiful book.

The Power of a Praying® Wife

(By: Stormie Omartian )

This book is one of the beautiful books written on this topic. The popular Christian author and speaker Stormie Omartian has beautifully pointed out the most common marital struggles in her book. She also described miraculous ways of disciplined prayers and how it can sustain unity by healing the heartaches. This is a practical read and has the ability to encourage women to keep faith in God who can change their mindset pertaining to the God’s power, rather than using their own personal judgment.

The Love Dare

(By: Stephen Kendrick )

This is a very good book for the ones who wants to save their marital relationship through God. This book is highly recommended for all married couples. In this book, Stephen Kendrick has given a 40-day challenge workout, which will surely offer daily encouragement – especially for the believers. The book will help you understand that marriage is not just meeting the right person but to be the right person yourself as well. This is book is the perfect answer for the question “How to live out the love that marriage requires?”

The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

(By: Timothy Keller )

This book is not just the recommended read for the married people but for the singles as well. This is a very helpful book before as well as during marriage. The book is an easy read but has great insights about marriage and marital life. The compelling vision of Christian marriage has been very beautifully depicted in this book by the authors Timothy and Kathy Keller. The book is all about the meaning and vision of marriage according to Bible. This book has the ability to open your heart and boost your thinking about marriage and its vision.

His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage

(By: Willard F. Jr. Harley )

As the name suggests, the book is all about the needs of your spouse to feel loved and valued. The book gives the reader a deep understanding of this aspect of marriage. In certain aspects, the readers will surely feel that this book is actually a tool to make their relationship with someone special more successful. The book clearly describes and distinguishes the need of a man and wife. The book is the tool that can help you safeguard your marriage from an affair. The book describes if the people can identify and fulfill their spouse’s needs, it will safeguard their relationship from an affair.

Sheet Music

(By: Kevin Leman )

The book by Dr. Kevin Leman is a must-have book. The book is well written and speaks to the point in a conversational manner. The author has beautifully described married life, the language of love and the laughter. This book is more than a manual how the intimacy between a husband and wife can flourish and fulfill the marriage. The 31 ideas of sensual surprises are the provocative primers in this book and Leman has offers a no-nonsense guidance on how to create and maintain a satisfying sexual relationship between husband and wife.

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

(By: John Gottman, Nan Silver )

This book is an eminent guide that offers practical descriptions on how to make you marriage emotionally successful that would be lasting forever. The book offers something useful that can be beneficial for every relationship. Dr. Gottman has written this book after an extensive research on marriage and relationship. The same is evident from his writing in the book. The aspects that Dr. Gottman has pointed out in his book are based on scientific research, collected data, his perception about the data collected and reporting. Hence this is more practical that any fictional writing.

When Sinners Say "I Do"

(By: Dave Harvey )

The author has written this book so well that both sin and the Savior come into the biblical focus very clearly. Author Dave Harvey started writing this book with the aim that the reader should understand the doctrine of sin. Readers will find this book an easy read but pleasantly profound. This book makes the readers realize that marriage is not as easy as it looks like from outside. The book helps discovering the Power of Gospel for Marriage. Through this book, Dave Harvey basically redefines marriage for Christians.

Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage

(By: Mark Gungor )

The book is one of the best in the category, which has the restoration and healing power. The book comes with a DVD that has a recorded seminar on how laughter and humor can be the best medicine for making your way to a successful marriage. If you have laughter and humor in your married life, it will create a wall that will prevent the bitterness to enter your territory. The book is a real handbook that teaches you what it takes to be a happy and a successful married couple.

The 4 Seasons of Marriage: Secrets to a Lasting Marriage

(By: Gary Chapman )

This easy to read, practical and informative book is a helpful book that will show you how you should move your marriage from one season to another through happy and enchanting ways. This book proves to be a prescription for the marriages that are in trouble. The author sounds like an empathetic and friendly counselor in this book – that is the way he has written the book. According to this book, marriage is both intimate and purposeful in which it is important to fulfill both.

How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It

(By: Steven Stosny, Patricia Edd Love )

Reading this wonderful book helps you understand your spouse in a much better way. The book is well written and it shows how women are hyper sensitive to certain factors like isolation, deprivation and fear. Along with that, the author has also showed how men are hyper sensitive to the factors like dread of failure and shame. This book will surely help the reader to understand these factors in their marriage and help them make it even better that how it was.

The Sex-Starved Marriage

(By: Michele Weiner Davis )

The book reveals the secret of sex and intimacy in a marriage. It does not say that sex is the only thing in marriage but it is important. This book helps you understand yourself better in perspective of how you should be when comes to get intimate with your spouse. The book has the capacity to boost your libido and help you gain a happy sex life in your marriage. Michele Davis has offered great advices in her book for those who want to rekindle their sexual relationship and strengthen their marriage.

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

(By: Sue Johnson )

The book will help the readers understand how relationships can work better with little extra effort. The Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy that Dr. Sue Johnson has mentioned in the book will give hope to couples who are going through turmoil in their relationship. Reading and understanding the therapy would help those couples who are going through a troubled marriage. This book teaches the readers how one should listen to the partner’s deepest concerns. The problem with therapy is the USP of this book.

Boundaries in Marriage

(By: Henry Cloud, John Townsend )

This book is not a “How to” book for anything. If you read it in an open mind, this book would be a very helpful one that helps you understand your marital relationship in a better way. The book helps the reader to understand what is meant by sacrifice and submission in marriage as mentioned in The Bible. It will make you understand that submission needs to be done in love and at the same it says it is not necessary that you should give away all your desires for sacrifice and submission.

Here are few books that might help you understand your married life and your partner in a better way. Each of the books is important and recommended for you to read if you feel that your marriage and relationship is in trouble. As the book list covers almost all important issues that cause hindrance in a happy married life, you can choose the book which appears to you as the most helpful.