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Esther Perel books: every book Esther Perel wrote and recommended
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Esther Perel appears on, in one place — not just one.
Books by Esther Perel
Esther Perel’s most recommended books
- Can Love Last? by Stephen A. Mitchell
- Family Healing by Salvador Minuchin
- Liquid Life by Zygmunt Bauman
- Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- The all-or-nothing marriage by Eli J. Finkel
- The Craft of Family Therapy by Salvador Minuchin
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
Esther Perel is a Belgian psychotherapist, known for her work on human relationships. During her podcast appearances, she has recommended and discussed several prominent books focused on psychology, communication, and interpersonal dynamics. She noted that Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning is the book she has gifted the most to others. To illustrate the importance of novelty and aliveness in romantic bonds, she recommended Eli Finkel's The All-or-Nothing Marriage. For understanding compassion, language, and human conflict, she praised Marshall B. Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication as a timeless classic. She also discussed Stephen A. Mitchell's Can Love Last? to highlight the inherent tension between safety and adventure within partnerships, and recommended Zygmunt Bauman's Liquid Life for its unique perspective on nomadism and modern precarity. Furthermore, she highlighted structural and family healing foundations through Salvador Minuchin's works, including Family Healing and The Craft of Family Therapy, noting that structural family therapy changes how one understands relationships systemically. Finally, she mentioned Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving as a work she recently reread to further explore the dynamics of human connection.
Books recommended by Esther Perel
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Can Love Last?
Can Love Last? by Stephen A.
Recommended“can love last the fit of romance over time by Stephen Mitchell”
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Family Healing
Family Healing by Salvador Minuchin is a foundational text in structural family therapy, offering clinical strategies and insights into how family systems operate, dysfunction, and recover.
Recommended“you can read family healing”
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Liquid Life
Liquid Life by Zygmunt Bauman examines the precarious, fast-paced nature of modern existence, where individuals must constantly adapt to shifting conditions, consumerism, and temporary identities.
Recommended“and zygmunt bauman spoke liquid life is another one like that his description of nomadism gave me a whole new path of thinking”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Recommended“or the book I've probably gifted the most is Victor Frankle the search for meaning”
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Nonviolent Communication
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B.
Recommended“the book of Marshall Rosenberg nonviolent communication a language of life has been really a classic it's actually a book that doesn't age”
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The all-or-nothing marriage
The All-or-Nothing Marriage is a social psychology book by Eli J.
Recommended“there's a beautiful book by Eli fle the All or Nothing marriage and he talks about really what creates a sense of aliveness in relationships and one of the things he highlights is the importance of doing new things”
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The Craft of Family Therapy
The Craft of Family Therapy by Salvador Minuchin, Michael D.
Recommended“you can read structural family therapy which is the real theoretical basis of it it will change your whole way of understanding relationships”
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Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a psychological masterpiece that explores the crushing guilt, moral torment, and eventual redemption of a destitute former student who commits a brutal murder in St.
Discussed“how I'll tell you what I reread that I L because one of my kids was reading it in school Crime and Punishment yeah no you can rad the Russians that that we just I don't they they are”
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Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert's classic 19th-century novel tells the tragic story of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife who engages in extramarital affairs to escape the banalities of her daily life.
Critiqued“I reread for this book I reread Madame bvari which was very disappointing”
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The Erotic Mind
The Erotic Mind by Jack Morin is a profound psychological exploration of human sexuality, desire, and the intricate formulas that govern passion and attraction within intimate relationships.
Discussed“I reread the erotic mind by Jack Moren”
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Questions about Esther Perel’s book recommendations
What book does Esther Perel recommend most?
Can Love Last? by Stephen A. Mitchell. Esther Perel recommended it in 1 episode.
How many books has Esther Perel recommended on podcasts?
We have found 11 books Esther Perel recommended or discussed, across 3 episodes of 2 podcasts. Ad reads and passing mentions are not counted.
What books are on Esther Perel's reading list?
The books Esther Perel has recommended most on podcasts are Can Love Last? by Stephen A. Mitchell, Family Healing by Salvador Minuchin, Liquid Life by Zygmunt Bauman, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl and Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg. The full book list below has all 11.
What books has Esther Perel written?
Mating in Captivity (2006) and The State of Affairs (2017).
What did Esther Perel recommend on The Tim Ferriss Show?
Can Love Last?, Family Healing and Liquid Life, among 10 books in all.
What is the latest book Esther Perel recommended?
Man's Search for Meaning, recommended on The Tim Ferriss Show (2024-07-17).
People who recommend the same books
Appearances
Other mentions (15: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and you know I wrote a whole book on on infidelity after 10 years of studying this state of affairs and the one word that I heard all over the world when people would talk about their affairs and I'm there's a ton of different kinds of affairs and I'm in no way romanticizing nor approving nor condoning nor encouraging.”
“Yeah, I wrote about that in Mating in Captivity that came out in 2006. That's 20 years ago. Yes.”
“And also to this person read state of affairs because I spent many years writing this book about infidelity and trying to offer a very nuanced perspective on this very subject.”
“that was one of the foundational ideas for mating in captivity my first book”
“and I organized it when I was actually writing mating my first book meting in captivity at at the time”
“so mating in captivity for me was really a conversation on that very question that you just asked”
“so the book is the State of Affairs rethinking infidelity”
“I began State of Affair by going to talk to couples that I had seen five or 10 years earlier to know whatever happens to these people CU I see them in a moment of Crisis and often I don't know afterwards”
“I started "State of Affair" by talking to couples that I had seen five or ten years earlier. I would see them in a moment of crisis and often didn't know afterwards if they decided to stay together and worked through it.”
“I think that all of us, you know, I mean this is one of there are many many frameworks around childhood, but the one that I wrote about in mating in captivity was to say that we all need security and we all also need adventure or change or freedom.”
“I mean I put much of this in the state of affairs in the book because I had spent 10 years studying affairs and infidelity.”
“Perel takes half a decade to get something in a book, and what have you gotten from me, Jordan? Maybe we could start with that.”
“Now, you know, I've written Mating in Captivity to say that fire needs air.”
“if you haven't read my books mating in captivity or the state of affairs you may actually recognize my voice from my podcast”
“if you haven't read my books mating in captivity or the state of affairs you may actually recognize my voice from my podcast”