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...for your recovery and enjoyment...

Aaron, Elaine N. "The Highly Sensitive Person: how to thrive when the world overwhelms you" (an interesting book for anyone who has ever been put down for being "over sensitive")

Abbott, Stephanie. "Codependence: a second-hand life"

Beattie, Melody. "Codependent No More" (all of Beattie's books appear in every list!)

Beattie, Melody. "Caring For Ourselves"

Beattie, Melody. "Beyond Codependency"

Beattie, Melody. "The Codependent's Guide to the Twelve Steps"

Beattie, Melody. "The Language of Letting Go"

Beattie, Melody. "Daily Meditations For Codependents"

Beattie, Melody. "The Lessons of Love: rediscovering your passion for life when it all seems too hard to take"

Black, Claudia. "Repeat After Me"

Bradshaw, John. "Creating Love" (of PBS fame)

Bradshaw, John. "Family Secrets"

Bradshaw, John. "Homecoming"

Bradshaw, John. "The Inner Child"  

Bradshaw, John. "The Shame That Binds"

Branden, Carla Wills. "Learning to Say No: setting healthy boundaries"

Briggs, Dorothy Corkille. "Celebrate Your Self: enhancing your own self-esteem" (a classic)

Buscaglia, Leo, Dr. "Love" (famous for his books on love for 30+ years)

Buscaglia, Leo, Dr. "Living, Loving, Learning"

Canfield, Jack, et al. "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (...and subsequent editions...)

Carlson, Richard & Benjamin Shield. "Handbook for the Soul" (inspirational stories)

Carnes, Patrick. "Don't call it love"

Chopra, Deepak. "The Way of the Wizard: 20 spiritual lessons for creating the life that you want"

Claire W. "God, I'm Still Hurting"

"The CoDA Handbook"

Cohen, Alan. "Dare to Be Yourself: how to quit being an extra in other people's movies and become the star of your own" (a spiritually-based guide to self-discovery and self-empowerment)

Coit, Lee. "Being" (..."being can best be described as non-interference with reality"...)

Cook, Barbara. "Love and Its Counterfeits"

"The Courage to See: an affirmations book"

Cowan, Connell, Dr. & Dr. Melvyn Kinder. "Smart Women Foolish Choices"

Ehrler, Brenda, "Learning to Be You; It's an Inside Job: Recovery and Healing for the Loved Ones of the Substance-addicted"

Fisher, Bruce. "Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends"

Friel, John & Linda. "Adult Children: the secrets of dysfunctional families--an adult child's guide to what is normal"

Gaylin, Willard, MD. "Feelings"

Halpern, H. M. "How to Break Your Addiction to a Person"

Hay, Louise L. "You Can Heal Your Life" (all of Hay's books are especially good for women)

Hay, Louise L. "Life: reflections on your journey"

Hay, Louise L. "Empowering Women"

Hay, Louise L. "Meditations to Heal Your Life"

Hemfelt, Robert, Dr. "Love is a Choice"

Hendricks, Harville. "Getting the love you want"

Jeffers, Susan. "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway"

Kiley, Dan. "What to Do When He Won't Change"

Larsen, Earnie & Carol Larsen Hegarty. "Days of Healing--Days of Joy: daily meditations for adult children"

Leman, ??. "The Pleasers...Women Who Can't Say No"

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow. "Gift From the Sea" (a bestseller for 30 years...from someone who has known great personal pain)

Minchinton, Jerry. "Maximum Self Esteem"

Marshall, Jeanie. "Affirmations: a pathway to transformation"

Mellody, Pia & Andrea Wells Miller. "Facing Codependence" (mentioned on several lists)

Mellody, Pia & Andrea Wells Miller. "Breaking Free: a recovery workbook for facing codependence" (mentioned on several lists)

Mellody, Pia & Andrea Wells Miller. "Facing Love Addiction" (with J. Keith Miller as additional author - mentioned on several lists)

Mowday, Lois. "The Snare"

Norwood, Robin. "Women Who Love Too Much"

Peck, M. Scott. "People of the Lie"

Peck, M. Scott. "The Road Less Travelled"

Peele, Stanton. "Love and Addiction"

Rutledge, Thom. "Simple Truths"

Rutledge, Thom. "If I Were....They"

Schaef, Ann. "Codependence: misunderstood, mistreated"

Schaef, Anne Wilson . "Escape from Intimacy"

Springle, Pat. "Overcoming Codependency"

Stroup, David. "Living With a Perfectionist"

Subby, Robert. "Lost in the Shuffle"

Wegscheider-Druse, Sharon. "Choice-Making for Codependents, Adult Children, and Spirituality Seekers"

Whitfield, Charles. "Codependence, Healing the Human Condition"

Whitfield, Charles, Dr. "Healing The Child Within"

Williamson, Marianne. "A Return to Love"

Williamson, Marianne. "A Woman's Worth"

Williamson, Marianne. "Illuminata" (great book of healing prayers, meditations, and inspirations)

Woititz, Janet. "Struggle For Intimacy"