Book List
You are not limited to the books on this list. This list is meant only to give you some ideas regarding the type of books you may wish to critique for your final project. Remember that the book you choose for your final project must be approved by the instructor!
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Acquaintance Rape is Real Rape, by Patricia A. Frazier and Lisa M. Seales
After
Silence: Rape and My Journey Back,
by Nancy Venable Raine
All About Love: New Visions, by
bell hooks
Anger Habit, by Carl
Semmelroth, Donald E. P. Smith
Athletes and Acquaintance Rape, by J. Benedict
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women, by Naomi Wolf
Beyond Anger: A Guide for Men: How to Free Yourself from the Grip of
Anger and Get More
Out of Life, by Thomas J. Harbin
Black and Blue, by Anna Quindlen
Breaking Point: Why Women Fall Apart and How They Can
Re-Create Their Lives, by
Martha
N. Beck
Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, by Ellen Bass and Laura
Davis
Creative Visualization, by Shakti Gawain
Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate
Relationships, by
Harriet Lerner
Date Rape: The Secret Epidemic, by Marcia Mobilia Boumil, Joel Friedman, and Barbara Ewert
Taylor
Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living With Depression and Manic Depression, by Mary
Ellen Copeland
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells
Eating Chinese Food Naked, Mei Ng
Family Outing, Chastity Bono
Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs, Cheryl Peck
Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live, Dr. Martha Nibley
Beck
Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, by Gary Chapman
Fraternity Gang Rape: Sex, Brotherhood and Privilege on Campus, Peggy Reeves Sanday
Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your Life, by Ginny NiCarthy
Gender on Campus: Issues for College Women, by Sharon Gmelch
Girls, Helen Yglesias
Girls in America: Their Stories, Their Words, by Carol Cassidy
Good Grief: A Constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss, by Granger E. Westberg
Grief Observed, by C. S. Lewis
Grief Recovery Handbook : The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death
Divorce, and Other
Losses, by John W. James, Russell Friedman
Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters First 100 Years, by Sarah Louise Delaney and Annie
Elizabeth Delaney
I Never Called It Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, and
Surviving Date and
Acquaintance Rape by Robin Warshaw
You're All
Adults, by Deborah Tannen
Is it a Choice? Answers to 300
of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gays &
Lesbians, by Eric Marcus
Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters, by Phillip C. McGraw
Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships, by John Gray
My Name is Caroline, by Caroline Adams Miller
Naming the Violence: Speaking Out About Lesbian Battering, by Kerry Lobel
Next Time She’ll Be Dead: Battering and How to Stop It, Ann Jones
One Day My Soul Just Opened
Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual
Strength and
Personal Growth, by Iyanla Vanzant
Other Side of Silence: Women Tell About Their Experiences With Date
Rape, by Christine
Carter (Editor)
Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self, by Sara Shandler
Our Bodies, Our Selves for the New Century: A Book by and for Women, by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL, by Jeff Benedict & Don Yaeger
The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
Relationship Rescue, by Phillip C. McGraw
Relationship Rescue Workbook, by Phillip C. McGraw
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, by Mary Pipher
Salvation: Black People and Love, by bell hooks
Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out, by Phillip C. McGraw
Seven Habits of Highly Effective
Families: Building a Beautiful Family
Culture in a Turbulent
World, Stephen R. Covey
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, by Stephen R.
Covey
Sexual Assault: Will I Ever Feel Okay Again? by Kay Scott
Sexual Assault on the College Campus:
The Role of Male Support, by Walter DeKeseredy and Martin Schwartz
Talking from 9 to 5: Women and
Men in the Workplace: Language, Sex, and Power, by Deborah
Tannen
Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery by Patricia Weaver Francisco
That's Not What I Meant: How
Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships, by Deborah
Tannen
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, by Mitch Albom
Two Girls, Fat and Thin, by Mary Gaitskill
Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition, by Eve Ensler and Gloria Steinem
Violent Betrayal: Partner Abuse in Lesbian Relationships, by Claire Renzetti
Walking on Eggshells: Practical Counsel for Women in or Leaving a Violent Relationship,
Brian K. Ogawa
What Every Teenager Really Wants to Know About Sex, by Sylvia S. Hacker
What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex, by Hilda Hutcherson, M.C.
Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, by
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
When You Are the Partner of a Rape or Incest Survivor: A Workbook for
You, by Robert Barry
Levine
You Go Girl! Winning the Woman’s Way, by Kim Doren and Charlie Jones
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, by Deborah Tannen