This list is for readers fascinated by the hidden fault lines inside seemingly perfect marriages and the emotional earthquakes that follow betrayal. From Belle Burden’s stunning Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage to raw accounts of divorce, infidelity, ...
Belle Burden’s Strangers is a searing memoir about the abrupt collapse of what looked like a loving, traditional marriage, written with the pacing of both a love story and a horror story.
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
The Kindle edition of Strangers delivers Burden’s probing exploration of betrayal and self-discovery in a portable, highlight-friendly format.
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
In the Audible edition of Strangers, Belle Burden narrates her own story, which intensifies the sense of intimacy and immediacy as she recounts the end of her marriage.
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
This alternate print edition of Strangers presents the same narrative of a seemingly perfect marriage imploding, packaged for readers who prefer a different trim size or cover than the primary hardcover.
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
This additional edition of Strangers offers another print option for Burden’s widely discussed memoir, which critics describe as both heartbreaking eulogy and gripping page-turner.
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
In Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert picks up after Eat, Pray, Love, when U.S. immigration rules force her to confront her fear of remarriage to stay with her partner Felipe.
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
The Audible edition of Committed is read by Gilbert herself, giving an intimate, confessional feel as she narrates both her love story and her intellectual quest to understand marriage.
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
Matthew Fray’s This Is How Your Marriage Ends grew out of his viral essay “She Divorced Me Because I Left the Dishes by the Sink,” expanding it into a guide to the everyday behaviors that quietly destroy relationships.
This Is How Your Marriage Ends: Hopeful Guide
In The State of Affairs, therapist Esther Perel examines infidelity as a window into modern marriage, asking why people cheat even in seemingly happy relationships and whether an affair can ever lead to a stronger partnership.
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity
This two-book collection pairs Mating in Captivity with The State of Affairs, giving a fuller picture of Perel’s thinking on erotic life in long-term relationships and the dynamics of infidelity.