Psychology · Similar reads
Books like The Dance of Anger
The best books like The Dance of Anger are Emotional Intelligence, How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, and A General Theory of Love. The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner is about anger, relationships, self-knowledge. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Emotional Intelligence
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Daniel Goleman · Psychology
Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, published in 1995, made a widely influential argument: that the cluster of abilities involved in managing emotions — self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skill — predicts life outcomes at least as well as IQ, and possibly better in many domains.
A kindred psychology read.
Read the summary → - How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett · Psychology
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist and psychologist at Northeastern University who has spent thirty years studying emotion, and her conclusion challenges the most widely held view of what emotions are.
A kindred psychology read.
Read the summary → - A General Theory of Love
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Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon · Psychology
A General Theory of Love is a 2000 book by three psychiatrists at the University of California, San Francisco — Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon — who set out to explain love scientifically without stripping it of its significance.
Both dig into relationships.
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- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
John Gottman and Nan Silver · Psychology
John Gottman is a research psychologist who spent decades studying couples in his "Love Lab" at the University of Washington, filming interactions and measuring physiological responses, and developing a predictive model of relationship outcomes.
Shares relationships and communication with The Dance of Anger.
Read the summary → - Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
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Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Sue Johnson · Psychology
Hold Me Tight is Sue Johnson's accessible introduction to Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a model of couples therapy she developed over decades of clinical practice and research.
Shares relationships and communication with The Dance of Anger.
Read the summary → - Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler · Self-help
Crucial Conversations is a book about what to do when the stakes are high, emotions run strong, and opinions diverge.
Shares relationships and communication with The Dance of Anger.
Read the summary → - Difficult Conversations
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Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen · Business
Difficult Conversations is the product of the Harvard Negotiation Project, the same research group that produced Getting to Yes.
Shares relationships and communication with The Dance of Anger.
Read the summary → - Fierce Conversations
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Susan Scott · Business
Fierce Conversations is Susan Scott's argument that the quality of your relationships is determined by the quality of your conversations — and that the conversations most people avoid are precisely the ones that would most improve their relationships and results.
Shares relationships and communication with The Dance of Anger.
Read the summary → - Humble Inquiry
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Edgar H. Schein · Business
Humble Inquiry is Edgar Schein's argument that the most important communication skill in leadership is the ability to ask questions in a genuinely curious, non-manipulative way — and that most organizational cultures systematically undervalue this skill in favor of telling, which creates problems both for individual relationships and for organizational safety and learning.
Shares relationships and communication with The Dance of Anger.
Read the summary → - Nonviolent Communication
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Marshall B. Rosenberg · Self-help
Nonviolent Communication is Marshall Rosenberg's framework for communicating in ways that preserve connection and address needs rather than triggering defensiveness.
Shares relationships and communication with The Dance of Anger.
Read the summary → - Set Boundaries, Find Peace
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Nedra Glover Tawwab · Self-help
Set Boundaries, Find Peace is therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab's practical guide to identifying and communicating personal boundaries in work, family, friendship, and romantic relationships.
Shares relationships and communication with The Dance of Anger.
Read the summary → - Thanks for the Feedback
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Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen · Business
Thanks for the Feedback is Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen's follow-up to Difficult Conversations, this time focused on the receiving end of feedback rather than the giving end.
Shares relationships and communication with The Dance of Anger.
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Books like The Dance of Anger: quick answers
What are the best books like The Dance of Anger?
The best books like The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner are Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett, A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver, Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Dance of Anger, such as anger, relationships, self-knowledge.
What should I read after The Dance of Anger?
A natural next read after The Dance of Anger is Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. A kindred psychology read. Other strong choices are How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett, A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver.
What books are similar to The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner?
The Dance of Anger centers on anger, relationships, self-knowledge. Books with a similar feel include Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett, A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman and Nan Silver, Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
