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  • Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

  • The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex
  • Written by: John Gray
  • Narrated by: John Gray
  • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (248 ratings)

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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Written by: John Gray
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The Phenomenal Number One New York Times Best Seller

In his classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Dr. John Gray provides a practical and proven way for men and women to improve their communication and relationships by acknowledging the differences between them.

Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: They forgot they were from different planets.  

Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has helped millions of couples transform their relationships. Now viewed as a modern classic, this timeless book has helped men and women realize how different they can be in their communication styles, their emotional needs, and their modes of behavior, and offers the secrets of communicating without conflicts, allowing couples to give intimacy every chance to grow. 

©1998 John Gray (P)1998 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., All Rights Reserved, Harper Audio, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers

What the critics say

"A valuable, much-needed book. A contribution to the understanding of the communication styles of men and women." (Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., author of Getting the Love You Want)

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Thorough, Insightful, and Easy to Comprehend!

This book was extremely insightful and I plan to listen many more times! Many of these tips have already saved my marriage a handful of times, and interactions have only been looking up!

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What's the hype

Don't understand what all the hype was back years ago when it came out. I found it boring and kinda anti feminist. I couldn't bring myself to finish it. it was uninteresting and I thought kinda one sided...I guess that's because I'm from Venus!

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every couples should listen to this.

every couples should read or listen to that book.
it vives A LOT of good advices.

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Repetitions

A great self-help book for those wanting to know more about relationships. Repeats a lot of daily life examples. Goes in depth of why listening before acting is important, and how women react and think differently from men.

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Longer than it needed to be

A few helpful points/methods and some that I didn't agree with. Overall much longer than it needed to be. Productive only if your partner is also willing to read/listen. The 5 Love Languages is a more useful and simple system!

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A bit confusing

This book left me feeling mostly sad for men. It paints men as children who need to be trained and affirmed constantly. It suggests that men have zero flexibility in relationships with women (even though these same men flexible at work). This book also suggests that men cannot and should not be told or expected to improve. According to this book, women need to just let men whatever they like, whenever and however they like, but be grateful for every little thing they do.

While this book makes some important observations about men and women, the tone basically infantilizes men and paints them as inflexible, immature robotic children. Women on the other hand are painted as emotional, illogical and needy wrecks. The stereotypes in this book a bit laughable actually.

However, some of the valid points (if looked at contextually) are actually quite useful.

I am left mostly confused in some areas, and clarified in others. I am glad I didn’t read this book earlier.

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Must read

Very interesting and simplified approach to help understand our differences. To help build compassion and self reflect. It’s been years since it got published but in my opinion it still stands

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Great book to understand the opposite sex

it was insightful how men and women are different and how we should apply some changes to maintain the relationship

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The Truths You Try to Avoid

I first read this book when I was 19, in an attempt to 'fix' my relationship with a 16 year girl. So many years later, I have read and listened to this book again. There is so much information that is an absolute must for any person, who wishes to communicate more effectively with the other sex. We are all different, men and women, boy and girl. And this book helps the reader to come to terms with that, and manifests a better world when we respect our differences, and enjoy our similarities.

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its a fantastic read 📚

very informational!! It's one of my all-time favorites. I would definitely recommend this to my friends and family.

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