Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray

Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

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

Critic reviews

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

Take this as a coaching workbook

This is a great book for coaching on communication for men and women wanting to achieve success in their intimate relationships with one another. While it is definitely dated, as some if the other readers have pointed out, and the cadence gets a little dry at times, what you can get out of this book far outweighs that. One caveat is: one needs to have an open mind and heart and be ready to receive the information. Through different phases of growth, I would definitely have received this information differently.
Here are a few things worth highlighting:
- offers great insights on how men and women's thought processes differ
- helps identify areas where you may be misunderstanding your partner and making them wrong
- for women: helps you find more effective ways to be assertive in your relationship and communicate what you want, while making your partner feel more appreciated and engaged with giving you what you need
- for men: helps you provide the displays of caring your partner needs to feel good, while getting get the space you need in the relationship and not feeling misunderstood for wanting that
- communication techniques can be applied in communicating with children, coworkers or anyone of the opposite gender
- if you remember that the ultimate goal is to achieve harmony, love, acceptance and understanding of one another, then you will move beyond the datedness or hokey case studies and pull out the real gems here.

Saved our relationship

This book truely saved our relationship at a time where both of us were very confused! John Grey is funny, insightful, and speaks well to not only women, but men too!

Great book.

I think that this should be required reading in high schools. I wish I had this before I got married. You will enjoy this book.

Fuck

That is a little outdated it seems and obviously not LGBTQ-friendly, but what a treasure even now in 2021. I am so angry because if I had known half of what was in here before I got into a relationship or during, I wouldn’t have been an asshole who was basically emotionally abusive. Even with intense CPTSD, I wouldn’t have wasted his time and hurt him so hard. I’m sorry. This should be required reading in college or something. Shit.

A Must Have For All Couples

Loved it. Would recommend it to anyone. Great insight and advice.Very clear narration. Classic!

Wow

I can’t say enough how much this helped me understand my partner. I recommend this book to anyone in a romantic relationship, no matter the age or background. This book has given me so many tools to use and I can’t wait to see how they help improve our communication with each other.

Amazing

I’m so grateful for this book. My eyes have been opened to the possibility of a new life with better communication. Excellent book.

This is a great book!

Would you consider the audio edition of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus to be better than the print version?

Yes.. hands down not only did I listen to late night but also on the commute to and from work

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

His point of view with his wife.

What about John Gray’s performance did you like?

Could have been better. But overall though he was good.

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

That me communicate in a very unique way than women

Great book!

I wish I have read this book before my last relationship. I would have avoided lots of arguments that led to my break up.

Can't say Enough

I would suggest listening to this before you read it. Read afrer for refreshing but listening to it adds so much more and he also adds more to it. It brought tears to my eyes many times because of the revealing of my unresolved past hurts from family and relationships. Make this book a priority in your life.