John Gottman has published 1 novel, 8 non-fiction books and 17 other books, beginning with A Couple's Guide to Communication (1976). The best-known is The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (2000). The latest is The Science of Trust (2011).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with John Gottman
Start here
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
John Gottman's most-read book.
Newest
The Science of Trust
Published 2011.
Standalone novels in order
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (2000)
Non-fiction in order
Marital Interaction (1979)
Time-series Analysis (1981)
What Predicts Divorce? (1993)
The Analysis of Change (1995)
The Marriage Clinic (1999)
And Baby Makes Three (2007)
Sequential Analysis (2008)
The Science of Trust (2011)
Other books in order
Evaluation in Education (1972)
How to Do Psychotherapy and How to Evaluate It (1974)
A Couple's Guide to Communication (1976)
Distressed Marital Interaction (1976)
The Development of Children's Friendship (1981)
Conversations of Friends (1986)
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail (1995)
The Heart of Parenting (1997)
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child (1998)
The Relationship Cure (2001)
What Am I Feeling? (2004)
When Men Batter Women (2006)
What Makes Love Last? (2012)
Principia Amoris (2014)
10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy (2015)
The Science of Couples and Family Therapy (2018)
Seven-Day Love Prescription (2022)
About John Gottman
John Mordechai Gottman is an American psychologist and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington. His research focuses on divorce prediction and marital stability through relationship analyses. Gottman's work is centered on the field of relationship counseling: enhanced relationship functioning and mitigation of behaviors detrimental to human relationships. Gottman's work has also contributed to the development of important concepts on social sequence analysis.
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John Gottman FAQ
- How many books has John Gottman written?
- John Gottman has published 1 novel, 8 non-fiction books and 17 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read John Gottman's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.
- What is John Gottman's latest book?
- The Science of Trust (2011).
- What is John Gottman's most famous book?
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (2000) is John Gottman's most widely read book.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.