The truth: an eye-opening odyssey through love addiction, sex addiction, and extraordinary relationships - Neil Strauss

One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate One of the 33 books everyone should reading before turning 30.

-- The Independent I am not the hero in this story .

I am the villain.

In this highly acclaimed and revelatory classic, New York Times and Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss embarks on a deeply personal quest to discover why the rate of infidelity, divorce, and marital unhappiness is so high - and what we can do about it.

In this quest to heal his intimacy issues, he explores love addiction and love avoidance; sex addiction and sex anorexia; enmeshment and abandonment; and, most importantly, why so many people attract the partners most likely to wound them.

What he discovers about himself--and what you will discover about yourself and your partners from reading this--will change the way you date, love, and commit.

--Laura Miller, Slate.