The Course of Love by Alain de BottonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is a very strange book. It's a fictional case study of a couple. It feels like a very uncomfortable cross between nonfiction and fiction. The author's discussion of love in a married relationship is the nonfiction portion, but he uses no scientific data and instead relies on his fictional account of a rather standard marriage to communicate his ideas. I really wanted a rigorous nonfiction book on love, but I still think this book is excellent mostly because I agree with a lot of what it has to say about real love and generosity in marriage.
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