How to Exasperate Your Wife

Sound advice from front to back. I could quibble with a few theological points, but this is some of the best material of its kind you are likely to find. Thoroughly and unapologetically biblical. I would have liked a little more practical advice on male/female interactions (something along the lines of Athol Kay's Married Man Sex Life, but from a Christian perspective) and perhaps a little bit of editing.

This was not my favorite Doug Wilson book. The cover art is great, the chapters were nice and short, but nothing that blew me away. I appreciated it when he said things like, "Lusting after another woman is like saying that Buddhism or Islam has its good points" (p.24). And "Biological appetite must be directed and disciplined (1 Thess. 4:4), while lust must be killed (Rom. 8:13)...This is a basic lesson of sexual ethics--never invite defeated lusts up into your chariot." (p.69)
However, I didn't understand why Wilson saw it as necessary that I get out of the military at the first lawful opportunity. (p.44) Overall, it was a good book. It just wasn't my favorite by him. Reforming Marriage will be the one I continue to give away to folks getting married.

This is an excellent, challenging book for Christian husbands, but the title is misleading. If you were to prayerfully and earnestly implement the wise and godly counsel in this book, chances are your marriage would grow in joy, peace, mutual understanding and self-sacrificial love. Therefore, any man purchasing this book in the hopes that it will supply him with easy step-by-step instructions about slick, more effective, and sure-fire ways of making their wive's lives more miserable needs to be warned: don't be fooled, this is not the book for you!

This book is the most clear, concise primer on biblical manhood I've ever seen. If you're a man or want to become one, it's a must-read.