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Friedel, R. O., Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with Borderline Personality Disorder  (New York: Marlowe & Company, 2004).  The best technical/medical book on BPD. http://www.bpddemystified.com.For technical info also see http://www.NEABPD.org.
ISBN-10: 1569244561 ISBN-13: 978-1569244562

Elliot, C., and Smith, L., Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies  (For Dummies, 2009).  
ISBN-10: 470466537 ISBN-13: 978-0470466537

Kriesman, J, and Strauss, H., I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality  (Perigee Trade; second edition, 2010).  
ISBN-10: 399536213 ISBN-13: 978-0399536212

Kriesman, J, and Strauss, H., I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality  (Perigee Trade; second edition, 2010).  
ISBN-10: 399536213 ISBN-13: 978-0399536212

Manning, S., Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship  (New York, NY: Guilford Press, 2011).  For those with lower-functioning, conventional BPs who think everything is their fault.
ISBN-10: 1593856075 ISBN-13: 978-1593856076

Mason, P. T., and R. Kreger, Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder  (Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, second edition, 2010).  
 

Kreger, R., and E. Gunn, The ABC’s of BPD: The Basics of Borderline ¬Personality Disorder for Beginners  (Milwaukee, WI: Eggshells Press, 2007).  A short guide for those who want just the basics.
 

Kreger, R, The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells  (Hazelden Publishing, 2008).  Randi Kreger’s latest book, the product of 15 years of research and three years of writing.
 

Kreger, R., with J. P. Shirley, The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook: Practical Strategies for Living with Someone Who Has Borderline Personality Disorder  (Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2002).