Steve Harvey

Far better known as a stand-up comedian, television host and the American face of Family Feud. The book grew out of a radio segment in which he answered women's questions about how men think.

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man argues that men signal commitment by providing and protecting rather than by saying so, and recommends a waiting period before sex. It sold enormously and was filmed twice. It also attracted sustained criticism for presenting one generation's assumptions as simply how men are.