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Maybe the two of you could collaborate in this in going through the book together? Everyone experiences bipolar disorder differently and there may be a lot in that book that doesn't quite fit with your experience or how you relate to your husband (and he, you). Going through it together, discussing it along the way, may lead to better understanding, both on his part as far as what you experience, as well as on your part, as far as how your symptoms affect him and the relationship. This gives him a voice in this as well.
I think that as much as we need others, especially loved ones, to understand what we go through, what we experience, it's also important for us to understand what they go through --both to the extent that they and the relationship are affected by the disorder and also how their own issues (and our own co-morbid issues) also affect the relationship. I wish it were so easy as to give someone a book (any book) and voila, but I think there are ways to approach this more broadly and so that both people in the relationship have a chance to voice their concerns and experiences and, ultimately, go on the journey together.
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