What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1956 book exploring different kinds of love?

C.S. Lewis’s 1956 book exploring different kinds of love is The Four Loves.

The Four Loves developed from a BBC radio broadcast series and was published as a book in 1960, although Lewis’s original broadcast talks were delivered in 1958. The work examines four Greek terms used to distinguish forms of human affection: storge, philia, eros, and agape.

Lewis discusses affection, friendship, romantic love, and charitable or self-giving love. He does not treat the categories as isolated boxes; instead, he explores how each can be healthy, distorted, or transformed. His argument combines literary examples, Christian theology, and observations about ordinary relationships.

The date can cause confusion because the book’s ideas were presented in radio talks before the printed edition appeared. The title is also sometimes mistaken for a general autobiography, but the work is a structured reflection on love rather than a life story.