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Best Sellers In Self-Help Books

Self-help books can help you improve all aspects of your life, from work to personal development and relationships. Our wide selection of self-help books, from emotional and motivational self-help books to self-management and personal development self-help books, can help you make the right changes on your path to self-improvement. Browse our selection of the best self-improvement books available today.

Best-selling Self-Help titles

Dad, I Want to Hear Your Story: A Father's Guided Journal to Share His Life & His Love Dad, I Want to Hear Your...

Jeffrey Mason
Buy from $22.98

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness The Anxious Generation: How...

Jonathan Haidt
Buy from $24.99

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Atomic Habits: An Easy &...

James Clear
Buy from $14.88

Summer Bridge Activities, Grades 1 - 2: Volume 3 Summer Bridge Activities,...

Summer Bridge Activities (Compiled by)
Buy from $9.01

Summer Bridge Activities, Grades K - 1: Volume 2 Summer Bridge Activities,...

Summer Bridge Activities (Compiled by)
Buy from $8.74

Summer Bridge Activities, Grades 3 - 4: Volume 5 Summer Bridge Activities,...

Summer Bridge Activities (Compiled by)
Buy from $8.25

Summer Bridge Activities, Grades 4 - 5: Volume 6 Summer Bridge Activities,...

Summer Bridge Activities (Compiled by)
Buy from $8.78

Reversing Alzheimer's: The New Toolkit to Improve Cognition and Protect Brain Health Reversing Alzheimer's: The...

Heather Sandison
Buy from $31.71

Summer Bridge Activities, Grades Pk - K: Volume 1 Summer Bridge Activities,...

Summer Bridge Activities (Compiled by)
Buy from $8.25

Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds. Right Thing, Right Now: Good...

Ryan Holiday
Buy from $21.04

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World Make Your Bed: Little Things...

William H McRaven
Buy from $8.61

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Outlive: The Science and Art...

Peter Attia, Bill Gifford
Buy from $19.15

Mom, I Want to Hear Your Story: A Mother's Guided Journal To Share Her Life & Her Love Mom, I Want to Hear Your...

Jeffrey Mason
Buy from $26.13

Building Your Money Machine: How to Get Your Money to Work Harder for You Than You Did for It! Building Your Money Machine:...

Mel H Abraham
Buy from $23.99

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World The Ruthless Elimination of...

John Mark Comer, John Ortberg (Foreword by)
Buy from $13.88

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Why Has Nobody Told Me This...

Dr. Julie Smith
Buy from $18.25

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse The Boy, the Mole, the Fox...

Charlie Mackesy
Buy from $9.20

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living The Daily Stoic: 366...

Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
Buy from $13.90

This Is Why You Dream: What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals about Your Waking Life This Is Why You Dream: What...

Rahul Jandial
Buy from $26.66

Just Add Water: My Swimming Life Just Add Water: My Swimming...

Katie Ledecky
Buy from $25.36

Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence and Become a Force Power Moves: Ignite Your...

Sarah Jakes Roberts
Buy from $23.25

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win Extreme Ownership: How U.S....

Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
Buy from $11.12

Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do about It Untangle Your Emotions:...

Jennie Allen
Buy from $20.49

It Was You All Along It Was You All Along

Russ
Buy from $19.75

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Self-Help Books FAQs

Self-help books come in many different forms, and finding the right one for you all depends on what you're looking to improve in your life. For example, you might want emotional self-help books or self-management self-help books. Here's a short list of some self-help books that span several categories.

  • Burn After Writing by Sharon Jones
    Personal development self-help books can help you grow and reflect on the past. One of the best self-help books in the nation, Burn After Writing is a journal filled with prompts to help you reflect while fueling creativity. Each prompt asks questions and presents thought experiences to help individuals learn new things about themselves.
  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
    Written by a clinical psychologist, this self-improvement book discusses emotionally unavailable or immature parents and how it's destructive to children. Topics include how parents create neglect and how children can recover and free themselves from emotionally immature parents.
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
    This book has been one of the top self-help books since 1936, when it was originally published. The book teaches you how to make people like you.
  • The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
    The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment is a motivational self-help book that teaches individuals how to live in the present, rather than focusing on the past.
  • Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
    Attached is a book about dating that explains why some people are better at relationships than others, helping them to discover an understanding of attachment as an adult using relationship science.

Yes, self-help books work. However, it depends on the person. Reading a self-help book can help you learn different ways to improve yourself, but you must take action based on what you learn in the book. Self-help books help individuals feel more empowered to take control of their lives, but they're not right for everyone. Books are not a substitute for professional help when needed.

Self-help books are non-fiction because they're based on fact. Many self-help books use science or philosophy to help individuals become their best selves or learn about a topic.

Yes, Alibris sells new and used books of all kinds, including the best self-help books to help you feel more empowered in your daily life. Browse our selection of self-improvement books to find your next read.