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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

Universal Principles of Typography: 100 Key Concepts for Choosing and Using Type Universal Principles of...

Elliot Jay Stocks, Ellen Lupton (Foreword by)
Buy from $29.52

Get the F*ck Out Your Own Way: A Guide to Letting Go of the Sh*t That's Holding You Back Get the F*ck Out Your Own Way...

Mj Harris
Buy from $19.55

Bittersweet (Oprah's Book Club): How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole Bittersweet (Oprah's Book...

Susan Cain
Buy from $9.65

The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire The Perfect Story: How to...

Karen Eber
Buy from $20.23

Amazing Moms: Love and Lessons from the Animal Kingdom Amazing Moms: Love and...

Rachel Buchholz
Buy from $8.53

Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present Stop Overthinking: 23...

Nick Trenton
Buy from $17.35

Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control Organizing for the Rest of Us...

Dana K White
Buy from $10.85

House Love: A Joyful Guide to Cleaning, Organizing, and Loving the Home You're in House Love: A Joyful Guide to...

Patric Richardson, Karin Miller
Buy from $22.81

Island Wisdom: Hawaiian Traditions and Practices for a Meaningful Life Island Wisdom: Hawaiian...

Annie Daly, Kainoa Daines
Buy from $13.72

The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential The Wim Hof Method: Activate...

Wim Hof, Elissa Epel (Introduction by)
Buy from $11.57

Authentically, Uniquely You: Living Free from Comparison and the Need to Please Authentically, Uniquely You:...

Joyce Meyer
Buy from $8.99

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times The Book of Hope: A Survival...

Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams
Buy from $8.99

I've Been Thinking . . .: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life I've Been Thinking . . .:...

Maria Shriver
Buy from $7.99

Death Is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life's End Death Is But a Dream: Finding...

Christopher Kerr, Carine Mardorossian
Buy from $18.47

Amplified Journal the Word Bible, Leathersoft, Brown: Reflect, Take Notes, or Create Art Next to Your Favorite Verses Amplified Journal the Word...

Zondervan
Buy from $42.97

How Much Is a Little Girl Worth? How Much Is a Little Girl...

Rachael Denhollander
Buy from $8.59

How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back How to Write One Song: Loving...

Jeff Tweedy
Buy from $13.54

Love and Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life Love and Work: How to Find...

Marcus Buckingham
Buy from $5.99

The Shift: Change Your Perspective, Not Yourself The Shift: Change Your...

Tinx
Buy from $8.95

Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon

Iris Apfel
Buy from $18.86

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day Make Time: How to Focus on...

Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky
Buy from $13.70

Let It Go: Downsizing Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life Let It Go: Downsizing Your...

Peter Walsh
Buy from $12.13

Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers Credible: Why We Doubt...

Deborah Tuerkheimer
Buy from $8.99

Make Life Beautiful Make Life Beautiful

Syd McGee, Shea McGee
Buy from $10.11

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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.