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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

The Secret The Secret

Rhonda Byrne
Buy from $2.22

Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind... Don't Give the Enemy a Seat...

Louie Giglio
Buy from $15.09

Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life Be Useful: Seven Tools for...

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Buy from $14.76

A Year Full of Pots: Container Flowers for All Seasons A Year Full of Pots:...

Sarah Raven, Jonathan Buckley (Photographer)
Buy from $24.95

The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self The Comfort Crisis: Embrace...

Michael Easter
Buy from $20.99

Breath as Prayer: Calm Your Anxiety, Focus Your Mind, and Renew Your Soul Breath as Prayer: Calm Your...

Jennifer Tucker
Buy from $13.76

How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self How to Do the Work: Recognize...

Dr. Nicole Lepera
Buy from $13.32

Building a Non-Anxious Life Building a Non-Anxious Life

Dr. John Delony, Dave Ramsey (Foreword by)
Buy from $16.99

Teeth Are Not for Biting Board Book Teeth Are Not for Biting...

Elizabeth Verdick
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Do the New You: 6 Mindsets to Become Who You Were Created to Be Do the New You: 6 Mindsets to...

Steven Furtick
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How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing How to Keep House While...

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

Summer Bridge Activities (Compiled by)
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You're Going to Make It: 50 Morning and Evening Devotions to Unrush Your Mind, Uncomplicate Your Heart, and Experience Healing Today You're Going to Make It: 50...

Lysa TerKeurst
Buy from $12.03

Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love Eight Dates: Essential...

John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman
Buy from $16.75

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life Designing Your Life: How to...

Bill Burnett, Dave Evans
Buy from $8.92

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Deep Work: Rules for Focused...

Cal Newport
Buy from $15.60

The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother The First Forty Days: The...

Heng Ou, Amely Greeven
Buy from $15.56

Untamed Untamed

Glennon Doyle
Buy from $8.07

The Wealth Money Can't Buy: The 8 Hidden Habits to Live Your Richest Life The Wealth Money Can't Buy:...

Robin Sharma
Buy from $25.81

How to Walk Into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away How to Walk Into a Room: The...

Emily P Freeman
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The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials Into Triumph The Obstacle Is the Way: The...

Ryan Holiday
Buy from $13.09

Gut Check: Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health Gut Check: Unleash the Power...

MD Gundry, Steven R, Dr.
Buy from $24.81

Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less Smart Brevity: The Power of...

Jim Vandehei, Mike Allen
Buy from $15.24

The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) The Wisdom of the Bullfrog:...

William H McRaven, Admiral
Buy from $13.85

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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.