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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

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love Hold Me Tight: Seven...

Sue Johnson
Buy new from $23.95

Difficult Conversations Don't Have to Be Difficult: A Simple, Smart Way to Make Your Relationships and Team Better Difficult Conversations Don't...

Jon Gordon, Amy P. Kelly
Buy new from $23.79

Minimalista: Your Step-By-Step Guide to a Better Home, Wardrobe, and Life Minimalista: Your Step-By...

Shira Gill
Buy new from $26.79

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 new from $15.67

Think and Grow Rich Deluxe Edition: The Complete Classic Text Think and Grow Rich Deluxe...

Napoleon Hill
Buy new from $19.56

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

Ryan Holiday
Buy new from $14.35

The Laws of Human Nature The Laws of Human Nature

Robert Greene
Buy new from $29.02

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

Steven Furtick
Buy new from $25.77

The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery The Road Back to You: An...

Ian Morgan Cron, Suzanne Stabile
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Untamed Untamed

Glennon Doyle
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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
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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
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The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide...

Melissa Hartwig Urban, Dallas Hartwig
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The Forgiveness Journal: A Guided Journey to Forgiving What You Can't Forget The Forgiveness Journal: A...

Lysa TerKeurst
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Carpe Every Diem: The Best Graduation Advice from More Than 100 Commencement Speeches: A Graduation Book Carpe Every Diem: The Best...

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

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

Jim Vandehei, Mike Allen
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The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) The Wisdom of the Bullfrog:...

William H McRaven, Admiral
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Think This, Not That: 12 Mindshifts to Breakthrough Limiting Beliefs and Become Who You Were Born to Be Think This, Not That: 12...

Dr. Josh Axe
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Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life Be Useful: Seven Tools for...

Arnold Schwarzenegger
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The Surrender Experiment: My Journey Into Life's Perfection The Surrender Experiment: My...

Michael A Singer
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Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World Amphibious Soul: Finding the...

Craig Foster
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The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon...

Timothy Ferriss
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The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning The Algebra of Happiness:...

Scott Galloway
Buy new from $23.19

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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.