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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

Trafficking and the Conscience of Humanity: A Social and Legal Examination of Child Trafficking Trafficking and the...

Larry May
Buy from $159.30

12 Creative Steps to a Fulfilling Life 12 Creative Steps to a...

Emily Pattullo
Buy from $34.43

A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education A Practical Enquiry into the...

James Gall
Buy from $26.00

Sketch Your Amazing Style: A Body-Positive Guided Sketchbook for Drawing Dream Wardrobes Sketch Your Amazing Style: A...

Justine Lecouffe, Chloe Takahashi
Buy from $22.82

The Gouge!: How to Be Smarter Than the Situation You Are in The Gouge!: How to Be Smarter...

Bob Harward, Admiral
Buy from $27.34

The Inner Game of Tennis: The classic guide to the mental side of peak performance The Inner Game of Tennis: The...

W Timothy Gallwey
Buy from $15.09

Embracing Hope: On Freedom, Responsibility & the Meaning of Life Embracing Hope: On Freedom,...

Viktor E Frankl, Joelle Young (Translator)
Buy from $20.60

The Unofficial Guide to Getting Into Medical School The Unofficial Guide to...

Bogdan Chiva Giurca (Editor), Zeshan Qureshi, BM, MSc (Series edited by)
Buy from $38.27

Loving Me Means More Than Anything Loving Me Means More Than...

Latoria Danielle
Buy from $26.68

Fighting With Myself Fighting With Myself

Ian McCranor, White Magic Studios (Cover design by)
Buy from $21.02

English for Everyone Practice Book Level 2 Beginner: A Complete Self-Study Programme English for Everyone Practice...

DK
Buy from $17.80

A psychological perspective on hoarding: Good practice guidelines: Second edition A psychological perspective...

Stuart Whomsley (Editor), Stephen Kellett (Editor)
Buy from $22.14

Rethinking the Red Power Movement Rethinking the Red Power...

Sam Hitchmough, Kyle T Mays
Buy from $242.38

Where the Hearth Is: Stories of home Where the Hearth Is: Stories...

Kate Humble
Buy from $12.23

The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness The Courage to Be Disliked:...

Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
Buy from $18.34

Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded: A Proven Plan for Financial Peace Total Money Makeover Updated...

Dave Ramsey
Buy from $24.97

You Deserve Good Gelato You Deserve Good Gelato

Kacie Rose
Buy from $17.65

Recupera Tu Mente, Reconquista Tu Vida / Recover Your Mind, Reconquer Your Life Recupera Tu Mente,...

Marian Rojas Estapé
Buy from $17.75

Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks Get Honest or Die Lying: Why...

Charlamagne Tha God
Buy from $23.69

But What Will People Say?: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures But What Will People Say?:...

Sahaj Kaur Kohli
Buy from $27.33

Sifted: Diary of a Grieving Mother Sifted: Diary of a Grieving...

Karen Harmening, Kevin J Moore (Foreword by)
Buy from $22.70

Ripping Out My Heart Ripping Out My Heart

Jeanne Roy
Buy from $26.68

Channels of Delight: Simple Scribblings Channels of Delight: Simple...

Daniel L French
Buy from $15.36

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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.