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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

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Original Edition) Codependent No More: How to...

Melody Beattie
Buy from $13.92

Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering Don't Believe Everything You...

Joseph Nguyen
Buy from $15.83

Create a Life You Love: How to Quiet Outside Voices So You Can Finally Hear Your Own Create a Life You Love: How...

Stephanie May Wilson
Buy from $12.47

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens The 7 Habits of Highly...

Sean Covey
Buy from $3.74

You Are a Badass(r): How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life You Are a Badass(r): How to...

Jen Sincero
Buy from $7.99

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A GUIDE AND MAP FOR RECOVERING FROM CHILDHOOD TRAUMA Complex PTSD: From Surviving...

Pete Walker
Buy from $33.04

Los Cuatro Acuerdos: Una Guia Practica Para La Libertad Personal, the Four Agreements, Spanish-Language Edition Los Cuatro Acuerdos: Una Guia...

Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills
Buy from $10.39

How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 How to Talk So Little Kids...

Joanna Faber, Julie King
Buy from $10.77

Untangle Your Emotions Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video: Discover How God Made You to Feel Untangle Your Emotions Bible...

Jennie Allen
Buy from $16.17

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind The Power of Your...

Joseph Murphy
Buy from $8.49

Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop...

Allen Carr
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Summer Brain Quest: Between Grades K & 1 Summer Brain Quest: Between...

Workman Publishing, Ms. Megan Butler
Buy from $5.99

A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive A Child Called It: One Child...

Dave Pelzer
Buy from $7.99

Los Secretos de la Mente Millonaria: Como Dominar el Juego Interior de A Riqueza Los Secretos de la Mente...

T Harv Eker
Buy from $18.37

As a Man Thinketh - the Original 1902 Classic (includes the Mastery of Destiny) (Reader's Library Classics) As a Man Thinketh - the...

James Allen
Buy from $13.31

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Daring Greatly: How the...

Brené Brown
Buy from $8.29

Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated...

Maxwell Maltz
Buy from $12.49

The 5am Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life. The 5am Club: Own Your...

Robin Sharma
Buy from $12.45

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive The Mindful Self-Compassion...

Kristin Neff, PhD, Christopher Germer, PhD
Buy from $15.40

The Miracle Morning (Updated and Expanded Edition): The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8am) The Miracle Morning (Updated...

Hal Elrod
Buy from $19.60

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Quiet: The Power of...

Susan Cain
Buy from $7.99

I Want to Matter: Your Life Is Too Short and Too Precious to Waste I Want to Matter: Your Life...

Kathie Lee Gifford
Buy from $12.47

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now The Defining Decade: Why Your...

Meg Jay
Buy from $11.67

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle Burnout: The Secret to...

Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski
Buy from $8.43

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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.