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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

Establishing Home: Creating Space for a Beautiful Life with Family, Faith, and Friends Establishing Home: Creating...

Jean Stoffer, September Vaudrey
Buy from $9.15

Niv, Artisan Collection Bible, Cloth Over Board, Blue, Art Gilded Edges, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print Niv, Artisan Collection Bible...

Zondervan
Buy from $14.88

The Weight of Beautiful The Weight of Beautiful

Jackie Goldschneider
Buy from $15.00

The Para Method: Simplify, Organize, and Master Your Digital Life The Para Method: Simplify,...

Tiago Forte
Buy from $23.19

Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta...

Jeezy
Buy from $19.14

The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up, & Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self The Confidence Code for Girls...

Katty Kay, Claire Shipman
Buy from $5.04

The Secret Daily Teachings The Secret Daily Teachings

Rhonda Byrne
Buy from $12.49

One Question a Day: A Five-Year Journal: A Personal Time Capsule of Questions and Answers One Question a Day: A Five...

Aimee Chase
Buy from $6.99

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High Crucial Conversations: Tools...

Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson
Buy from $21.77

I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: A Memoir I Want to Die But I Want to...

Baek Sehee, Anton Hur (Translator)
Buy from $13.09

Life: Poems to help navigate life's many twists & turns Life: Poems to help navigate...

Donna Ashworth
Buy from $12.76

How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon How to Be Old: Lessons in...

Lyn Slater
Buy from $20.20

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life Wanting: The Power of Mimetic...

Luke Burgis
Buy from $12.17

The 12 Steps. Symbols, Myths, and Archetypes of Recovery The 12 Steps. Symbols, Myths,...

Kikan Massara, Jessica Hundley (Editor)
Buy from $35.29

Inciting Joy: Essays Inciting Joy: Essays

Ross Gay
Buy from $12.08

Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully Unlearning Silence: How to...

Elaine Lin Hering
Buy from $22.63

Loss: Poems to better weather the many waves of grief Loss: Poems to better weather...

Donna Ashworth
Buy from $8.48

Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life Emotional Agility: Get...

Susan David
Buy from $9.23

Healing Arthritis: Your 3-Step Guide to Conquering Arthritis Naturally Healing Arthritis: Your 3...

Dr. Susan Blum, MD, MPH, Michele Bender
Buy from $10.99

100 Days to Brave: Devotions for Unlocking Your Most Courageous Self 100 Days to Brave: Devotions...

Annie F Downs
Buy from $1.91

The 6 Phase Meditation Method: The Proven Technique to Supercharge Your Mind, Manifest Your Goals, and Make Magic in Minutes a Day The 6 Phase Meditation Method...

Vishen Lakhiani
Buy from $13.74

Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette

Anna Post, Lizzie Post
Buy from $9.26

Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness Forest Bathing: How Trees Can...

Dr. Qing Li
Buy from $11.76

The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life The Second Mountain: The...

David Brooks
Buy from $7.99

The Six Phase Meditation Method: The Proven Technique to Supercharge Your Mind, Smash Your Goals, and Make Magic in Minutes a Day The Six Phase Meditation...

Vishen Lakhiani
Buy from $19.55

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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.