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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

Anger Management Workbook for Kids: 50 Fun Activities to Help Children Stay Calm and Make Better Choices When They Feel Mad Anger Management Workbook for...

Samantha Snowden, Andrew Hill (Foreword by)
Buy from $9.72

You are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter You are the Placebo: Making...

Dr. Joe Dispenza
Buy from $11.58

The Artist's Way Starter Kit The Artist's Way Starter Kit

Julia Cameron
Buy from $26.99

Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork Who Not How: The Formula to...

Dan Sullivan
Buy from $15.68

I Shouldn't Feel This Way: Name What's Hard, Tame Your Guilt, and Transform Self-Sabotage Into Brave Action I Shouldn't Feel This Way:...

Alison Cook Phd
Buy from $18.79

Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting Treasures in the Dark: 90...

Katherine Wolf
Buy from $20.97

A Year of Self-Care: Daily Practices and Inspiration for Caring for Yourself A Year of Self-Care: Daily...

Dr. Zoe Shaw
Buy from $8.46

I Will Teach You to be Rich I Will Teach You to be Rich

Ramit Sethi
Buy from $10.01

Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely Uninvited: Living Loved When...

Lysa TerKeurst
Buy from $8.22

Discipline is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control Discipline is Destiny: The...

Ryan Holiday
Buy from $16.94

The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith The Grief Recovery Handbook,...

John W. James, Russell Friedman
Buy from $8.77

Musashi's Book of Five Rings: The Definitive Interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy Musashi's Book of Five Rings:...

Miyamoto Musashi, Stephen F Kaufman
Buy from $11.17

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living How to Stop Worrying and...

Dale Carnegie
Buy from $1.55

Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully Built to Move: The Ten...

Kelly Starrett, Juliet Starrett
Buy from $18.61

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts...

Gabor Mat?
Buy from $11.31

Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul Soul Care: 7 Transformational...

Dr. Rob Reimer
Buy from $10.37

How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated for the Next Generation of Leaders How to Win Friends and...

Dale Carnegie
Buy from $18.37

Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out Doing Life with Your Adult...

Ph.D Burns, Jim
Buy from $11.31

The Magic The Magic

Rhonda Byrne
Buy from $5.99

Happy Confident Me Journal: Gratitude and Growth Mindset Journal to boost children's happiness, self-esteem, positive thinking, mindfulness and resilience Happy Confident Me Journal:...

Nadim Saad, Annabel Rosenhead
Buy from $10.65

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You The Highly Sensitive Person:...

Elaine N Aron
Buy from $9.72

The Lost Ways The Lost Ways

Claude Davis
Buy from $79.27

Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great Chop Wood Carry Water: How to...

Joshua Medcalf
Buy from $16.53

Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success Outwitting the Devil: The...

Napoleon Hill
Buy from $6.30

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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.