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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

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder Scattered Minds: The Origins...

Gabor Mat?
Buy from $6.63

I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful...

Charity Russell (Illustrator), Gabi Garcia
Buy from $5.99

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Trade Edition Twelve Steps and Twelve...

Anonymous
Buy from $8.99

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Deep Work: Rules for Focused...

Cal Newport
Buy from $11.74

The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where Physical Detox Meets Spiritual Transformation The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where...

Wendy Speake
Buy from $8.46

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

Napoleon Hill
Buy from $13.87

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

Emily Phd Nagoski
Buy from $8.43

Who Moved My Cheese Who Moved My Cheese

Dr. Spencer Johnson
Buy from $5.94

Chakra Healing: A Beginner's Guide to Self-Healing Techniques That Balance the Chakras Chakra Healing: A Beginner's...

Margarita Alcantara
Buy from $9.02

What Color Is Your Parachute?: Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success What Color Is Your Parachute?...

Richard N Bolles
Buy from $16.20

The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) The Wisdom of the Bullfrog:...

William H McRaven, Admiral
Buy from $13.53

Mastery Mastery

Robert Greene
Buy from $14.00

The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature The Daily Laws: 366...

Robert Greene
Buy from $23.00

The Empowered Wife, Updated and Expanded Edition: Six Surprising Secrets for Attracting Your Husband's Time, Attention, and Affection The Empowered Wife, Updated...

Laura Doyle
Buy from $16.06

Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Winning the War in Your Mind:...

Craig Groeschel
Buy from $11.91

Wreck This Journal: Now in Color Wreck This Journal: Now in...

Keri Smith
Buy from $5.99

ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction--From Childhood Through Adulthood ADHD 2.0: New Science and...

Edward M Hallowell, John J Ratey
Buy from $14.65

Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief Bearing the Unbearable: Love,...

Joanne Cacciatore, Jeffrey Rubin (Foreword by)
Buy from $10.45

The Book on Rental Property Investing: How to Create Wealth with Intelligent Buy and Hold Real Estate Investing The Book on Rental Property...

Brandon Turner
Buy from $11.18

Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Advice from Dear Sugar Tiny Beautiful Things (10th...

Cheryl Strayed
Buy from $9.21

I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Third Edition: Understanding the Borderline Personality I Hate You--Don't Leave Me:...

Jerold J Kreisman, Hal Straus
Buy from $15.39

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

Ryan Holiday
Buy from $13.00

Secure Love: Create a Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime Secure Love: Create a...

Julie Menanno
Buy from $19.50

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters The Art of Gathering: How We...

Priya Parker
Buy from $9.57

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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.