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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

Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble Undiplomatic: How My Attitude...

Deesha Dyer
Buy from $23.18

Journey to the Heart: Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul Journey to the Heart: Daily...

Melody Beattie
Buy from $7.99

The Way, the Enemy, and the Key: A Boxed Set of the Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy & Stillness Is the Key The Way, the Enemy, and the...

Ryan Holiday
Buy from $31.84

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 $11.40

The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole The Complex PTSD Workbook: A...

Arielle Schwartz
Buy from $10.89

Badass Affirmations: The Wit and Wisdom of Wild Women (Inspirational Quotes for Women, Book Gift for Women, Powerful Affirmations) Badass Affirmations: The Wit...

Becca Anderson
Buy from $5.99

The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age The Well-Lived Life: A 102...

Dr Gladys McGarey
Buy from $14.35

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times When Things Fall Apart: Heart...

Pema Chodron
Buy from $6.89

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

Smile: A Graphic Novel Smile: A Graphic Novel

Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator)
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Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol Quit Like a Woman: The...

Holly Whitaker
Buy from $8.58

The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius(tm) The Gifted Adult: A...

Mary-Elaine Jacobsen
Buy from $14.94

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter The Gentle Art of Swedish...

Margareta Magnusson
Buy from $13.14

The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother The First Forty Days: The...

Heng Ou, Amely Greeven
Buy from $15.43

Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of...

Gary John Bishop
Buy from $8.99

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

Priya Parker
Buy from $9.56

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 $14.21

Big Panda and Tiny Dragon Big Panda and Tiny Dragon

James Norbury
Buy from $13.67

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

William H McRaven, Admiral
Buy from $13.94

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

Anonymous
Buy from $8.92

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion Tattoos on the Heart: The...

Gregory Boyle, Fr.
Buy from $7.99

The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth about Extraordinary Results The One Thing: The...

Gary Keller, Jay Papasan
Buy from $8.98

A Year of Us: A Couple's Journal: One Question a Day to Spark Fun and Meaningful Conversations A Year of Us: A Couple's...

Alicia Muħoz
Buy from $8.07

Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers Unfuck Your Brain: Using...

Faith G. Harper
Buy from $10.99

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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.