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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

Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story Among the Bros: A Fraternity...

Max Marshall, Stephen Graybill (Read by)
Buy from $21.30

Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World Seek: How Curiosity Can...

Scott Shigeoka
Buy from $22.74

How to Relax How to Relax

Thich Nhat Hanh, John Sackville (Read by)
Buy from $14.72

Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir Dreamseller: An Addiction...

Brandon Novak, Tony Hawk (Foreword by)
Buy from $18.99

Reunion: Leadership and the Longing to Belong Reunion: Leadership and the...

Jerry Colonna, Cynthia Farrell (Read by)
Buy from $24.10

The Old Gays Guide to the Good Life: Lessons Learned about Love and Death, Sex and Sin, and Saving the Best for Last The Old Gays Guide to the...

Robert Reeves, Jessay Martin (Read by)
Buy from $23.68

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen How to Know a Person: The Art...

David Brooks
Buy from $24.94

To the Temple of Tranquility...and Step on It!: A Memoir To the Temple of Tranquility....

Ed Begley, Jr.
Buy from $102.27

Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life Be Useful: Seven Tools for...

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Buy from $23.18

Blessed in the Mess: How to Experience God's Goodness in the Midst of Life's Pain Blessed in the Mess: How to...

Joyce Meyer, Jodi Carlisle (Read by)
Buy from $23.58

15 Ways to Live Longer and Healthier: Life-Changing Strategies for Greater Energy, a More Focused Mind, and a Calmer Soul 15 Ways to Live Longer and...

Joel Osteen
Buy from $23.58

Nothing Is Missing: A Memoir of Living Boldly Nothing Is Missing: A Memoir...

Nicole Walters
Buy from $99.80

Spiritual Anatomy: Meditation, Chakras, and the Journey to the Center Spiritual Anatomy: Meditation...

Kamlesh D Patel, Manish Dongardive (Read by)
Buy from $22.75

Emotionally Immature Parents: A Recovery Workbook for Adult Children: Unpack Harmful Dynamics from Your Childhood, Empower Yourself as an Adult, and Set Boundaries for the Future Emotionally Immature Parents:...

Kai Tai Kevin Qiu
Buy from $81.61

Worthy Worthy

Jada Pinkett Smith
Buy from $21.76

Worthy Worthy

Jada Pinkett Smith
Buy from $34.88

Legitimate Kid: A Memoir Legitimate Kid: A Memoir

Aida Rodriguez, Ariana Debose (Foreword by)
Buy from $21.33

A Healthy State of Panic: Follow Your Fears to Build Wealth, Crush Your Career, and Win at Life A Healthy State of Panic:...

Farnoosh Torabi
Buy from $75.44

The Next Chapter: Making Peace with Hard Memories, Finding Hope All Around Me, and Clearing Space for Good Things to Come The Next Chapter: Making...

Jana Kramer
Buy from $21.30

Level Up: How to Get Focused, Stop Procrastinating, and Upgrade Your Life Level Up: How to Get Focused,...

Rob Dial
Buy from $21.31

The Goop Pursuit: Finding Beauty The Goop Pursuit: Finding...

Jodie Patterson
Buy from $30.00

The Goop Pursuit: Healing in a Sick Society The Goop Pursuit: Healing in...

Will Siu, MD
Buy from $27.30

How to Be the Love You Seek Lib/E: Break Cycles, Find Peace, and Heal Your Relationships How to Be the Love You Seek...

Dr. Nicole Lepera, Courtney Patterson (Read by)
Buy from $35.76

Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life Oh Miriam!: Stories from an...

Miriam Margolyes
Buy from $37.04

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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.