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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

Is Your Boss Making You Sick?: The 8 E's of Equilibrium to Master Work-Life Balance Is Your Boss Making You Sick?...

David Lee
Buy from $14.12

The Shadow Work Journal: A Guide to Integrate and Transcend Your Shadows The Shadow Work Journal: A...

Keila Shaheen
Buy from $15.29

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times The Light We Carry:...

Michelle Obama
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As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve As Long as You Need:...

J S Park
Buy from $12.57
eBook from $12.99

I Want to Matter: Your Life Is Too Short and Too Precious to Waste I Want to Matter: Your Life...

Kathie Lee Gifford
Buy from $14.61

Embrace Your Emotions: A Self-Care Journal to Discover the Wisdom of Your Feelings Embrace Your Emotions: A Self...

Jennifer King Lindley, Sarah Smith (Foreword by)
Buy from $13.91

An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey An Autobiography of Trauma: A...

Peter A Levine
Buy from $13.21

You're Not the Problem: The Impact of Narcissism and Emotional Abuse and How to Heal You're Not the Problem: The...

Helen Villiers, Katie McKenna
Buy from $14.77

Create a Life You Love: How to Quiet Outside Voices So You Can Finally Hear Your Own Create a Life You Love: How...

Stephanie May Wilson
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Cheating Death: Three-Time Presidential Secret Service Agent Lives to Tell You How Cheating Death: Three-Time...

Kenneth M Valentine, John Clark (Foreword by)
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The Unfiltered Enneagram: A Witty and Wise Guide to Self-Compassion The Unfiltered Enneagram: A...

Elizabeth Orr
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Our Twelve Steps: Members Share Experience, Strength and Hope as They Work the AA Program Our Twelve Steps: Members...

Aa Grapevine Grapevine
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eBook from $11.99

The Higher Help Method: Stop Trying to Manifest and Let the Universe Guide You The Higher Help Method: Stop...

Tammy Mastroberte
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The Wealth Money Can't Buy: The 8 Hidden Habits to Live Your Richest Life The Wealth Money Can't Buy:...

Robin Sharma
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Live Learn Love Well: Lessons from a Life of Progress Not Perfection Live Learn Love Well: Lessons...

Emma Lovewell
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On Brand: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vision. Shift Their Perception. On Brand: Shape Your...

Aliza Licht
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Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community Tending Grief: Embodied...

Camille Sapara Barton
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The Illumination Code: 7 Keys to Unlock Your Quantum Intelligence The Illumination Code: 7 Keys...

Kim Chestney, Peter Smith (Foreword by)
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eBook from $14.99

Beyond Fragility: A Skills-Based Guide to Effective Anti-Racist Allyship Beyond Fragility: A Skills...

Yara Mekawi, Natalie Watson-Singleton
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eBook from $19.99

Food and Freedom: Discover Your Personal Recipe to Eat, Think, and Live Well Food and Freedom: Discover...

Sue Van Raes
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Essential Life Skills for Girls: Everything You Need to Know to Thrive at Home, at School, and Out in the World Essential Life Skills for...

Lisa Quirk Weinman, Megan Monaghan
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The Emotional Intelligence Skills Workbook: Improve Communication and Build Stronger Relationships The Emotional Intelligence...

Stephanie Catella, PsyD, Matthew McKay, PhD
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eBook from $20.75

Letters from Jimme: Life Lessons I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self Letters from Jimme: Life...

Jimmelynn Garland Rice
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The Opposite of Depression: What My Work with Suicidal Patients Has Taught Me about Life, Hope, and How to Flourish The Opposite of Depression:...

David M Carreon MD
Buy from $12.71

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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.