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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

You Can Be Free: Overcoming Temptation and Habitual Sin by the Power and Promises of the Gospel You Can Be Free: Overcoming...

Kirby Kelly
Buy from $16.89

Lunar Abundance Mini Moon Lamp Lunar Abundance Mini Moon Lamp

Ezzie Spencer, PhD
Buy from $10.99

The Compulsive Reassurance Seeking Workbook: CBT Skills to Help You Live with Confidence and Break the Cycle of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder The Compulsive Reassurance...

Amanda Petrik-Gardner, Nathan Peterson, Lcsw (Foreword by)
Buy from $18.35
eBook from $20.75

Do the Work: A Guide to Understanding Power and Creating Change. Do the Work: A Guide to...

Megan Pillow, Roxane Gay
Buy from $11.32

Intentionality: A Groundbreaking Guide to Breath, Consciousness, and Radical Self-Transformation Intentionality: A...

Finnian Kelly
Buy from $21.30

Untangling: Liberating Myself from an Enmeshed Family and Impossible Medical Career Untangling: Liberating Myself...

Michelle Choi
Buy from $35.68

Critical Thinking Skills for Dummies Critical Thinking Skills for...

Martin Cohen
Buy from $17.78

A Guide to Self-Disruption: Five Principles and a Daily Process to Transform Your Life A Guide to Self-Disruption:...

Klint Guerry
Buy from $20.47

How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality How to Be Queer: An Ancient...

Sarah Nooter (Translator)
Buy from $12.16

Negotiating While Black: Be Who You Are to Get What You Want Negotiating While Black: Be...

Damali Peterman
Buy from $20.67

Desire: An Inclusive Guide to Navigating Libido Differences in Relationships Desire: An Inclusive Guide to...

Lauren Fogel Mersy, Jennifer A Vencill
Buy from $15.01

The Kite That Couldn't Fly: And Other May Avenue Stories The Kite That Couldn't Fly:...

Michael Menard
Buy from $23.18

13 Things Strong Kids Do: Think Big, Feel Good, ACT Brave 13 Things Strong Kids Do:...

Amy Morin
Buy from $7.05

We Are the Evidence: A Handbook for Finding Your Way After Sexual Assault We Are the Evidence: A...

Cheyenne Wilson
Buy from $15.85

When Therapy Doesn't Work: A Mindfulness Guide to Emotional Repair When Therapy Doesn't Work: A...

Shinzen Young, Shelly Young
Buy from $11.99

Becoming Flawesome: The Key to Living an Imperfectly Authentic Life Becoming Flawesome: The Key...

Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani
Buy from $16.21

Just Add Nature: How to Boost Your Health and Happiness, Wherever You Live Just Add Nature: How to Boost...

Rebecca Frank
Buy from $12.02

Don't Stop: Learn to See Your Failures and Struggles as Opportunities Don't Stop: Learn to See Your...

Tyler Feller, Randy Clark (Foreword by)
Buy from $12.01

Rethinking the Red Power Movement Rethinking the Red Power...

Sam Hitchmough, Kyle T Mays
Buy from $77.19

Winning Judo: Realistic and Practical Skills for Competitive Judo Winning Judo: Realistic and...

Steve Scott
Buy from $28.29

We Need Everyone We Need Everyone

Michael Redhead Champagne
Buy from $17.86
eBook from $5.25

My First Ponytail My First Ponytail

Colleen Fritz Budniewski, Pamela Bickford (Editor)
Buy from $21.46

Bell Jar Butterfly: A Family's Mental Health Journey Bell Jar Butterfly: A Family...

Lauren Green
Buy from $20.51

Always Me: Affirmations for Incredible Kids Always Me: Affirmations for...

Samantha Shekian
Buy from $14.59

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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.