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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

Living with Our Dead: On Loss and Consolation Living with Our Dead: On Loss...

Delphine Horvilleur, Lisa Appignanesi (Translator)
Buy from $16.97

War Childhood: Voices from Sarajevo for Our Times War Childhood: Voices from...

Jasminko Halilovic (Editor)
Buy from $20.95

Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm...

Tracey Yokas
Buy from $12.69

Social Psychology and Human Nature Social Psychology and Human...

Roy F. Baumeister, Brad Bushman
Buy from $259.83

Shadow and Light Journal: Thoughtful prompts for self-growth Shadow and Light Journal:...

Selena Moon
Buy from $34.03

Gold Scars: The Truth about Grief, Loss and Trauma and How to Beautifully Mend Gold Scars: The Truth about...

Sylvia Moore Myers
Buy from $12.70

How Come You Can't Spell Mississippi: A Dyslexia Story for Kids How Come You Can't Spell...

Barbara Esham
Buy from $24.80

This Monstrous Obsession: Hard Lessons Learned about Addiction This Monstrous Obsession:...

James L Baker
Buy from $21.18

Superar La Cárcel de la Emoción Superar La Cárcel de la Emoci...

Augusto Cury
Buy from $11.17

All the Flowers Kneeling All the Flowers Kneeling

Paul Tran
Buy from $34.82

The Wealth Decision: 10 Simple Steps to Achieve Financial Freedom and Build Generational Wealth The Wealth Decision: 10...

Dominique Broadway
Buy from $29.32

Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World Say More: Lessons from Work,...

Jen Psaki
Buy from $24.85

Denial: How We Hide, Ignore, and Explain Away Problems Denial: How We Hide, Ignore,...

Jared del Rosso
Buy from $28.00
eBook from $19.95

Trust Yourself: Growing Your Self-Awareness, Self-Confidence, and Self-Reliance (Inner Wisdom, Confidence Book for Women) Trust Yourself: Growing Your...

M J Ryan
Buy from $14.13

Recognising Adoptee Relationships Recognising Adoptee...

Christine A Lewis
Buy from $83.91

Nothing Can Stop You: A Revolutionary Guide to Unleash Your Authentic Self Nothing Can Stop You: A...

Erin Rachel Doppelt
Buy from $14.11

Tap Your A$$ets: How to Achieve Financial Freedom in Two Years with Just One Rental Home Tap Your A$$ets: How to...

David DeMers
Buy from $17.68

Beginner's Guide to Rug Tufting: Make One-Of-A-Kind Rugs, Wall Hangings, and Décor with a Tufting Gun Beginner's Guide to Rug...

Kristen Girard
Buy from $14.13
eBook from $9.99

If You Live to 100, You Might as Well Be Happy: Essays on Ordinary Joy If You Live to 100, You Might...

Rhee Kun Hoo, Suphil Lee Park (Translator)
Buy from $16.25

The Anxiety Recovery Journal: Creative Activities to Keep Yourself Well The Anxiety Recovery Journal:...

Cara Lisette, Anneli Roberts
Buy from $18.74

The Work Is the Work: Letters to a Future Activist The Work Is the Work: Letters...

Brian C Johnson
Buy from $16.25

Traditional Taekwondo: Core Techniques, History, and Philosphy Traditional Taekwondo: Core...

Doug Cook, Richard Chun, Grandmaster (Foreword by)
Buy from $48.10

Arte de Cultivar La Atención, El Arte de Cultivar La Atención,...

Juan Casiano
Buy from $30.61

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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.