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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

The Crystal Bible: A Definitive Guide to Crystals The Crystal Bible: A...

Judy Hall
Buy from $3.44

How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing How to Keep House While...

Kc Davis
Buy from $12.43

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Essentialism: The Disciplined...

Greg McKeown
Buy from $1.91

Me and My Feelings: A Kids' Guide to Understanding and Expressing Themselves Me and My Feelings: A Kids'...

Vanessa Green Allen
Buy from $0.99

The Lost Ways The Lost Ways

Claude Davis
Buy from $49.86

Secure Love: Create a Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime Secure Love: Create a...

Julie Menanno
Buy from $18.79

A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles A Return to Love: Reflections...

Marianne Williamson
Buy from $1.22

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 $14.00

ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction--From Childhood Through Adulthood ADHD 2.0: New Science and...

Edward M Hallowell, John J Ratey
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There's a Hole in My Love Cup: The Badass Counseling Method for Healing the Soul and Unleashing Greatness There's a Hole in My Love Cup...

Sven E Erlandson
Buy from $11.68

Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) Fair Play: A Game-Changing...

Eve Rodsky
Buy from $9.83

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative Steal Like an Artist: 10...

Austin Kleon
Buy from $2.21

Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief Bearing the Unbearable: Love,...

Joanne Cacciatore, Jeffrey Rubin (Foreword by)
Buy from $7.84

Protect Your Peace: Nine Unapologetic Principles for Thriving in a Chaotic World Protect Your Peace: Nine...

Trent Shelton
Buy from $16.78

Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within Never Finished: Unshackle...

David Goggins
Buy from $9.97

On Giving Up On Giving Up

Adam Phillips
Buy from $17.46

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men Why Does He Do That?: Inside...

Lundy Bancroft
Buy from $2.80

Signs from Pets in the Afterlife: Identifying Messages from Pets in Heaven Signs from Pets in the...

Lyn Ragan
Buy from $2.54

The Artist's Way Starter Kit The Artist's Way Starter Kit

Julia Cameron
Buy from $21.05

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness Change Your Brain, Change...

Dr. Daniel G Amen, MD
Buy from $1.17

The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith The Grief Recovery Handbook,...

John W. James, Russell Friedman
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eBook from $9.43

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

William H McRaven, Admiral
Buy from $6.96

Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing Anatomy of the Spirit: The...

Caroline Myss
Buy from $1.75

No More Mr. Nice Guy No More Mr. Nice Guy

Dr. Robert A Glover
Buy from $9.65

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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.