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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

Untamed Untamed

Glennon Doyle
Buy from $1.07

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder Scattered Minds: The Origins...

Gabor Mat?
Buy from $11.78

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups The Culture Code: The Secrets...

Daniel Coyle
Buy from $2.71

A Year of Us: A Couple's Journal: One Question a Day to Spark Fun and Meaningful Conversations A Year of Us: A Couple's...

Alicia Muħoz
Buy from $1.07

The 369 Journal: Limitless Edition, Your Key to Unlocking Limitless Potential, Neuroscience-based Journaling The 369 Journal: Limitless...

Shaheen
Buy from $13.10

Smile: A Graphic Novel Smile: A Graphic Novel

Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator)
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I Shouldn't Feel This Way: Name What's Hard, Tame Your Guilt, and Transform Self-Sabotage Into Brave Action I Shouldn't Feel This Way:...

Alison Cook Phd
Buy from $12.57
eBook from $12.99

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 $10.40

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

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Deep Work: Rules for Focused...

Cal Newport
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The Self-Regulation Workbook for Kids: CBT Exercises and Coping Strategies to Help Children Handle Anxiety, Stress, and Other Strong Emotions The Self-Regulation Workbook...

Jenna Berman
Buy from $10.67

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear Big Magic: Creative Living...

Elizabeth Gilbert
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The 33 Strategies of War The 33 Strategies of War

Robert Greene
Buy from $10.17

Loving What Is, Revised Edition: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life; The Revolutionary Process Called the Work Loving What Is, Revised...

Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell
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How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated for the Next Generation of Leaders How to Win Friends and...

Dale Carnegie
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The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth about Extraordinary Results The One Thing: The...

Gary Keller, Jay Papasan
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The Power Foods Diet: The Breakthrough Plan That Traps, Tames, and Burns Calories for Easy and Permanent Weight Loss The Power Foods Diet: The...

Neal Barnard, Dustin Harder
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The Secret Language of Your Body: The Essential Guide to Health and Wellness The Secret Language of Your...

Inna Segal, Bernie S Siegel M D (Foreword by)
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5-Minute Core Exercises for Seniors: Daily Routines to Build Balance and Boost Confidence 5-Minute Core Exercises for...

Cindy Brehse
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Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha Radical Acceptance: Embracing...

Tara Brach
Buy from $2.72

Heal Your Body: The Mental Causes for Physical Illness and the Metaphysical Way to Overcome Them Heal Your Body: The Mental...

Louise L. Hay
Buy from $1.68

The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother The First Forty Days: The...

Heng Ou, Amely Greeven
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Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living Present Over Perfect: Leaving...

Shauna Niequist
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eBook from $14.99

Everything Is F*cked Everything Is F*cked

Mark Manson
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eBook from $5.27

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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.