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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

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds Can't Hurt Me: Master Your...

David Goggins
Buy from $9.99

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World Make Your Bed: Little Things...

William H McRaven
Buy from $2.00

Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life Boundaries Updated and...

Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. John Townsend
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eBook from $12.99

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win Extreme Ownership: How U.S....

Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
Buy from $2.72

Never Split the Difference Negotiating as If Your Life Depended on It Never Split the Difference...

Chris Voss
Buy from $4.83
eBook from $18.34

The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness The Courage to Be Disliked:...

Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
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Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering Don't Believe Everything You...

Joseph Nguyen
Buy from $8.83

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, ... (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) The Dialectical Behavior...

Matthew McKay
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eBook from $19.55

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think 101 Essays That Will Change...

Brianna Wiest
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The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire The Way of the Superior Man:...

David Deida
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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living The Daily Stoic: 366...

Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High Crucial Conversations: Tools...

Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan
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eBook from $22.00

Scientific Healing Affirmations Scientific Healing...

Paramahansa Yogananda
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eBook from $4.99

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life Ikigai: The Japanese Secret...

H?ctor Garc?a, Francesc Miralles
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It's Ok That You're Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand It's Ok That You're Not Ok:...

Megan Devine
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Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love Financial Feminist: Overcome...

Tori Dunlap
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eBook from $11.53

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*Ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life The Subtle Art of Not Giving...

Mark Manson
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eBook from $6.70

Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe Signs: The Secret Language of...

Laura Lynne Jackson
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Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. Dare to Lead: Brave Work....

Bren? Brown
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Hßbitos At?micos: Cambios Pequeħos, Resultados Extraordinarios / Atomic Habits Hßbitos At?micos: Cambios...

James Clear
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Mastery Mastery

Robert Greene
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos 12 Rules for Life: An...

Jordan B. Peterson
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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships Nonviolent Communication: A...

Marshall B Rosenberg, PhD, Deepak Chopra (Foreword by)
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eBook from $3.50

The Pivot Year The Pivot Year

Brianna Wiest
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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.