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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

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 $11.02

Happy Confident Me Journal: Gratitude and Growth Mindset Journal to boost children's happiness, self-esteem, positive thinking, mindfulness and resilience Happy Confident Me Journal:...

Nadim Saad, Annabel Rosenhead
Buy from $5.12

Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Trade Edition Twelve Steps and Twelve...

Anonymous
Buy from $1.92
eBook from $10.99

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters The Art of Gathering: How We...

Priya Parker
Buy from $3.76

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 $14.04

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
Buy from $1.52
eBook from $9.43

I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Third Edition: Understanding the Borderline Personality I Hate You--Don't Leave Me:...

Jerold J Kreisman, Hal Straus
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Inward Inward

Yung Pueblo
Buy from $4.63

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

Julie Menanno
Buy from $18.79

I Would, but My DAMN MIND Won't Let Me!: A Simple Guide to Help You Understand and Manage Your Complex Thoughts and Feelings I Would, but My DAMN MIND Won...

Jacqui Letran
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The Art Of Seduction The Art Of Seduction

Robert Greene
Buy from $6.34

Summer Bridge Activities, Grades Pk - K: Volume 1 Summer Bridge Activities,...

Summer Bridge Activities (Compiled by)
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eBook from $9.99

Journey to the Heart: Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul Journey to the Heart: Daily...

Melody Beattie
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eBook from $9.43

How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated for the Next Generation of Leaders How to Win Friends and...

Dale Carnegie
Buy from $13.16

The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery The Fifth Agreement: A...

Don Miguel Ruiz, Don Jose Ruiz
Buy from $3.77

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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Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Advice from Dear Sugar Tiny Beautiful Things (10th...

Cheryl Strayed
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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive A Child Called "It": One...

Dave Pelzer
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Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great Chop Wood Carry Water: How to...

Joshua Medcalf
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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
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The Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love and Happiness The Emotion Code: How to...

Dr. Bradley Nelson
Buy from $9.29

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

Julia Cameron
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Dad, I Want to Hear Your Story: A Father's Guided Journal To Share His Life & His Love Dad, I Want to Hear Your...

Jeffrey Mason
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The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy The False White Gospel:...

Jim Wallis, Eddie Glaude (Foreword by)
Buy from $20.16

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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.