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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

Smile: A Graphic Novel Smile: A Graphic Novel

Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator)
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Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief Bearing the Unbearable: Love,...

Joanne Cacciatore, Jeffrey Rubin (Foreword by)
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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter The Gentle Art of Swedish...

Margareta Magnusson
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Piense y Hagase Rico Piense y Hagase Rico

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

Marianne Williamson
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Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood Driven to Distraction:...

Edward M Hallowell, M D, Professor John J Ratey, MD
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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking Without Willpower - Includes Quit Vaping: The Best-Selling Quit Smoking Method Updated for the 21st Century Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit...

Allen Carr
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The Source: The Secrets of the Universe, the Science of the Brain The Source: The Secrets of...

Tara Swart
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eBook from $14.99

Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less Smart Brevity: The Power of...

Jim Vandehei
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I Want to Matter: Your Life Is Too Short and Too Precious to Waste I Want to Matter: Your Life...

Kathie Lee Gifford
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Drop the Rock: Removing Character Defects, Steps Six and Seven Drop the Rock: Removing...

Bill P, Todd W
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The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief The Wild Edge of Sorrow:...

Francis Weller
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The Way, the Enemy, and the Key: A Boxed Set of the Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy & Stillness Is the Key The Way, the Enemy, and the...

Ryan Holiday
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times When Things Fall Apart: Heart...

Pema Chodron
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The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature The Daily Laws: 366...

Robert Greene
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Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable Relentless: From Good to...

Tim S Grover
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Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of...

Gary John Bishop
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eBook from $12.57

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion Tattoos on the Heart: The...

Gregory Boyle, Fr.
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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

Now and Not Yet: Pressing in When You're Waiting, Wanting, and Restless for More Now and Not Yet: Pressing in...

Ruth Chou Simons
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eBook from $14.99

Think This, Not That: 12 Mindshifts to Breakthrough Limiting Beliefs and Become Who You Were Born to Be Think This, Not That: 12...

Dr. Josh Axe
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eBook from $14.99

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

Dr. Robert A Glover
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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.