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The Best Self Help Book Recommendations

There's always room for self-improvement—but without a trusted guide, making those improvements can be difficult. And in the age of the internet, it can be extremely tempting to keep all of your research online. After all, it’s free and it’s fast. But unfortunately, not everything on the internet is factual. 

While you can’t trust everything you read (or watch) online, you can feel good about trusting well-researched, well-reviewed books. From Mayo Clinic books to help you lead a healthy life to books on grief that can help you work through a loss, the below books will help you be a better version of yourself.

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Travels with Charley in Search of America
Travels with Charley in Search of America
by John Steinbeck
The Reader
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
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Catch-22
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Parade's End
Parade's End
by Ford Madox Ford
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
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Less
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer
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Gracie's Secret
Gracie's Secret
by Jill Childs
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The Alchemist
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
The Other Black Girl
The Other Black Girl
by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Villette
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë
Daughter of Fortune
Daughter of Fortune
by Isabel Allende
Suite Française
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
I Place You Into the Fire
I Place You Into the Fire
by Rebecca Thomas
The Moon is Always Female
The Moon is Always Female
by Marge Piercy
Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name
by André Aciman
The Marsh King's Daughter
The Marsh King's Daughter
by Karen Dionne
Summer Friends
Summer Friends
by Holly Chamberlin
Nightwoods
Nightwoods
by Charles Frazier
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything
by Naomi Klein
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
Pachinko
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
Slay
Slay
by Brittney Morris
The Nightingale
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
Modern Romance
Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari
The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride
by Yangsze Choo
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover
The Trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover
by Sybille Bedford
Boys I Know
Boys I Know
by Anna Garcia
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die
by James Mustich
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
by Sally Bedell Smith
Trail of Broken Wings
Trail of Broken Wings
by Sejal Badani
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The Harry Potter Series
The Harry Potter Series
by J.K. Rowling
The Last Thing He Told Me
The Last Thing He Told Me
by Laura Dave
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Middlesex
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train
by Patricia Highsmith
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
The Soulmate Equation
The Soulmate Equation
by Christina Lauren
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan
Queer Latino Tesitmonio, Keith Haring, and Juanito Xtravaganza
Queer Latino Tesitmonio, Keith Haring, and Juanito Xtravaganza
by A. Cruz-Malavé
The Bookshop on the Corner
The Bookshop on the Corner
by Jenny Colgan
A Spark of White Fire
A Spark of White Fire
by Sangu Mandanna
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Yes, self help books can really work. It’s recommended to find books that you actually resonate with, as it makes the practical application of your reading much easier to do. Reading self-help literature typically requires dedication to a growth mindset. 

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is the best selling self-help book of all time, with over 80 million copies sold. It’s a classic self help example that identifies key laws and habits that drive success.