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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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A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
Plumes
Plumes
by Georgia Douglas Johnson
The Sunday Girl
The Sunday Girl
by Pip Dysdale
Unlikely Animals
Unlikely Animals
by Annie Hartnett
The Nine Cloud Dream
The Nine Cloud Dream
by Kim Man-Jung
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The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner
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8 Books Set During the Gilded Age
The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog
by Thomas Savage
Severence
Severence
by Ling Ma
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7 Brilliant Books Set in New York
Subterranean
Subterranean
by James Rollins
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
The Boleyn King
The Boleyn King
by Laura Andersen
The Plotters
The Plotters
by Un-Su Kim
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
by Sloane Crosley
The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl
The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl
by Tess Holliday
The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre
by Stephen King
No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering
No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering
by Clara Bensen
11/22/63
11/22/63
by Stephen King
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War Against the Mafia
War Against the Mafia
by Don Pendleton
On Writing
On Writing
by Stephen King
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
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Atalanta
Atalanta
by Jennifer Saint
El Festival de las Calaveras/The Festival of Bones
El Festival de las Calaveras/The Festival of Bones
by Luis San Vincente
Silencing the Past
Silencing the Past
by Michel-Rolph Trouillot
The Woman in Cabin 10
The Woman in Cabin 10
by Ruth Ware
Holes
Holes
by Louis Sachar
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8 Books Like The Outsiders
Tell Me an Ending
Tell Me an Ending
by Jo Harkin
Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love
Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love
by Peter Guralnick
Ayesha at Last
Ayesha at Last
by Uzma Jajaluddin
Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry)
Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry)
by Gary Golio (Author), Ed Young (Illustrator)
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition
by Ahmed Rashid
Frosted Kisses
Frosted Kisses
by Heather Hepler
The Ballad of Tom Dooley
The Ballad of Tom Dooley
by Sharyn McCrumb
Magic for Beginners
Magic for Beginners
by Kelly Link
Forever My Hero
Forever My Hero
by Sharon Sala
The President's Daughter
The President's Daughter
by Ellen Emerson White
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
by Ann Petry
Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Where’d You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple
Magic Lessons
Magic Lessons
by Alice Hoffman
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi
American Lynching
American Lynching
by Ashraf H.A. Rushdy
Lost Woods
Lost Woods
by Rachel Carson
The Hummingbird Dagger
The Hummingbird Dagger
by Cindy Anstey
It’s Not Okay
It’s Not Okay
by Andi Dorfman
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
by Michelle McNamara
Baseball: An Illustrated History
Baseball: An Illustrated History
by Geoffery C. Ward and Ken Burns
In a Different Key
In a Different Key
by John Donvan
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Forgotten Secrets
Forgotten Secrets
by Robin Perini
Fire and Fury
Fire and Fury
by Michael Wolff
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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.