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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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The Witness Series: Books 1-4
The Witness Series: Books 1-4
by Rebecca Forster
The Great Transformation
The Great Transformation
by Karen Armstrong
Blonde
Blonde
by Joyce Carol Oates
All the Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
To the Last Man
To the Last Man
by Jeff Shaara
The Duke and I
The Duke and I
by Shonda Rhimes
The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny
by Leila Slimani
The Road Back
The Road Back
by Erich Maria Remarque
The Wild Life
The Wild Life
by David Gordon
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8 New York City Mystery Books
Bull Mountain
Bull Mountain
by Brian Panowich
The Lady in the Silver Cloud
The Lady in the Silver Cloud
by David Handler
The Deep
The Deep
by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes
The Silent Governess
The Silent Governess
by Julie Klassen
Autobiography of a Yogi
Autobiography of a Yogi
by Paramahansa Yogananda
To Die For
To Die For
by Joyce Maynard
Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage
by Tania Aebi
Stoner
Stoner
by John Williams
Brown in the Girl Ring
Brown in the Girl Ring
by Nalo Hopkinson
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
by Mackenzie Lee
Girl on a Plane
Girl on a Plane
by Miriam Moss
Zone One
Zone One
by Colson Whitehead
The War of the Flowers
The War of the Flowers
by Tad Williams
That Month in Tuscany
That Month in Tuscany
by Inglath Cooper
Island Affair
Island Affair
by Priscilla Oliveras
Fever 1793
Fever 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr
The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr
by Susan Holloway Scott
The Winter Soldier
The Winter Soldier
by Daniel Mason
A Duty to the Dead
A Duty to the Dead
by Charles Todd
Fer-de-Lance
Fer-de-Lance
by Rex Stout
Human Dark With Sugar
Human Dark With Sugar
by Brenda Shaughnessy
The House of Closed Doors
The House of Closed Doors
by Jane Steen
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
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8 Novels Inspired by the Odyssey
Girl in Pieces
Girl in Pieces
by Kathleen Glasgow
Normal People
Normal People
by Sara Rooney
You've Been Volunteered
You've Been Volunteered
by Laurie Gelman
Again the Magic
Again the Magic
by Lisa Kleypas
Thin Air
Thin Air
by Lisa Gray
Romance Is My Day Job
Romance Is My Day Job
by Patience Bloom
A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii
A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii
by Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Kate Quinn, Vicky Alvear Shecter, Michelle Moran
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
by Lindy West
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9 Empowering Books for Women
Ecotopia
Ecotopia
by Ernest Callenbach
Love Next Door
Love Next Door
by Amina Thula
It Happened One Autumn
It Happened One Autumn
by Lisa Kleypas
Escape from Camp 14
Escape from Camp 14
by Blaine Harden
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
by Jennifer Ryan
The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides
The Night Circus
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
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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.