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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 Cow in the Parking Lot
The Cow in the Parking Lot
by Leonard Scheff, Susan Edmiston
Zen in the Art of Writing
Zen in the Art of Writing
by Ray Bradbury
Depression Hates a Moving Target
Depression Hates a Moving Target
by Nita Sweeney
An Italian Education
An Italian Education
by Tim Parks
A Death in White Bear Lake
A Death in White Bear Lake
by Barry Siegel
Eight Is Enough
Eight Is Enough
by Tom Braden
Thunder and Lightning
Thunder and Lightning
by Natalie Goldberg
Golf in the Kingdom
Golf in the Kingdom
by Michael Murphy
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An Abbreviated Life
An Abbreviated Life
by Ariel Leve
The Sense of Wonder
The Sense of Wonder
by Rachel Carson, Linda Lear, Nick Kelsh
What Would Dolly Do?
What Would Dolly Do?
by Lauren Marino
Blaze Your Own Trail
Blaze Your Own Trail
by Rebekah Bastian, Sarah Lacy
Manifesting Through Meditation
Manifesting Through Meditation
by Cassandra Bodzak
Quickies
Quickies
by Heather Bartos
One Thing at a Time
One Thing at a Time
by Cindy Glovinsky
It's Not About the Money
It's Not About the Money
by Brent Kessel
Aging Well
Aging Well
by George E. Vaillant
The Dry Challenge
The Dry Challenge
by Hilary Sheinbaum
Lessons from the Prairie
Lessons from the Prairie
by Melissa Francis
Breaking Through Gridlock
Breaking Through Gridlock
by Jason J. Jay, Gabriel Grant, Peter Senge
Harry
Harry
by Katie Nicholl
Second Journey
Second Journey
by Joan Anderson
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My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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11 Books About Finding Yourself
Jane Austen's Best Friend
Jane Austen's Best Friend
by Zoe Wheddon
The Baggage Handler
The Baggage Handler
by David Rawlings
Rust
Rust
by Eliese Colette Goldbach
Be Mine
Be Mine
by Sally J Shim, Max Wanger
The Ultimate Book of Dad Jokes
The Ultimate Book of Dad Jokes
by Gordon Hideaki Nagai
Change Your Mind, Change Your Health
Change Your Mind, Change Your Health
by Anne Marie Ludovici, James O. Prochaska
Dad Jokes
Dad Jokes
by Editors of Portable Press
How Midsummer Night
How Midsummer Night
by Janet Somerville
You and I, as Mothers
You and I, as Mothers
by Laura Prepon
The Pattern in the Carpet
The Pattern in the Carpet
by Margaret Drabble
The Tricky Art Of Co-Existing
The Tricky Art Of Co-Existing
by Sandi Toksvig
Nature Play Workshop for Families
Nature Play Workshop for Families
by Monica Wiedel-Lubinski, Karen Madigan
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Before 25
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Before 25
by Jesse Payne, Daniel Amen
Sustainable Minimalism
Sustainable Minimalism
by Stephanie Marie Seferian
Dragonslippers
Dragonslippers
by Rosalind B. Penfold
Let It Bang
Let It Bang
by RJ Young
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Fearvana
Fearvana
by Akshay Nanavati, The Dalai Lama
Anywhere Travel Guide
Anywhere Travel Guide
by Magda Lipka Falck
An American Requiem
An American Requiem
by James Carroll
The Gaslighting of the Millennial Generation
The Gaslighting of the Millennial Generation
by Caitlin Fisher
Crunch Time
Crunch Time
by Rick Peterson, Judd Hoekstra, Billy Beane
365 Games & Puzzles to Keep Your Mind Sharp
365 Games & Puzzles to Keep Your Mind Sharp
by Kim Chamberlain
Be That Unicorn
Be That Unicorn
by Jenny Block
Birth
Birth
by Tina Cassidy
Max Your Mind
Max Your Mind
by Sandra Sunquist Stanton
Linda Goodman's Love Signs
Linda Goodman's Love Signs
by Linda Goodman
Among the White Moon Faces
Among the White Moon Faces
by Shirley Geok-lin Lim
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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.