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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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Wellmania
Wellmania
by Brigid Delaney
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl
by Helen Gurley Brown
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything (Yes, Anything!)
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything (Yes, Anything!)
by Albert Ellis
How to Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You
How to Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You
by Albert Ellis
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After the Eclipse
After the Eclipse
by Sarah Perry
The Sense of Wonder
The Sense of Wonder
by Rachel Carson, Linda Lear, Nick Kelsh
An Italian Education
An Italian Education
by Tim Parks
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
by Fred Waitzkin
Barefoot to Avalon
Barefoot to Avalon
by David Payne
A Death in White Bear Lake
A Death in White Bear Lake
by Barry Siegel
Set Yourself Free
Set Yourself Free
by Reon Schutte, Maggie Kuhn Jacobus
Thunder and Lightning
Thunder and Lightning
by Natalie Goldberg
The Nine of Us
The Nine of Us
by Jean Kennedy Smith
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I'll Never Change My Name
I'll Never Change My Name
by Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Maksim Chmerkovskiy
O's Little Book of Calm & Comfort
O's Little Book of Calm & Comfort
by The Editors of O, The Oprah Magazine
The Erma Bombeck Collection
The Erma Bombeck Collection
by Erma Bombeck
Doing Sixty & Seventy
Doing Sixty & Seventy
by Gloria Steinem
Harry
Harry
by Katie Nicholl
Jane Austen's Best Friend
Jane Austen's Best Friend
by Zoe Wheddon
Be Mine
Be Mine
by Sally J Shim, Max Wanger
Mom Jokes
Mom Jokes
by Lisa Beth Johnson, Phoebe Bottoms
5 Steps to Reducing Stress
5 Steps to Reducing Stress
by Genella Macintyre
Not for Everyday Use
Not for Everyday Use
by Elizabeth Nunez
Loving Her
Loving Her
by Ann Allen Shockley
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Dad Jokes
Dad Jokes
by Editors of Portable Press
How Midsummer Night
How Midsummer Night
by Janet Somerville
Signs of a Happy Baby
Signs of a Happy Baby
by William Paul White, Kathleen Ann Harper
The Pattern in the Carpet
The Pattern in the Carpet
by Margaret Drabble
Dragonslippers
Dragonslippers
by Rosalind B. Penfold
Let It Bang
Let It Bang
by RJ Young
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Anywhere Travel Guide
Anywhere Travel Guide
by Magda Lipka Falck
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
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette
by Eleanor Roosevelt
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
Hunting with Hemingway
Hunting with Hemingway
by Hilary Hemingway, Jeff Lindsay
Be Who You Are
Be Who You Are
by Jimmy Brandmeier
The Fifteen Percent
The Fifteen Percent
by Terry Giles, Ben Carson
I Can't Believe I Dated Him
I Can't Believe I Dated Him
by Jackie Viramontez
Clearly Now, the Rain
Clearly Now, the Rain
by Eli Hastings
Unbreakable Bonds
Unbreakable Bonds
by Dava Guerin, Kevin Ferris, George H. W. Bush
Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After
by Trista Sutter
The Risk Of Us
The Risk Of Us
by Rachel Howard
Being Creative
Being Creative
by Michael Atavar
Finding Lina
Finding Lina
by Helena Hjalmarsson
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Half the Way Home
Half the Way Home
by Adam Hochschild
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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.