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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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Heartsounds
Heartsounds
by Martha Weinman Lear
The Anxiety Getaway
The Anxiety Getaway
by Craig April
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The EMDR Revolution
The EMDR Revolution
by Tal Croitoru
Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After
by Trista Sutter
I'll Never Change My Name
I'll Never Change My Name
by Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Maksim Chmerkovskiy
O's Little Book of Love & Friendship
O's Little Book of Love & Friendship
by The Editors of O, The Oprah Magazine
My Life in Orange
My Life in Orange
by Tim Guest
Iris Grace
Iris Grace
by Arabella Carter-Johnson
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A Bridge for Passing
A Bridge for Passing
by Pearl S. Buck
Rust
Rust
by Eliese Colette Goldbach
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
Loving Her
Loving Her
by Ann Allen Shockley
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How Midsummer Night
How Midsummer Night
by Janet Somerville
The Pattern in the Carpet
The Pattern in the Carpet
by Margaret Drabble
Dragonslippers
Dragonslippers
by Rosalind B. Penfold
How to Survive Off the Grid
How to Survive Off the Grid
by Tim MacWelch
Fearvana
Fearvana
by Akshay Nanavati, The Dalai Lama
An American Requiem
An American Requiem
by James Carroll
Birth
Birth
by Tina Cassidy
Forever, Erma
Forever, Erma
by Erma Bombeck
Wellmania
Wellmania
by Brigid Delaney
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl
by Helen Gurley Brown
The F Word
The F Word
by Louis Anderson, Louie Anderson, Carl Kurlander
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
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
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
by Fred Waitzkin
Hunting with Hemingway
Hunting with Hemingway
by Hilary Hemingway, Jeff Lindsay
The Sense of Wonder
The Sense of Wonder
by Rachel Carson, Linda Lear, Nick Kelsh
An Italian Education
An Italian Education
by Tim Parks
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Barefoot to Avalon
Barefoot to Avalon
by David Payne
Be Who You Are
Be Who You Are
by Jimmy Brandmeier
A Death in White Bear Lake
A Death in White Bear Lake
by Barry Siegel
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
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
The Erma Bombeck Collection
The Erma Bombeck Collection
by Erma Bombeck
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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.