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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 Spirit of Getting Organized
The Spirit of Getting Organized
by Pamela Kristan
Positive Imaging
Positive Imaging
by Norman Vincent Peale
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen
by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Revolution from Within
Revolution from Within
by Gloria Steinem
Golf in the Kingdom
Golf in the Kingdom
by Michael Murphy
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An Abbreviated Life
An Abbreviated Life
by Ariel Leve
Sewing to Sell
Sewing to Sell
by Virginia Lindsay
The Nine of Us
The Nine of Us
by Jean Kennedy Smith
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The Poison Tree
The Poison Tree
by Alan Prendergast
Darkness Visible
Darkness Visible
by William Styron
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The Sense of Wonder
The Sense of Wonder
by Rachel Carson, Linda Lear, Nick Kelsh
Manifesting Through Meditation
Manifesting Through Meditation
by Cassandra Bodzak
It's Not About the Money
It's Not About the Money
by Brent Kessel
The Baggage Handler
The Baggage Handler
by David Rawlings
Fearvana
Fearvana
by Akshay Nanavati, The Dalai Lama
The Kennedy Brothers
The Kennedy Brothers
by Richard D. Mahoney, David Talbot
The Last Word on Power
The Last Word on Power
by Tracy Goss
40 Days of Dating
40 Days of Dating
by Timothy Goodman, Jessica Walsh
A Death in White Bear Lake
A Death in White Bear Lake
by Barry Siegel
Eight Is Enough
Eight Is Enough
by Tom Braden
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl
by Helen Gurley Brown
Thunder and Lightning
Thunder and Lightning
by Natalie Goldberg
Forever, Erma
Forever, Erma
by Erma Bombeck
The Erma Bombeck Collection
The Erma Bombeck Collection
by Erma Bombeck
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
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
Nature Play Workshop for Families
Nature Play Workshop for Families
by Monica Wiedel-Lubinski, Karen Madigan
Dragonslippers
Dragonslippers
by Rosalind B. Penfold
How to Survive Off the Grid
How to Survive Off the Grid
by Tim MacWelch
Let It Bang
Let It Bang
by RJ Young
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Domestic Affairs
Domestic Affairs
by Joyce Maynard
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
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette
by Eleanor Roosevelt
The F Word
The F Word
by Louis Anderson, Louie Anderson, Carl Kurlander
Linda Goodman's Love Signs
Linda Goodman's Love Signs
by Linda Goodman
After the Eclipse
After the Eclipse
by Sarah Perry
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
A Country Called Childhood
A Country Called Childhood
by Jay Griffiths
Great Second Acts
Great Second Acts
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
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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.