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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
365 Games & Puzzles to Keep Your Mind Sharp
365 Games & Puzzles to Keep Your Mind Sharp
by Kim Chamberlain
The Kennedy Brothers
The Kennedy Brothers
by Richard D. Mahoney, David Talbot
Be That Unicorn
Be That Unicorn
by Jenny Block
Birth
Birth
by Tina Cassidy
Forever, Erma
Forever, Erma
by Erma Bombeck
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette
by Eleanor Roosevelt
Wellmania
Wellmania
by Brigid Delaney
The Last Word on Power
The Last Word on Power
by Tracy Goss
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl
by Helen Gurley Brown
Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
by Jonathan Graff-Radford, Angela M. Lunde
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
The Highly Sensitive Person
The Highly Sensitive Person
by Elaine N. Aron
A Thousand Days in Venice
A Thousand Days in Venice
by Marlena de Blasi
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
Among the White Moon Faces
Among the White Moon Faces
by Shirley Geok-lin Lim
The Hilarious World of Depression
The Hilarious World of Depression
by John Moe
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
Great Second Acts
Great Second Acts
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
by Fred Waitzkin
The Spirit of Getting Organized
The Spirit of Getting Organized
by Pamela Kristan
Barefoot to Avalon
Barefoot to Avalon
by David Payne
Be Who You Are
Be Who You Are
by Jimmy Brandmeier
The Art of Loving
The Art of Loving
by Erich Fromm
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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
Eight Is Enough
Eight Is Enough
by Tom Braden
Clearly Now, the Rain
Clearly Now, the Rain
by Eli Hastings
Unbreakable Bonds
Unbreakable Bonds
by Dava Guerin, Kevin Ferris, George H. W. Bush
Set Yourself Free
Set Yourself Free
by Reon Schutte, Maggie Kuhn Jacobus
Doing Sixty & Seventy
Doing Sixty & Seventy
by Gloria Steinem
Thunder and Lightning
Thunder and Lightning
by Natalie Goldberg
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
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
Finding Lina
Finding Lina
by Helena Hjalmarsson
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Words That Matter
Words That Matter
by Editors of O, the Oprah Magazine
Half the Way Home
Half the Way Home
by Adam Hochschild
The Erma Bombeck Collection
The Erma Bombeck Collection
by Erma Bombeck
My Life in Orange
My Life in Orange
by Tim Guest
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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.