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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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Depression Hates a Moving Target
Depression Hates a Moving Target
by Nita Sweeney
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
by Fred Waitzkin
Thunder and Lightning
Thunder and Lightning
by Natalie Goldberg
Forever, Erma
Forever, Erma
by Erma Bombeck
Darkness Visible
Darkness Visible
by William Styron
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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
Micro-Resilience
Micro-Resilience
by Bonnie St. John
Real Love
Real Love
by Sharon Salzberg
A Parent's Guide to Intuitive Eating
A Parent's Guide to Intuitive Eating
by Yami Cazorla-Lancaster
The Dry Challenge
The Dry Challenge
by Hilary Sheinbaum
Beyond Contempt
Beyond Contempt
by Erica Etelson
Harry
Harry
by Katie Nicholl
My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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Jane Austen's Best Friend
Jane Austen's Best Friend
by Zoe Wheddon
The Baggage Handler
The Baggage Handler
by David Rawlings
Be Mine
Be Mine
by Max Wanger, Sally J Shim
Mom Jokes
Mom Jokes
by Lisa Beth Johnson, Phoebe Bottoms
5 Steps to Reducing Stress
5 Steps to Reducing Stress
by Genella Macintyre
I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening)
I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening)
by Beth Silvers, Sarah Stewart Holland
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
Nature Play Workshop for Families
Nature Play Workshop for Families
by Karen Madigan, Monica Wiedel-Lubinski
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Before 25
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Before 25
by Jesse Payne, Daniel Amen
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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Fearvana
Fearvana
by Akshay Nanavati, The Dalai Lama
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, Billy Beane, Judd Hoekstra
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 David Talbot, Richard D. Mahoney
Be That Unicorn
Be That Unicorn
by Jenny Block
Birth
Birth
by Tina Cassidy
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, Carl Kurlander, Louie Anderson
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
A Country Called Childhood
A Country Called Childhood
by Jay Griffiths
A Thousand Days in Venice
A Thousand Days in Venice
by Marlena de Blasi
Great Second Acts
Great Second Acts
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
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Loving Her
Loving Her
by Ann Allen Shockley
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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.