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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 World's Largest Man
The World's Largest Man
by Harrison Scott Key
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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
Emily Post's Etiquette
Emily Post's Etiquette
by Peggy Post, Anna Post, Lizzie Post, Daniel Post Senning
Nature Play Workshop for Families
Nature Play Workshop for Families
by Monica Wiedel-Lubinski, Karen Madigan
Remember It!
Remember It!
by Nelson Dellis, Sanjay Gupta
100 Days of Weight Loss
100 Days of Weight Loss
by Linda Spangle
Dragonslippers
Dragonslippers
by Rosalind B. Penfold
The Iceberg
The Iceberg
by Marion Coutts
Let It Bang
Let It Bang
by RJ Young
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A Better Brain at Any Age
A Better Brain at Any Age
by Sondra Kornblatt, Fernando Vega
Fearvana
Fearvana
by Akshay Nanavati, The Dalai Lama
Anywhere Travel Guide
Anywhere Travel Guide
by Magda Lipka Falck
An American Requiem
An American Requiem
by James Carroll
Crunch Time
Crunch Time
by Rick Peterson, Judd Hoekstra, Billy Beane
The Kennedy Brothers
The Kennedy Brothers
by Richard D. Mahoney, David Talbot
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
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
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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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
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 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
Set Yourself Free
Set Yourself Free
by Reon Schutte, Maggie Kuhn Jacobus
Thunder and Lightning
Thunder and Lightning
by Natalie Goldberg
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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O's Little Book of Calm & Comfort
O's Little Book of Calm & Comfort
by The 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.