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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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Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby's First Years
Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby's First Years
by Walter J. Cook, Kelsey M. Klaas
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
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
Great Second Acts
Great Second Acts
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
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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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A Death in White Bear Lake
A Death in White Bear Lake
by Barry Siegel
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl
by Helen Gurley Brown
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen
by Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Thunder and Lightning
Thunder and Lightning
by Natalie Goldberg
Forever, Erma
Forever, Erma
by Erma Bombeck
The Nine of Us
The Nine of Us
by Jean Kennedy Smith
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10 Books About the Kennedys
Golf in the Kingdom
Golf in the Kingdom
by Michael Murphy
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Fore!: 7 Books About Golf
The Erma Bombeck Collection
The Erma Bombeck Collection
by Erma Bombeck
An Abbreviated Life
An Abbreviated Life
by Ariel Leve
The Poison Tree
The Poison Tree
by Alan Prendergast
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
It's Not About the Money
It's Not About the Money
by Brent Kessel
The Dry Challenge
The Dry Challenge
by Hilary Sheinbaum
Don't Label Me
Don't Label Me
by Irshad Manji
Harry
Harry
by Katie Nicholl
My Year with Eleanor
My Year with Eleanor
by Noelle Hancock
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11 Books About Finding Yourself
Jane Austen's Best Friend
Jane Austen's Best Friend
by Zoe Wheddon
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
Dad Jokes
Dad Jokes
by Editors of Portable Press
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 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
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
The Gaslighting of the Millennial Generation
The Gaslighting of the Millennial Generation
by Caitlin Fisher
Zen Dogs
Zen Dogs
by Gautama Buddha, Mango Media
365 Games & Puzzles to Keep Your Mind Sharp
365 Games & Puzzles to Keep Your Mind Sharp
by Kim Chamberlain
Birth
Birth
by Tina Cassidy
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
Heartsounds
Heartsounds
by Martha Weinman Lear
Among the White Moon Faces
Among the White Moon Faces
by Shirley Geok-lin Lim
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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.