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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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A Pocket Full of Rye
A Pocket Full of Rye
by Agatha Christie
Sula
Sula
by Toni Morrison
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson
Furia
Furia
by Yamile Saied Méndez
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
by George R.R. Martin
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary
by Stephen King
The Golden Thread
The Golden Thread
by Ewan Clayton
Kindred
Kindred
by Octavia Butler
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
Eve's Hollywood
Eve's Hollywood
by Eve Babitz
Want
Want
by Cindy Pon
The Lies of Locke Lamora
The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch
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Gone Crazy in Alabama
Gone Crazy in Alabama
by Rita Williams-Garcia
Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown
by Charles Wu
The Namesake
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas Piketty
Bud, Not Buddy
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Ask the Passengers
Ask the Passengers
by A.S. King
The Downstairs Girl
The Downstairs Girl
by Stacey Lee
A Pretty Deceit
A Pretty Deceit
by Anna Lee Huber
Patron Saints of Nothing
Patron Saints of Nothing
by Randy Ribay
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity
by Robert Kanigel
There There
There There
by Tommy Orange
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
The Snow Child
The Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything
by Naomi Klein
Matilda
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
Penny for Your Secrets
Penny for Your Secrets
by Anna Lee Huber
Real Murders
Real Murders
by Charlaine Harris
The Perfect Girlfriend
The Perfect Girlfriend
by Karen Hamilton
The Happiness Project, Tenth Anniversary Edition: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
The Happiness Project, Tenth Anniversary Edition: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
by Gretchen Rubin
If I Stay
If I Stay
by Gayle Forman
We Hope for Better Things
We Hope for Better Things
by Erin Bartels
Holidays on Ice
Holidays on Ice
by David Sedaris
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
Scheduled to Death
Scheduled to Death
by Mary Feliz
The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower
by Lawrence Wright
Eloise At the Plaza
Eloise At the Plaza
by Kay Thompson
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
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Jumanji
Jumanji
by Chris van Allsburg
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
by Sherman Alexie
The Face in the Frost
The Face in the Frost
by John Bellairs
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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.