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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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When Dimple Met Rishi
When Dimple Met Rishi
by Sandhya Menon
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Forever
Forever
by Pete Hamill
Spy of the First Person
Spy of the First Person
by Sam Shepard
At Dawn We Slept
At Dawn We Slept
by Gordon W. Prange
Black & Blue (Lord and Lady Hetheridge Mystery Series)
Black & Blue (Lord and Lady Hetheridge Mystery Series)
by Emma Jameson
Honor Bound
Honor Bound
by W.E.B. Griffin
The Waves
The Waves
by Virginia Woolf
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Less
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer
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The Reader
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
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Gracie's Secret
Gracie's Secret
by Jill Childs
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A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness
Suite Française
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
Son of a Trickster
Son of a Trickster
by Eden Robinson
You
You
by Caroline Kepnes
Gender Queer
Gender Queer
by Maia Kobabe
The Nightingale
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
Fairy Tale
Fairy Tale
by Stephen King
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die
by James Mustich
The Corpse Washer
The Corpse Washer
by Sinan Antoon
1984
1984
by George Orwell
The Children of Men
The Children of Men
by PD James
The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
It Ends with Us
It Ends with Us
by Colleen Hoover
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl
Slaughterhouse Five
Slaughterhouse Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
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The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones
The Pumpkin Eater
The Pumpkin Eater
by Penelope Mortimer
Life As We Knew It
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Swamplandia!
Swamplandia!
by Karen Russell
A House in the Sky
A House in the Sky
by Amanda Lindhout
Felix Ever After
Felix Ever After
by Kacen Callender
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Thinnest Air
The Thinnest Air
by Minka Kent
East of Eden
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
My Life in a Cat House
My Life in a Cat House
by Gwen Cooper
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt
The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt
by Andrea Bobotis
Black Swan Green
Black Swan Green
by David Mitchell
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
by John Steinbeck
Eragon
Eragon
by Christopher Paolini
Stonewall
Stonewall
by Martin Duberman
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by John Green & David Levithan
What We Keep
What We Keep
by Elizabeth Berg
Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait
Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait
by Alison Weir
It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini
Passing
Passing
by Nella Larsen
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
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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.