Self Help

Self-help, or self-improvement, is a self-guided improvement[1]—economically, intellectually, or emotionally—often with a substantial psychological basis. Many different self-help groupings exist and each has its own focus, techniques, associated beliefs, proponents and in some cases, leaders. "Self-help culture, particularly Twelve-Step culture, has provided some of our most robust new language: recovery, dysfunctional families, and codependency."[2] ...more

Thanks for Waiting: The Joy (and Weirdness) of Being a Late Bloomer
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home for Your Soul
Projections: A Story of Human Emotions
Chasing Failure: How Falling Short Sets You Up for Success
Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive
What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old
Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn
The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces
Rewire Your OCD Brain: Powerful Neuroscience-Based Skills to Break Free from Obsessive Thoughts and Fears
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Let's Talk About Hard Things
You Will Get Through This Night
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism
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    There Will Be Lobster: Memoir of a Midlife Crisis
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    Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth

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    The Open-Focus Life: Practices to Develop Attention and Awareness for Optimal Well-Being
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  • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
    Untamed
    The Comfort Book
    Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
    Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
    Notes on Grief
    The Psychology of Money
    Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
    What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
    Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
    Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
    Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
    12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
    Quiet by Susan CainHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale CarnegieThe Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillManage My Emotions by Kenneth J. Martz
    Nonfiction With a Side of Self-Help
    475 books — 398 voters
    The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeAnimal Farm by George OrwellHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale CarnegieThis Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
    Best Books That Grow You
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    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyHow to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale CarnegieThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillOh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
    Motivational and Self-Improvement Books
    2,127 books — 2,662 voters
    A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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    How to Win Friends and Influence People
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
    Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
    The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
    The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
    You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
    The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
    The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
    Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
    Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
    The Gifts of Imperfection
    The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
    Think and Grow Rich
    Who Moved My Cheese?

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