Self-Help Books
Self-help books offer frameworks, strategies, and research-backed advice for personal improvement and behavior change. The best entries in this category go beyond generic motivation to provide actionable systems for productivity, relationships, mindset shifts, and building a more intentional life.
172 books
Memoir
10% Happier
Dan Harris
Self-Help
12 Rules for Life
Jordan Peterson
Memoir
A Child Called It
David J. Pelzer
Non-Fiction
A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine
Self-Help
A Mind at Home with Itself: How Asking Four Questions Can Free Your Mind, Open Your Heart, and Turn Your World Around
Byron Katie
Non-Fiction
A World Without Email
Cal Newport
Non-Fiction
All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks
Literary Fiction
Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy
Non-Fiction
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Self-Help
Attached
Amir Levine
Non-Fiction
Authentic Happiness
Martin Elias Pete Seligman
Self-Help
Awareness
Anthony de Mello
Non-Fiction
Better Than Before
Gretchen Rubin
Non-Fiction
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Non-Fiction
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain
Non-Fiction
Blink
Malcolm Gladwell
Non-Fiction
Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World
Peter H. Diamandis
Non-Fiction
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Tiago Forte
Self-Help
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Memoir
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins
Non-Fiction
Captivate
Vanessa Van Edwards
Non-Fiction
Clear Thinking
Shane Parrish
Non-Fiction
Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business
Paul Jarvis
Non-Fiction
Conscious Business
Fred Kofman
Non-Fiction
Daily Rituals
Mason Currey
Non-Fiction
David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell
Self-Help
Deep Work
Cal Newport
Deeper Mindfulness
Non-Fiction
Deeper Mindfulness
Mark Williams
Self-Help
Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport
Self-Help
Discipline Equals Freedom
Non-Fiction
Discourses
Epictetus
Non-Fiction
Don't Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Training
Karen Pryor
Self-Help
Drive
Daniel Pink
Non-Fiction
Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
Non-Fiction
Enchiridion
Epictetus
Non-Fiction
Everything Is F*cked
Mark Manson
Self-Help
Everything Is Figureoutable
Marie Forleo
Non-Fiction
F*ck Feelings
Michael I. Bennett
Non-Fiction
Fearless Salary Negotiation
Josh Doody
Self-Help
Finding Your Element
Ken Robinson
Non-Fiction
Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business
Jenny Blake
Self-Help
Grit
Angela Duckworth
Heal Your Nervous System
Non-Fiction
Heal Your Nervous System
Linnea Passaler
Non-Fiction
Healing Developmental Trauma
Laurence Heller
Non-Fiction
Hidden Potential
Adam Grant
Non-Fiction
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
Literary Fiction
Hope for the Flowers
Trina Paulus
Self-Help
How to Change
Katy Milkman
Non-Fiction
How to Know a Person
David Brooks
Non-Fiction
How to Make Millions with Your Ideas
Dan S. Kennedy
Non-Fiction
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
Donald Robertson
Self-Help
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
Non-Fiction
Hyperfocus
Chris Bailey
Non-Fiction
I Don't Want to Talk About It
Terrence Real
Self-Help
Ikigai
Hector Garcia
Literary Fiction
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Richard Bach
Memoir
Imperfect Courage
Jessica Honegger
Non-Fiction
Infectious Generosity
Chris Anderson
Non-Fiction
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert Cialdini
Non-Fiction
It Didn't Start with You
Mark Wolynn
Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
Non-Fiction
Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
Corey Keyes
Non-Fiction
Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek
Non-Fiction
Let My People Go Surfing
Yvon Chouinard
Non-Fiction
Lost in Thought
Zena Hitz
Non-Fiction
Make Your Bed
William H. McRaven
Non-Fiction
Making Habits, Breaking Habits
Jeremy Dean
Non-Fiction
Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor
Donald J. Robertson
Non-Fiction
Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing, Including You
Brad Stulberg
Self-Help
Mastery
George Leonard
Non-Fiction
Meditations for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman
Non-Fiction
Mindset
Carol S. Dweck
Non-Fiction
Mindsight
Daniel J. Siegel
Literary Fiction
Mister God, This Is Anna
Fynn
Non-Fiction
Models
Mark Manson
Non-Fiction
My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem
Self-Help
Nonviolent Communication
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Non-Fiction
Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done
Laura Vanderkam
Non-Fiction
On the Shortness of Life
Seneca
Memoir
Option B
Sheryl Sandberg
Non-Fiction
Pre-Suasion
Robert Cialdini
Self-Help
Radical Acceptance
Non-Fiction
Reclaiming Conversation
Sherry Turkle
Non-Fiction
Relentless
Tim Grover
Non-Fiction
Right Thing, Right Now
Ryan Holiday
Non-Fiction
Scarcity Brain
Michael Easter
Non-Fiction
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Austin Kleon
Non-Fiction
Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
Self-Help
So Good They Can't Ignore You
Cal Newport
Non-Fiction
Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life
Matthew Dicks
Non-Fiction
Start with Why
Simon Sinek
Non-Fiction
Stolen Focus
Johann Hari
Non-Fiction
Supercommunicators
Charles Duhigg
Self-Help
The 12 Week Year
The 4-Hour Body
Self-Help
The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
Non-Fiction
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life
Non-Fiction
The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life
Sahil Bloom
Non-Fiction
The 50th Law
50 Cent
Non-Fiction
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
Non-Fiction
The 80/20 Principle
Richard Koch
Literary Fiction
The Archer
Paulo Coelho
Self-Help
The Art of Possibility
Rosamund Stone Zander
Non-Fiction
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Mark Nepo
Non-Fiction
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
Bruce D. Perry
Non-Fiction
The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future
Ryder Carroll
Non-Fiction
The Charisma Myth
Olivia Fox Cabane
Philosophy
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichirō Kishimi
Non-Fiction
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin
Non-Fiction
The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
Steven Bartlett
Non-Fiction
The Effective Executive
Peter F. Drucker
Self-Help
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz
The Good Enough Life
Non-Fiction
The Good Enough Life
Avram Alpert
Non-Fiction
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
Self-Help
The Heart's Invisible Furies
John Boyne
Non-Fiction
The Inner Citadel
Pierre Hadot
Self-Help
The Inner Game of Tennis
W. Timothy Gallwey
Self-Help
The Inner Game of Tennis
W. Timothy Gallwey
Non-Fiction
The Intelligent Investor
Benjamin Graham
Non-Fiction
The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
Literary Fiction
The Life Impossible
Matt Haig
Non-Fiction
The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck
Sarah Knight
Self-Help
The Light We Carry
Michelle Obama
Self-Help
The Lightmaker's Manifesto
Karen Walrond
Non-Fiction
The Like Switch
Jack Schafer
Non-Fiction
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
John C. Bogle
Self-Help
The Little Book of Hygge
Self-Help
The Magic of Thinking Big
David J. Schwartz
Non-Fiction
The Millionaire Next Door
Thomas J. Stanley
Non-Fiction
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh
Non-Fiction
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
Robin S. Sharma
Non-Fiction
The Nature Fix
Florence Williams
The Nervous System Reset
Non-Fiction
The Nervous System Reset
Jessica Maguire
Non-Fiction
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
Non-Fiction
The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story for Work and Life
Paul Millerd
Non-Fiction
The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence
Baltasar Gracián
Non-Fiction
The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy
Deb Dana
The Power of Full Engagement
Non-Fiction
The Power of Full Engagement
Jim Loehr
Non-Fiction
The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
Self-Help
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle
Self-Help
The Power of Ritual
Casper ter Kuile
Non-Fiction
The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds, Not Crushes, Your Soul
Brad Stulberg
Non-Fiction
The Practicing Mind
Thomas M. Sterner
Philosophy
The Richest Man in Babylon
George S. Clason
Non-Fiction
The Sabbath
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Non-Fiction
The Secret Pulse of Time
Stefan Klein
Non-Fiction
The Soul of Money
Lynne Twist
Self-Help
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson
Non-Fiction
The Talent Code
Daniel Coyle
The Tao of Seneca
Philosophy
The Tao of Seneca
Seneca
Self-Help
The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer
Non-Fiction
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Steven Pressfield
Self-Help
The Well of Being: A Children's Book for Adults
Jean-Pierre Weill
Non-Fiction
The Wisdom of Insecurity
Alan Watts
Non-Fiction
Think Again
Adam Grant
Self-Help
Think and Grow Rich
Self-Help
Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed
Self-Help
Tiny Habits
BJ Fogg
Non-Fiction
Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss
Non-Fiction
Turn the Ship Around!
L. David Marquet
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
Non-Fiction
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
Scott H. Young
Memoir
Unbinding the Heart: A Dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity, and Unconditional Love
Agapi Stassinopoulos
Useful Not True
Non-Fiction
Useful Not True
Derek Sivers
Non-Fiction
Vagabonding
Rolf Potts
Non-Fiction
Waking the Tiger
Peter A. Levine
Literary Fiction
Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Dan Millman
Self-Help
When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön
Non-Fiction
When the Body Says No
Gabor Mate
Self-Help
Why Won't You Apologize?
Harriet Lerner
Non-Fiction
Win Every Argument
Mehdi Hasan
Non-Fiction
Wired for Love
Stan Tatkin
Non-Fiction
Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Non-Fiction
You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero
Non-Fiction
You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
Kate Murphy
