Top 16 Best Selling Self Help Books Updated 04 /2024

If you want to make a change in 2022, you might have looked at Amazon's self-help book section. Which book should you read for the new year?

It looks like Amazon has sold a lot of these self-help books. They've also been praised by customers who say they've helped them. A book about meaningful connection, like Brené Brown's new one on meaningful connection, is likely out there for you. Gary Chapman, for example, wrote "The 5 Love Languages." Books on the list below can help you improve your love life, build better habits, or think more positively.

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"Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience" by Brené Brown

If you want to learn about "87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human," you should read Brené Brown's new book. If you're looking for real connections with other people, give this book a try.

"Places We Go" is the title of each chapter, followed by the experiences and emotions that will be talked about. "This lets you choose your own adventure. You can read it in order, or you can go to where you need some help."

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

You could start a new healthy habit. This book has ideas for making good habits and breaking bad ones.

This is one of the main ideas in "Atomic Habits," says reviewer Tom Venuto. "A 1% improvement each day may not seem like much at first, but Clear makes a strong case that, when it comes to habits, thinking small leads to the biggest results over time."

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

If you want to improve your life but don't like being told to be happy all the time, read "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck." Lemonade isn't the only thing you can do to improve your life. You have to learn how to handle lemons better to do that. When the author talks about academic research, they want to help you become a more happy person.

"Manson tells us that life is too short to be so excited about everything," reviewer Aria Ursa says. "We have a limited amount of emotional space, and we often waste it on our reactions to mean-spirited people or bad things, forgetting that, even though we can't control the world around us, we can control ourselves."

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz

This is an oldie but a goodie that is based on Toltec wisdom from long ago. It gives you a set of rules for how to fight your own self-limiting beliefs.

In his review, Dr. Oceanfront says that "the Four Agreements are very easy to understand but very important." Each of the Four Agreements can help you achieve personal freedom in a way that you've never been able to.

The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest

If you're a self-destructive person, this one is for you. To stop yourself from hurting yourself, learn how to do the work inside yourself with "The Mountain Is You."

To get answers, LundieP says: "If you want someone else to help you, this isn't the book." "It's more like a whisper in your ear that helps you find new places inside to look for those answers."

Is the book by Brianna Wiest called The Mountain Is You: How to Change Yourself-Sabotage into Self-Mastery?

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

If you want to know how to avoid people who want to take advantage of you, this book says it can help.

"The 48 Laws of Power" shows how predatory people can get power over people who don't know how they manipulate and play power games. Then, even though it may take a little practice, study, and a good eye for small things, anyone can learn to recognize these (often subtle) power struggles and often turn the tables on the enemy at hand!

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman

Yes, words of affirmation are what I love to hear from people. How do you want to spend your free time? It was written by Gary Chapman in 1992 and is still a favorite. In order to stay together, you need to know your own and your partner's love language.

"It helps you understand that the most important thing you can do to keep a relationship going is to figure out what the other person needs and what they value, and then deliver that in the best way you can," reviewer W. Sparrow says.

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson

"12 Rules for Life" is a book by controversial clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson. In it, he claims to have boiled down the truths of ancient tradition and scientific research into just 12 rules for living.

When Jason Lee wrote a review of Peterson, he said that he was direct. "He has his own thoughts. I don't always like what they say. But he is really talking about himself and the idea that we should all try to be better."

A Year of Positive Thinking: Daily Inspiration, Wisdom, and Courage by Cyndie Spiegel

If you just want to be more positive, check out "A Year of Positive Thinking." This book has quotes, mantras, and ideas on how to think more positively, and you can find them there. For every day of the year, it gives lessons on how to be happy.

Reviewer Skully says that Cyndie's daily entries can serve as a writing prompt, a morning or evening meditation, an email signature, and a fun way to say "I love you." "They are short and to the point, which is nice because I have a lot of time and I'm smart."

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest

In Wiest's thought-provoking essays, he talks about "pursuing purpose over passion, embracing negative thinking, seeing the wisdom in daily routine, and becoming aware of the cognitive biases that are making you see your life in the way that you do."

As a child, Jacqueline Salazar says, "I was so lost and disconnected from who I was. This book brought me back to that place, when my values were more clear and societal norms had less of an impact on what made me happy."

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