Self-help is booming. The industry is projected to be worth over $81bn by 2032, with self-help books – think popular ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Various publishers Gone are the days when self-help books were practically required to be ...

If you’re a reader, and you’re on Instagram, chances are the algorithm has fed you posts promising that “this book will change your life” or touting “five books that made me successful.” These claims ...

The world of fiction is enticing and the never-ending possibilities keep us hooked until the very end of a book. However, sometimes life hits us so hard that we need to seek help. The help I am ...

Nearly half (47%) of Americans think they could write a self-help book based on their life experiences, new research suggests. A recent survey of 2,000 US adults discovered that youth and wisdom are ...

A few common themes echo throughout forthcoming self-help titles: attention is a limited resource, there’s value in a curious mindset, and kindness toward oneself can be as crucial as kindness toward ...

When I was in seventh grade, I read Jen Sincero’s “You Are A Badass,” an extremely popular self-help book at the front of every bookstore in 2013. Part of the appeal was a friend’s insistence that it ...

Heaven helps those who help themselves.” So opens Samuel Smiles’ 1859 book Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct—an appropriately self-published work that birthed the modern genre.

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