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15 Top Bestselling Self-Help Books in 2022

There are a plethora of self-help books on the market these days which makes choosing a title daunting. In this list of top bestselling self-help books you will find titles that have been selected not only on their popularity but also on their usefulness to the average reader looking to work on their own self-development.


  1. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
  2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
  3. The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self by Martha Beck
  4. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown
  5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
  6. The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman
  7. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
  8. Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
  9. Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present (Mental and Emotional Abundance) by Nick Trenton
  10. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
  11. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
  12. Self-Love Workbook for Women: Release Self-Doubt, Build Self-Compassion, and Embrace Who You Are by Megan Logan
  13. The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest
  14. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Petersen
  15. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition by Stephen R. Covey

Honorable Mention

Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century (Think and Grow Rich Series) by Napoleon Hill


1. Atomic Habits
By James Clear

Atomic Habits by James Clear Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.


2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
By Charlie Mackesy

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
From British illustrator, artist, and author Charlie Mackesy comes a journey for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings. #1 New York Times Bestseller.



3. The Way of Integrity
By Martha Beck

The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
In The Way of Integrity, Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us—people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits—all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole.


4. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
By Brené Brown

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances—a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.


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

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. #1 New York Times Bestseller


6. The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
By Gary Chapman

The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life? A perennial New York Times bestseller for over a decade!


7. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
By Eckhart Tolle

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light.


8. Braving the Wilderness
By Brené Brown

Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
When we stand alone, we find ourselves. This is a book about true belonging and not fitting in from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rising Strong and The Gifts of Imperfection. It challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture. Selected title for the Reese Witherspoon Book Club.


9. Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present (Mental and Emotional Abundance)
By Nick Trenton

Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present (Mental and Emotional Abundance) by Nick Trenton Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
Overcome negative thought patterns, reduce stress, and live a worry-free life. Overthinking is the biggest cause of unhappiness. Don't get stuck in a never-ending thought loop. Stay present and keep your mind off things that don't matter, and never will.


10. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love
By Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller scientifically explain why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle. Discover how an understanding of adult attachment—the most advanced relationship science in existence today—can help us find and sustain love.



11.The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
By Don Miguel Ruiz

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
In The Four Agreements, bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. A New York Times bestseller for over a decade.


12. Self-Love Workbook for Women: Release Self-Doubt, Build Self-Compassion and Embrace Who You Are
By Megan Logan

Self-Love Workbook for Women: Release Self-Doubt, Build Self-Compassion and Embrace Who You Are by Megan Logan Recommended Bestselling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
Release self-doubt and grow self-compassion with this powerful workbook In a world full of personal and professional challenges, it's not always easy to treat yourself with compassion. Rediscover self love and embrace who you are with this engaging self esteem workbook for women. The thought-provoking reflections and activities let you practice focusing on your own emotional health--and develop the confidence you need to take on the world. Whether you're struggling with body image, coping with the effects of an unhealthy relationship, or simply trying to grow your self esteem, you'll find a variety of helpful tools and exercises for developing a better relationship with yourself. Also available by the same author the Self-Love Workbook and the Self-Love workbook for Teens.


13. The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
By Brianna Wiest

The Mountain is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest Recommended Bestselling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
The Mountain is You is a book about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it—for good. Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviours. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential. To scale our mountains, we actually have to do the deep internal work of excavating trauma, building resilience, and adjusting how we show up for the climb. In the end, it is not the mountain we master, but ourselves. Also available the Workbook for the Mountain is You.


14. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
By Jordan B. Peterson

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Jordan B Petersen Recommended Bestselling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
In this book, Jordan B Petersen combines ancient wisdom with decades of experience to provide twelve profound and challenging principles for how to live a meaningful life, from setting your house in order before criticising others to comparing yourself to who you were yesterday, not someone else today.


15. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition
By Stephen R. Covey

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
The 7 habits have become famous and are integrated into everyday thinking by millions and millions of people. Why? Because they work! With Sean Covey’s added takeaways on how the habits can be used in our modern age, the wisdom of the 7 habits has been refreshed and updated for the new genereation.


Honorable Mention


Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century (Think and Grow Rich Series)
By Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century (Think and Grow Rich Series) by Napoleon Hill Recommended Best Selling Self-Help Book in 2022
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Description
The updated version, Arthur R. Pell, Ph.D., author, lecturer, and consultant in human resources management and an expert in applying Hill's thought, deftly interweaves anecdotes of how contemporary millionaires and billionaires, such as Bill Gates, Mary Kay Ash, Dave Thomas, and Sir John Templeton, achieved their wealth.




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