The best new self-help books of 2025 (chosen by self-help authors)

Loved by 3 people

All the Way to the River

By Elizabeth Gilbert ,

Loved by 2 people

The Third Reich of Dreams

By Charlotte Beradt , Damion Searls (translator) ,

Loved by 1 person

Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By Paul Scheer ,

Loved by 1 person

Mid-Faith Crisis

By Catherine McNiel , Jason Hague ,

SOAR To Success

By Andrea Anderson, Barbara Hemphill ,

Ghost Habits

By N.D. Olson,

Loved by 1 person

Managing Up

By Melody Wilding ,

Loved by 1 person

Moral Ambition

By Rutger Bregman ,

SOAR To Success

By Andrea Anderson, Barbara Hemphill ,

Ghost Habits

By N.D. Olson,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

Loved by 1 person

Dear Writer

By Maggie Smith ,

Loved by 1 person

Notes to John

By Joan Didion ,

SOAR To Success

By Andrea Anderson, Barbara Hemphill ,

Ghost Habits

By N.D. Olson,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

Prioritize You

By Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell ,

Loved by 1 person

Guidance from the Universe

By Jill Amy Sager ,

Loved by 1 person

Medication, Mental Illness, and Murder

By Edward L. Jones III ,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

Prioritize You

By Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell ,

SOAR To Success

By Andrea Anderson, Barbara Hemphill ,

Ghost Habits

By N.D. Olson,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

Prioritize You

By Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell ,

Broken but Healing

By Bella St. Patrick , Arista,

Loved by 1 person

Radical Unlearning

By Lewis Raven Wallace ,

Loved by 1 person

Nineteen: A Daughter's Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery

By Leslie Johansen Nack ,

Loved by 1 person

No Longer That Girl

By Stephanie L. Maley ,

Loved by 1 person

From Sexless Marriage to Sex Goddess

By Alisa Kriegel ,

SOAR To Success

By Andrea Anderson, Barbara Hemphill ,

Ghost Habits

By N.D. Olson,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

Prioritize You

By Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell ,

Broken but Healing

By Bella St. Patrick , Arista,

How to Relax Without Losing Your Edge

By Ben Reinking,

Flourish from Within: Moving Beyond Survival, Beyond Thriving, to Living Your Best Soul Life!

By Ann Marie Hoff ,

Loved by 1 person

Unbreakable(ish)

By Ali Ingersoll ,

Prioritize You

By Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell ,

Broken but Healing

By Bella St. Patrick , Arista,

How to Relax Without Losing Your Edge

By Ben Reinking,

Loved by 1 person

Outside the Lanes

By Becca Mann ,

Broken but Healing

By Bella St. Patrick , Arista,

How to Relax Without Losing Your Edge

By Ben Reinking,

Loved by 1 person

Blueprints

By Marcus du Sautoy ,

Loved by 1 person

Making the Best of What's Left

By Judith Viorst ,

Loved by 1 person

Spectacular Things

By Beck Dorey-Stein ,

SOAR To Success

By Andrea Anderson, Barbara Hemphill ,

Ghost Habits

By N.D. Olson,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

Prioritize You

By Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell ,

Broken but Healing

By Bella St. Patrick , Arista,

How to Relax Without Losing Your Edge

By Ben Reinking,

Flourish from Within: Moving Beyond Survival, Beyond Thriving, to Living Your Best Soul Life!

By Ann Marie Hoff ,

Twenty One Summers

By Thomas Werner, Derrick Connell,

Drowning Lifeguards

By Ruth Hull ,

Gifts from a Challenging Childhood

By Jan Bergstrom ,

SOAR To Success

By Andrea Anderson, Barbara Hemphill ,

Ghost Habits

By N.D. Olson,

Born to be Brave

By Stephanie Lincoln ,

Prioritize You

By Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell ,

Broken but Healing

By Bella St. Patrick , Arista,

How to Relax Without Losing Your Edge

By Ben Reinking,

Flourish from Within: Moving Beyond Survival, Beyond Thriving, to Living Your Best Soul Life!

By Ann Marie Hoff ,

Twenty One Summers

By Thomas Werner, Derrick Connell,

Drowning Lifeguards

By Ruth Hull ,

Gifts from a Challenging Childhood

By Jan Bergstrom ,

Pathways to Inner Peace

By Diane Dreher ,

Love It or Lose It

By Barbara Hemphill , Maggie Bedrosian,

Reclaim Your Workday

By Marcey Rader ,

Thank You, Burnout

By Hayley Hughes ,

Girl, Groomed

By Carol Odell,

The best new self-help books of 2025

The books our community loved the most.

All the Way to the River

The Third Reich of Dreams

Joyful Recollections of Trauma

Mid-Faith Crisis

New books from our members

SOAR To Success

Ghost Habits

Managing Up

Moral Ambition

New books from our members

SOAR To Success

Ghost Habits

Born to be Brave

Dear Writer

Notes to John

New books from our members

SOAR To Success

Ghost Habits

Born to be Brave

Prioritize You

Guidance from the Universe

Medication, Mental Illness, and Murder

New books from our members

Born to be Brave

Prioritize You

New books from our members

SOAR To Success

Ghost Habits

Born to be Brave

Prioritize You

Broken but Healing

Radical Unlearning

Nineteen: A Daughter's Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery

No Longer That Girl

From Sexless Marriage to Sex Goddess

New books from our members

SOAR To Success

Ghost Habits

Born to be Brave

Prioritize You

Broken but Healing

How to Relax Without Losing Your Edge

Flourish from Within: Moving Beyond Survival, Beyond Thriving, to Living Your Best Soul Life!

Unbreakable(ish)

New books from our members

Prioritize You

Broken but Healing

How to Relax Without Losing Your Edge

Outside the Lanes

New books from our members

Broken but Healing

How to Relax Without Losing Your Edge

Blueprints

Making the Best of What's Left

Spectacular Things

New books from our members

SOAR To Success

Ghost Habits

Born to be Brave

Prioritize You

Broken but Healing

How to Relax Without Losing Your Edge

Flourish from Within: Moving Beyond Survival, Beyond Thriving, to Living Your Best Soul Life!

Twenty One Summers

Drowning Lifeguards

Gifts from a Challenging Childhood

New books from our members

SOAR To Success

Ghost Habits

Born to be Brave

Prioritize You

Broken but Healing

How to Relax Without Losing Your Edge

Flourish from Within: Moving Beyond Survival, Beyond Thriving, to Living Your Best Soul Life!

Twenty One Summers

Drowning Lifeguards

Gifts from a Challenging Childhood

Pathways to Inner Peace