Self-help books (always popular) are designed to bring the reader new information. These books cover a variety of topics, but they share a unified goal of offering suggestions and encouragement to help the reader overcome whatever roadblock is obstructing their progress - and by extension, causing dissatisfaction or unhappiness. Many self-help books come out each year, written by everyone from psychiatrists to influencers to life coaches. Below are some 2025 titles at the library, along with a brief description of each. Want to browse titles for yourself? Head to the (Dewey Decimal) 150s at your local library.
- What if You Are the Answer?: And 26 Other Questions That Just Might Change Your Life by Rachel Hollis - this self-actualization guide points out that sometimes questions are more enlightening than answers
- Go Higher: Five Practices for Purpose, Success, and Inner Peace by Big Sean - 5 practices for self-care and self-acceptance
- Shift: Managing Your Emotions - So They Don’t Manage You by Ethan Kross - science-based guide to managing your emotional life
- How to Stop Trying: An Overachiever’s Guide to Self-Acceptance, Letting Go, and Other Impossible Things by Kate Williams - explores the pressure of ‘hustle culture’ on women
- The Fix: How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation for the Well-Adjusted, the Down-and-Out, and Everyone in between by Ian Morgan Kron - how the proven design of Twelve Step programs can benefit everyone
- The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More by Jefferson Fisher - actionable strategies and phrases to change how you communicate
- Enneagram in Real Life: Find Your Type, Understand Who You Are, & Take Steps toward Growth by Stephanie Barron Hall - defining your Enneagram and using it to your benefit
- Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives by Gretchen Rubin - aphorisms of practical wisdom, based on happiness studies
- How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously by Paige DeSorbo - advice on finding joy and humor in the mundane
- It Begins with You: The 9 Hard Truths About Love That Will Change Your Life by Jillian Turecki - strategies for relationship building and healing
- Everyday Intuition: What Psychology, Science, and Psychics Can Teach Us About Finding and Trusting Our Inner Voice by Elizabeth Greenwood - neuroscience and practical advice about self-knowledge
- Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In by Robert C. Bordone - a new framework for turning conflict and negotiation into an act of union
- Ordinary Magic: The Science of How We Can Achieve Big Change with Small Acts by Gregory M. Walton - new research shows how to use shifts in perspective to spiral upward
