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Self-help book

A self-help book is a book or text that is written with the primary intention to instruct its readers how to solve problems of a personal nature. They take their name from Self-Help, an 1859 best-selling book by Samuel Smiles, but are sometimes known and classified as "self-improvement" books. Self-help books moved from their position in a niche market…

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Self-help books in the 20th century

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Self-help book

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related to Characteristics · 23
Self-help book → All, Atomic Habits, Brene Brown, Charlie Fitzmaurice, Cher, Deepak Chopra, Elizabeth Taylor, Frankl, James Clear, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Like, Man's Search For Meaning, Many, Oprah Winfrey, Samuel Smiles, Self-help, Self-Help Classics, Some, The, Tom Butler-Bowdon
related to Fictional analogues · 19
Self-help book → Bridget Jones, Even, Mars, Martian, Maybe, Men Are, Much, Perhaps, Remember, Richard's, Sharks, She, Stephen Potter's, Swim, Taking, Upmanship, Venus, Women Are, Women Who Love Too
related to history · 18
Self-help book → Ancient Egyptian, Art, Bible, Bronze Age, Cicero's On Friendship, Codes, In, Informal, Love, Micki McGee, On Duties, Ovid, Remedy, Roman, Rome, Some, The, You
related to Self-help books in the 20th century · 8
Self-help book → Dale Carnegie's, How, In, Influence People, Others, Some, United States, Win Friends
see also · 4
Self-help book → Age, CenturyNew ThoughtPositive, Middle Ages, Self-helpBusiness
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Self-help book → book or text that is written with the primary intention to instruct its readers how to solve problems of a personal nature

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Self-help bookrelated to CharacteristicsSelf-help0.60section
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Self-help bookrelated to CharacteristicsAtomic Habits0.60section
Self-help bookrelated to CharacteristicsJames Clear0.60section
Self-help bookrelated to CharacteristicsMan's Search For Meaning0.60section
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Self-help bookrelated to CharacteristicsFrankl0.60section
Self-help bookrelated to CharacteristicsAll0.60section
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Self-help bookrelated to CharacteristicsSelf-Help Classics0.60section
Self-help bookrelated to CharacteristicsTom Butler-Bowdon0.60section

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