How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay
Jenny Lawson
Published 2026
288 pages
The most popular self-help books of 2026
Self-help books offer practical advice for a better life. Building confidence, breaking bad habits, handling stress, finding purpose and getting on with people are all covered. Some are grounded in research and others in hard-won experience. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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A World Appears
Michael Pollan
Published 2026
320 pages
Joyful, Anyway
Kate Bowler
Published 2026
304 pages
Be Your Own Bestie
Misha Brown
Published 2026
256 pages
Well Endowed
Vivian Tu
Published 2026
304 pages
Capable
Sissy Goff, David Thomas
Published 2026
296 pages
Art Cure
Daisy Fancourt
Published 2026
328 pages
Love's Labor
Stephen Grosz
Published 2026
192 pages
A Year of Nothing
Emma Gannon
Published 2026
130 pages
Secure
Amir Levine
Published 2026
288 pages
Hungry
Katriona O'Sullivan
Published 2026
368 pages
Missing Me
Ayana Lage
Published 2026
208 pages
Duty, Honor, Country & Life
William H. McRaven
Published 2026
224 pages
But I'm Bored!
Lizzie Assa
Published 2026
288 pages
Base Notes
Adelle Stripe
Published 2026
288 pages
Was That Racist? How to Detect, Interrupt, and Unlearn Bias in Everyday Life
Evelyn R. Carter, Evelyn R Carter, PhD
Published 2026
288 pages
How to AI
Christopher Mims
Published 2026
256 pages
From Mistakes to Meaning
Michael Lynton, Joshua Steiner
Published 2026
272 pages
How a Little Becomes a Lot
Eric Zimmer
Published 2026
368 pages
Getting Through What You're Going Through
Tanner Olson
Published 2026
192 pages
When You See It
Tonia Bales, Amy Jauman
Published 2026
272 pages
Twilight of Camelot
Steven Levingston
Published 2026
400 pages
First-Time Fostering
Laura the Foster Parent Partner
Published 2026
352 pages
Bellyache
Brianna M. Pastor
Published 2026
160 pages