As an editor of self-help books for more than 13 years, I’ve had many conversations with people who want to write books—often psychology professionals, but just as often, folks who feel their ...

Emotionally exhausted readers need self-help that feels humane, not harsh. Ten books offer comfort, science, philosophy, ...

A few common themes echo throughout forthcoming self-help titles: attention is a limited resource, there’s value in a curious mindset, and kindness toward oneself can be as crucial as kindness toward ...

The wellness industry is one of the fastest growing markets, with an estimated global value of US$6.3 trillion in 2023. Gen Z and millennials are driving much of this growth, spending more on wellness ...

In a 1954 New Yorker essay “Howtoism,” writer and critic Dwight Macdonald states that authors of how-to books are to other authors as frogs are to mammals, and encourages people to read other genres.

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“No literary genre divides opinion quite like self-help,” said Josiah Gogarty in GQ. Some people love it, while others steer well clear. But the best personal growth books “cover a lot more ground ...

The Ancient Greek historian Plutarch is known for his incisive essays in Moralia, a collection that reads like a modern-day ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For years, I dreamt of writing a book and becoming a “bestseller.” Even books I didn’t think were that good have sold thousands of copies ...