Top 50 Self-Help Books

 

1. For Yourself by Barbach (sexuality)
2. Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder by Linehan (borderline & narcissistic personality disorders)
3. Becoming Orgasmic by Heiman & LoPiccolo (sexuality)
4. For Each Other by Barbach (sexuality)
5. Taking Charge of Adult ADHD by Barkley (ADHD)
6. Why Marriages Succeed or Fail by Gottman & Silver (marriage) 
7. The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Bourne (anxiety)
8. What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Eisenberg et al. (pregnancy)
9. The 36-Hour Day by Mace & Rabins (dementia/alzheimer’s)
10. Your Defiant Child by Barkley & Benton (child development and parenting)
11. The New Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women’s Collective (women’s issues)
12. Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic III by Craske and Barlow (anxiety)
13. The Courage to Heal by Bass & Davis (abuse)
14. Managing Pain before It Manages You by Caudill & Benson (chronic pain)     
15. The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook by Davis et al. (stress management)
16. Feeling Good by Burns (depression)
17. The Seven Principles for Making Marriages Work by Gottman & Silver (marriage)
18. The Explosive Child by Greene (violent youth)
19. What to Expect: The Toddler Years by Eisenberg et al. (infant development and parenting)
20. Infants and Mothers by Brazelton (infant development and parenting)
21. The Grief Recovery Handbook by James & Cherry (death and grieving)
22. Mastering Your Fears and Phobias Workbook by Antony et al. (anxiety)
23. Wherever You Go, There You Are by Kabat-Zinn (stress management and relaxation)
24. “Get Out of My Life but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall” by Wolf (teenagers and parenting)
25. What Every Baby Knows by Brazelton (infant development and parenting)
26. What to Expect the First Year by Eisenberg et al. (infant development and parenting)
27. Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care by Spock & Parker (infant development and parenting)
28. Mind over Mood by Greenberger & Padesky (depression)
29. Dinosaurs Divorce by Brown & Brown (divorce)
30. Trauma and Recovery by Herman (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
31. Reviving Ophelia by Pipher (teenagers and parenting)
32. The Anger Control Workbook by McKay & Rogers (anger)
33. The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Kitzinger (pregnancy)
34. The Drama of the Gifted Child by Miller (borderline and narcissistic personality disorders)
35. Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Hayes & Smith (self-management and self-enhancement)
36. How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Colgrove et al. (death and grieving)
37. To Listen to a Child by Brazelton (child development and parenting)
38. Taking Charge of ADHD by Barkley (ADHD)
39. Boys and Girls Book about Divorce by Gardner (divorce)
40. The Dance of Anger by Lerner (anger)
41. Mastery of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Kozak & Foa (OCD)
42. The Second Shift by Hochschild (women’s issues)
43. The Feeling Good Handbook by Burns (depression)
44. Real Boys by Pollack (men’s issues)
45. Toddlers and Parents by Brazelton (child development and parenting)
46. Your Perfect Right by Alberti & Emmons (assertiveness)
47. Love Is Never Enough by Beck (love and intimacy)
48. S.T.O.P. Obsessing by Foa & Wilson (OCD)
49. The Stress and Relaxation Handbook by Madders (stress management and relaxation)
50. The Assertive Woman by Phelps & Austin (assertiveness)

 

This list is adapted from the book Norcross, J. C., Campbell, L. M., Grohol, J. M., Santrock, J. W., Selagea, F., & Sommer, R. (2013).  Self-help that works: Evidence-based resources for the public and professionals (fourth ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

   
Updated: August 29, 2012
     
   
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