If you’re a reader, and you’re on Instagram, chances are the algorithm has fed you posts promising that “this book will change your life” or touting “five books that made me successful.” These claims ...

When I was in seventh grade, I read Jen Sincero’s “You Are A Badass,” an extremely popular self-help book at the front of every bookstore in 2013. Part of the appeal was a friend’s insistence that it ...

Self-help often promises transformation but rarely earns trust. Readers today are sharper, more sceptical, and far less willing to accept recycled advice dressed as insight. What stands out now are ...

To understand modern self-help books, open “Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm”. The sequel to “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”—and no doubt the prequel to ...

Are self-help books a waste of money? I’ve written two books which are designed as self-help guides so it won’t be a surprise if I say that I think self-help books can actually be very helpful to ...

A decade ago, Mark Manson published The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, an irreverent take on a familiar genre: the self-help book. It sold nearly 2 million copies in its first year and climbed to 16 ...

If you’re a reader, and you’re on Instagram, chances are the algorithm has fed you posts promising that “this book will change your life” or touting “five books that made me successful.” These claims ...