In the past few years, there has been a rise in popularity of the Self-Help book. There are many reasons for this rise in popularity, from just needing an extra push of encouragement or maybe your life is absolutely falling apart. For both ways, there is always going to be a book for the specific problems you are dealing with. 

1. You Are a Bada**
   1. Jen Sincero
      1. Rating 10/10
         1. Growing up you were thrust into a world of mistruths and lies given to you by society that can really be hard on your process of growing. In You are a Bada**, Sincero gives you 27 small chapters full of stories of life that will bring you out of these preconceived notions and make you realize that you don’t have to fit into this shell that Society puts you in. Sincero gives you a book of advice on how you can bring yourself out of your head and change the way you view yourself, which in essence really changes your life. Sincero helps you realize your full potential and make you see that YOU ARE A BADA**

1. The Gifts of Imperfection
   1. Brene Brown
      1. Rating 12/10
         1. Brene Brown has made it clear to us that we are all very imperfect. As humans, we go through life trying to impress others and be fake rather than just genuinely being ourselves. Brown really comes into this book and just says it how it is and doesn’t give us any advice; she doesn’t follow herself, and really seems to care about the reader. In The Gifts of Imperfection, we are being taught how to live with courage, compassion, and connection. She tells us not to be so serious about life all the time and to maybe play once and a while. Brown wants you to leave this book with practices you can use in your everyday life, and like it is said earlier she wants you to know that you are imperfect and that is normal, you are all unique in your own way, and being perfect is overrated.

1. The Subtle Are of Not Giving a F**K
   1. Mark Manson
      1. Rating 10/10
         1. If you can get past the explicit title, you are in luck. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**K, really is about how everyday life struggles give it meaning. Everyone goes through struggles and those struggles are what build and strengthen people to get through the day. Mark Manson argues that the normal relentless positivity of the normal self-help book is really not that helpful. Manson uses his own personal life experiences to show that trying to be happy all the time through the hard parts of life is totally destructive. Some of the chapter titles really hit this whole thing on the nose with things like, “Don’t Try”, “Happiness is a problem”, and the most vivid one is the last chapter title “And then you die”. Manson wants you to know that it is ok to struggle and worry less about the legacy you leave and how you smiled through pain but to struggle and be in pain and not let that break you.

1. Bada** Habits
   1. Jen Sincero
      1. Rating 7/10
         1. If you couldn’t tell the main goal for author Jen Sincero, is to make the reader a bada**. Which is a goal she really does achieve in all honesty. In Bada** Habits you get right to the root of transformation and how to transform in ways that are constructive and not destructive. This book focuses mainly on the habits we create. Sincero goes through how to make, break and stick with habits. We all know that there are some habits that feel impossible to break and some that feel impossible to start, but Sincero really gets to the root of the habit problem and makes you see how to create and demolish some bad and bada** habits.

1. Keep Moving
   1. Maggie Smith
      1. Rating 10/10
         1. As humans loss is a word that we come to know as we get older. There are many things we can lose like a family member, a friend, a promotion at work, a marriage, and sometimes even ourselves. In Keep Moving, we are given some words Maggie Smith wrote during her divorce, which is during a time where she was feeling the immense loss of her marriage. Keep Moving was published during the global pandemic that took over our lives over the past year and it could not have been released at a better time. Smith shows us how to grow from our struggles and shows us how to grow during the messy time between the initial loss and the acceptance. This book is showing you that loss is normal and while sometimes people want to run away from loss but instead you need to embrace it and grow from the ashes of loss.

1. Create Your Own Calm
   1. Meera Lee Patel
      1. Rating 8/10
         1. Anxiety and worry are something that everyone experiences. It’s just part of being a human being. In the beautifully illustrated book by  Meera Lee Patel, you are given a safe space to journal and reflect during times of worry and uncertainty. This book is amazing for when you want an escape to calm and ground yourself. Seeing the illustrations by Patel you feel a great sense of calm, and reading the quotes you are being given some calming words that will help you through the anxiety you are feeling. Being able to write directly in the book to reflect and calm down from the stress of everyday life is such an amazing addition to truly create your own calm.

1. G’morning, G’night
   1. Lin Manuel-Miranda
      1. Rating 9/10
         1. If you don’t know who Lin Manuel-Miranda is and don’t follow him on his Twitter account then you are in luck. At the beginning and end of every day, Miranda would tweet out an excerpt, poem, or quote to give his followers and himself encouragement. Now all of these little notes of encouragement are all compiled into one book. Reading this book you will have a warm feeling like you are getting a big hug from your best friend or family member.

1. 365 Days of Wonder
   1. R.J. Palacio
      1. Rating 9/10
         1. When the book Wonder was released it became an instant classic. A huge part of the book is the idea of the precepts that were given to the students of Mr. Brown’s class. After the success of Wonder, the book 365 Days of Wonder was released giving the world all of the words that encouraged the students of Wonder for their everyday lives. There is one precept for every day of the year and it gives you a familiar feeling that you may have had when you were in a classroom as a young kid. The words used by a teacher for encouragement are something that people remember growing up and now all compiled into one book you are giving the same words of encouragement given to you when you were a kid listening to your teacher.