See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of January 2026 so far, including self-help books by Oprah Winfrey and new novels.

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While researching this piece, I Googled “best self-help books.” The first result was a Reddit post asking an evergreen question: “Self-help books that ACTUALLY helped you?” This recent batch of ...

January always brings a wave of self-improvement books – all promising better habits, deeper sleep, calmer minds and a more ...

Gone are the days when self-help books were practically required to be cheesy, impersonal, and boring. Now, if you know where to look, you'll find empowering, genuinely useful self-help books designed ...

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The term “self-help books” doesn’t always inspire confidence. Some people look down on this genre as being poorly written or promising too much. In the sea of self-help titles, it can be easy to pick ...