This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
David Foster Wallace
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life
Kathie Lee Gifford and Dolly Parton
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life
David D. Burns M.D.
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
What Makes Love Last?: How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal
John Gottman Ph.D. and Nan Silver
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Alive After the Fall: How to Survive an EMP/HEMP Attack on the Power Grid
Alexander Cain
4.3 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity
Napoleon Hill
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction
Gary Wilson, Noah Church, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Mark Manson, Roger Wayne, et al.
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Carol S. Dweck
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The Secret
Rhonda Byrne
4.5 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Emily Nagoski PhD and Amelia Nagoski DMA
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Alcoholics Anonymous: The Big Book
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4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Art of Seduction: An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of Power
Robert Greene, Joseph Powers, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
1 HN comments
_RPL5_onJuly 6, 2021
https://www.ozon.ru/highlight/top-200-knig-po-mneniyu-chitat...
Of the Top-12, 6 to 8 are some form of a self-help book:
* 1st: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck.
2nd: Say Yes To Life, a self-help book from an Austrian Holocaust surviver.* 4th: Ben Graham's Intelligent Investor.
* 5th: A Russian-author book on the art of "convincing" & "influencing" people (sound familiar?).
* 6th: Another American book, "Radical Forgiveness: A Guide to Spiritual Healing"
* 8th: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
* 11th: Women Who Love Too Much: If Love is Causing Suffering. Also a US book.
* 12th: Atlas Shrugged. I suppose it's not a self-help book, but it's very much in line with the spirit of "open-your-eyes" literature.
* If you go down the list, there is a bunch of other titles like Rich Dad Poor Dad, the full set of Nassim Taleb's quasi self-improvement books, etc.
We can sort of argue whether some of these books are self-help adjacent or not (like Ben Graham or Nassim Taleb), but the trend is clear: self-improvement literature is very popular in Russia.
This shows that the self-help cottage industry is not limited to the US. I think people just like the idea of self-improvement.
edit: formatting