Recommended Reading

Emotional Blackmail

When the people in your life use fear, obligation and guilt to manipulate you

Susan Forward with Donna Frazier

One of the best books to understand guilt-tripping, manipulation, threats and toxic emotional control.

Attached

The new science of adult attachment and how it can help you find — and keep — love

Amir Levine and Rachel S.F. Heller

Makes you understand attachment styles so you stop chasing emotionally unavailable people.

Games People Play

The psychology of human relationships

Eric Berne

Explains the psychological "games" people unconsciously play in relationships and conversations.

Set Boundaries, Find Peace

A guide to reclaiming yourself

Negra Glover Tawwab

A practical guide to stop people-pleasing and protect your mental peace.

Surrounded by Idiots

The Four Types of Human Behavior

Thomas Erikson

What Every Body is Saying

An ex-FBI Agent's guide to speed-reading people

Joe Navarro with Marvin Karlins

Read People Like a Book

How to analyze, understand, and predict people's emotions, thoughts, intentions, and behaviors

Patrick King

The Laws of Human Nature

Robert Greene

Helps you read people's intentions, emotional patterns, and toxic behaviors before they hurt you.

48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene

Teaches how manipulation, influence, and hidden power dynamics work in real life.

Mastery

Robert Greene

Influence

The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert B. Cialdini

Free Your Mind

The new world of manipulation and how to resist it

Laura Dodsworth and Patrick Fagan

Behave

The biology of humans at our best and worst

Robert Sapolsky

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Psycho-Cybernetics

Maxwell Maltz

The Body Keeps The Score

Mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma

Bessel Van Der Kolk

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone

A therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed

Lori Gottlieb

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

Everyday Tools for Life's Ups and Downs

Dr. Julie Smith

Unf*ck Your Brain

Using science to get over anxiety, depression, anger, freak-outs, and triggers

Dr. Faith G. Harper

The Happiness Trap

Stop struggling, start living

Russ Harris

The Book of Feeling Blue

Understand and manage depression

Gwendoline Smith

Outrunning Your Emotions

Face Your Feelings, Find your Power and Love Yourself

Jiselle Gillard Jegousse

Heal. Grow. Love.

Words to help you become

Pierre Alex Jeanty

You Are a Badass

How to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life

Jen Sincero

The Obstacle is the Way

The ancient art of turning adversity to advantage

Ryan Holiday

The Mountain is You

Transforming self-sabotage into self-mastery

Brianna Wiest

Unf*ck Yourself

Get out of your head and into your life

Gary John Bishop

Atomic Habits

An easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones

James Clear

Can't Hurt Me

Master your mind and defy the odds

David Goggins

Awaken The Giant Within

Take immediate control of your mental, emotional, physical and financial destiny

Anthony Robbins

The Magic of Thinking Big

The true secret of success

David Schwartz

The Compound Effect

Jumpstart your income, your life, your success

Darren Hardy

The One Thing

The surprisingly simple truth

Gary Keller with Jay Papasan

Master Your Destiny

A practical guide to rewrite your story and become the person you want to be

Thibaut Meurisse

Master Your Focus

A practical guide to stop chasing the next thing and focus on what matters

Thibaut Meurisse

Master Your Motivation

A practical guide to stop chasing the next thing and focus on what matters until it's done

Thibaut Meurisse

Master Your Success

Timeless principles to develop inner confidence and create authentic success

Thibaut Meurisse

Master Your Thinking

A practical guide to align with reality and achieve tangible results in the real world

Thibaut Meurisse

Master Your Emotions

A practical guide to overcome negativity and better manage your feelings

Thibaut Meurisse

You Become What You Think

Master your mind, master your life

Shubham Kumar Singh

Success Starts Within

Achieve your potential through radical self-care

Chazz Scott

Rise

How to overcome challenges in order to live the life you want

Nia Rainer

You're Too Good to Feel This Bad

An unorthodox approach to living an unorthodox life

Nate Dallas

Don't Believe Everything You Think

Why your thinking is the beginning and end of suffering

Joseph Nguyen

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

A guide to wealth and happiness

Eric Jorgenson

The Power of Now

A guide to spiritual enlightenment

Eckhart Tolle

Stillness Speaks

Eckhart Tolle

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

A private journal offering timeless guidance on cultivating inner peace, mastering emotions, and leading a virtuous life — emphasizing radical self-discipline, the acceptance of fate, and the transient nature of existence.

The Daily Stoic

366 meditations on wisdom, perseverance, and the art of living

Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman

The Things You Can Only See When You Slow Down

How to be calm in a busy world

Haemin Sunim

Calm the Chaotic Mind

Correct thinking mistakes, worry less and find calm amid the chaos

Kunal Dudeja

Living Untethered

Beyond the human predicament

Michael A. Singer

Rituals of the Soul

Using the 8 ancient principles of yoga to create a modern and meaningful life

Kori Hahn

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Dale Carnegie

Finding Your Strength in Difficult Times

A book of meditations

David Viscott

Big Magic

Creative living beyond fear

Elizabeth Gilbert

The Courage to be Disliked

How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness

Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

Good Vibes, Good Life

How self-love is the key to unlocking your greatness

Vex King

Healing is the New High

A guide to overcoming emotional turmoil and finding freedom

Vex King

The Gifts of Imperfection

Brené Brown

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

A counterintuitive approach to living a good life

Mark Manson

High on Happiness

An illustrated guide to breaking the cycle of overthinking and negative emotions

Yasudha Kapoor

Welcome Home

A guide to building a home for your soul

Najwa Zebian

A Gentle Reminder

Bianca Sparacino

The Comfort Book

A stirring testimony to hope and the imagination

Matt Haig

Tuesdays with Morrie

An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

Mitch Albom

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Charlie Mackesy

Unposted Letter

Mahatria Ra and T.T. Rangarajan

A motivational self-help book offering simple, profound insights on life, work, and personal growth through short articles or "letters."