self-help

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Publishers are adjusting their advance payments for some nonfiction titles, though certain self-help, memoir and specific political titles remain strong sellers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Across party lines, governments now promise a familiar basket of benefits: pensions, direct cash transfers, scholarships, free or subsidised electricity, cheap foodgrain, self-help group support for women and allowances for unemployed youth.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

He logged mass-market self-help books on his Goodreads: Malcolm Gladwell, James Clear, you name it.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

“It’ll be funny, effective, kitschy, nostalgic and change the way we use self-help for the better.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Vera thinks I’m a self-help book and a room full of crystals.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King