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Become your best self this year with our selection of the best personal development books of 2025. Meditate on grief in All the Way to the River, overcome anxiety and turn it into curiosity in Beyond Anxiety, or train your mind for any goal you have in Inner Excellence, the book that went viral from Philadelphia Eagles star, AJ Brown, reading it during a football game. One of the best selling books this year was the The Let Them Theory, a book introducing a way to shift your mindset into releasing control and having a more peaceful and confident life. Renew your creative and emotional spirit in The Book of Alchemy by Suleika Jaouad, or read a poetic memoir tracing a woman's journey through love, loss and life in Mornings Without Mii. Work on conflict resolution skills in Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More, or learn about leadership with Brené Brown's latest book, Strong Ground. A book that can't be missed is We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions, tackling life's toughest questions with honestly, humor and wisdom. Make a goal to read a self-improvement book this year from our list of the best self-help books of 2025.

Best Personal Development Books of 2025

All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert
Beyond Anxiety by Martha Beck
The Book of Alchemy by Suleika Jaouad
Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Mornings Without Mii by Mayumi Inaba
The Next Conversation by Jefferson Fisher
Poets Square by Courntey Gustafson
Strong Ground by Brené Brown
We Can Do Hard Things by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle
How to Be Free by Shaka Senghor