Below are some of the best how-to books of all time. Consider adding these 13 best how-to books of all time to your nightstand of books. How-to books are essentially self-help books. They are inspiring and offer tools for self-exploration and even healing. You can set goals for yourself and reflect on your growth and limitations. Reading a how-to book can give you a positive perspective on the world. Consider starting your morning, with reading a chapter with one of the books we have recommended below. Your wake-up, coffee, and slay will be taken to a new level!
Below are 13 of some of the best how-to books of all time. Your friends will come to you for advice, as a newfound guru.
13. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles (2002)
Attention all writers, entrepreneurs, athletes, and creative beings. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield is the how-to book you need to read like yesterday. This how-to books gives you the tools to fight the “resistance” otherwise known as mental blocks that are universal.
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12. How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
You might already be familiar with perhaps the most famous how-to book, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. This how-to book has got a proven track record for over sixty years. You will learn six ways to make people like you, twelve ways to persuade others to your view point, and nine ways to help people without seeming condescending.
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11. Outliers: The Story of Success (2008)
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell is like a how-to beach reach. Malcom Gladwell is a popular writer. Your dad likely has this book and some of his others floating around. Every wonder how the most successful people found their stride? The software billionaires, the prolific soccer player, and the Beatles are among the “outliers.” This how-to is entertaining and illuminates what separates a high achiever from the heard, their secrets.
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10. Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking (2008)
Can we get an Amen, to all introverts (hello). Don’t you hate having to explain to your extrovert friends why you need to recharge by social distancing. Hand them a copy of Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. This how-to is the proud manifesto for one-third of the population who are introverts. This extraordinary book champions successful introverts through out history and their achievements. Not to mention, it also offers a more comprehensive understanding of introversion from psychological and a neuroscience perspective.
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9. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (2016)
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson is the book we all need in this vacuous world of likes and portrayal of fake lives. Manson a superstar blogger posits that we shouldn’t be afraid to be caught with our pants down: be seen as messy but real life human beings. It’s painful, but anyone who is willing can shed the layers of contouring and bullshit to re-find their city. This is a how-to to take our generation by the horns. Oh and stop drawing on your eyebrows;learn to not give a f*ck. You’ll be happier.
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8. You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life (2013)
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero is a snarky how-to that doesn’t throw punches. This former motivational speaker breaks it down through her personal experiences through essays, offering career advice, to love, and to finances. You know when people say you’re amazing but you know they are not listening are also full of shit. Well by the end of this book, you will be at piece with stepping into your truths and short-comings, but you will also genuinely believe you’re AMAZING.
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7. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (2001)
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle is a look. Your spirtually enlightened friends will applaud your choice of how-to book. If you don’t know anything about Eckart Tolle, look him up. He has an interesting back story that is super inspiring.
6. Emotional Intelligence (1995)
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman is a classic how-to. As it turns out, there is a superior kind of intelligence. It’s called “emotional intelligence.” It commends those of us who can read a room and pick up on non verbal cues. Emotional intelligence is an invaluable asset. Bring this book to your boss and demand a raise for putting up with constant mansplaining. Not only do you have a master’s degree, you are the one with the real insights into the office minutia.
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5. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (1997)
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz is a breezy how-to. You will devour in one sitting while you twiddle on your phone over your first coffee, while contemplating conquering the world. Ruiz imparts ancient Toltec codes, inner spared with modern wisdom needed for one to find freedom and true happiness. Great read and book to give to a friend.
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4. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (2013)
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Facebook COO’s Sheryl Sandberg offers inspirational advice and anecdotes for women in their quest to breaking the glass ceiling.
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3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (2014)
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo is more than a how-to. Marie Kondo is a way of life. We highly recommend this book and her Netflix special. Marie Kondo teaches us what it means to live a minimal life style and how to determine within ourselves what “sparks joy.” This wonderfully talented, folding nymph of a woman also has a new book with her practices applied to the workplace called “Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life.”
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2. Untamed (2020)
Untamed by Glennon Doyle Melton is a how-to for 2020 with some celeb hype. It’s got a super pretty cover, great for a coffee table book. This is a memoir for women about being liberated as women mentally, spiritually, and physically. The reviews are promising.
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1. How-to Be A Woman (2011)
How to Be a Woman, a memoir, by British writer Caitlin Moran is HILARIOUS and inspiring. This a favorite how-to/ book for many of us. Cailin Moran articulates the good, the bad, and the ugly of being a woman, while arming us with tools in this uncertain time.
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