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Books like How to Win Friends and Influence People

Loved How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from self-improvement, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

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    Atomic Habits

    James Clear · 2018 · Self-Improvement

    A practical, evidence-based system for tiny changes that compound; the modern standard on habits.

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    The Little Engine That Could

    Watty Piper · 1930 · Self-Improvement

    It is a wonderful story that tells children to never give up, keep on trying.

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    The Richest Man in Babylon

    George S. Clason · 1926 · Self-Improvement

    To bring your dreams and desires to fulfillment, you must be successful with money. This book shows you how to amass personal wealth by sharing the secrets of the ancient Babylonians, who were the fir

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    The magic of believing

    Claude M. Bristol · 1948 · Self-Improvement

    In this bestselling self-help book, a successful businessman reveals the secrets behind harnessing the unlimited energies of the subconscious. For more than four decades success‐oriented readers have

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    The Power of Positive Thinking

    Norman Vincent Peale · 1952 · Self-Improvement

    In this phenomenal bestseller, “written with the sole objective of helping the reader achieve a happy, satisfying, and worthwhile life,” Dr. Peale demonstrates the power of faith in action. With the p

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    Naked Lunch

    William S. Burroughs · 1959 · Self-Improvement

    Controversial and bizarre cult novel based on the author’s own experiences as a drug addict, first published in 1959. Formed as a series of inter-connected adventures set in locations as diverse as th

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    Psycho-cybernetics

    Maxwell Maltz · 1960 · Self-Improvement

    Cybernetics (loosely translated from the Greek): “a helmsman who steers his ship to port.” Psycho-Cybernetics is a term coined by Dr. Maxwell Maltz, which means, “steering your mind to a productive, u

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    The science of getting rich, or, financial success through creative thought

    Wallace D. Wattles · 1910 · Self-Improvement

    As featured in the bestselling book The Secret, here is the landmark guide to wealth creation republished with the classic essay How to Get What You Want.Wallace D. Wattles spent a lifetime considerin

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    You are not the target

    Laura Archera Huxley · 1963 · Self-Improvement

    Practical explorations of living out the concepts laid out by Aldous Huxley in his work - "Island". Select one recipe and stick with it- chances are we will remember and forget, however deeper change

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    Practical Mental Influence

    William Walker Atkinson · 1908 · Self-Improvement

    Students of history find a continuous chain of reference to the mysterious influence of one human mind over that of others. In the earliest records, traditions and legends may be found giving referenc

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