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Books like The Law of Success

Loved The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill? 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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    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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    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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    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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    The Power of Focused Thinking

    Edward de Bono · 1981 · Self-Improvement

    Ben shu fen wei qi ge bu fen, Fen wei bai se si kao mao, Hong se si kao mao, Hei se si kao mao, Huang se si kao mao, Lü se si kao mao he lan se si kao mao.

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    Living in the Light

    Shakti Gawain · 1985 · Self-Improvement

    In Living in the Light, Shakti Gawain introduced a powerful new way of life: that of listening to one's own intuition and relying on it as a guiding force. In the newly revised edition of that classic

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    Ai hen chih chien

    Susan Forward · 1986 · Self-Improvement

    Profiles of men who emotionally abuse women and the women who are attracted to them are accompanied by advice for women who want to improve or terminate misogynistic relationships while increasing the

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    Self-esteem

    Matthew McKay · 1986 · Self-Improvement

    A program for challenging the "inner critic" begins with the premise that destructive interior messages played over and over can hold a person back and offers practical advice on how to stop this nega

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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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    A child called "it"

    David J. Pelzer · 1987 · Self-Improvement

    This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally

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