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Books like The Little Engine That Could

Loved The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper? 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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    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie · 1936 · Self-Improvement

    Timeless advice on dealing with people; old-fashioned but still surprisingly useful.

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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 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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    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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    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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    Thought Vibration Or, The Law of Attraction in the Thought World

    William Walker Atkinson · 1906 · Self-Improvement

    THE Universe is governed by Law - one great Law. Its manifestations are multiform, but viewed from the Ultimate there is but one Law. We are familiar with some of its manifestations, but are almost to

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    The Freedom of Life

    Annie Payson Call · 1905 · Self-Improvement

    From the book:INTERIOR freedom rests upon the principle of non-resistance to all the things which seem evil or painful to our natural love of self. But non-resistance alone can accomplish nothing good

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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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