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Books like Practical Mental Influence

Loved Practical Mental Influence by William Walker Atkinson? 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 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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    How to live on 24 hours a day

    Arnold Bennett · 1900 · Self-Improvement

    You have to live on ... twenty-four hours of daily time. Out of it you have to spin health, pleasure, money, content, respect, and the evolution of your immortal soul,” says Arnold Bennett in this tim

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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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    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 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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    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 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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