20 Self Help Books To Kick Off 2025
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From inspiring climate action to understanding your twenties
New year, new you? We know the feeling. But did you know that, of the 17 percent of Brits that made a New Year’s resolution at the start of 2023, less than half kept their promises? If your 2025 resolutions are feeling a little wishy-washy, it might be time to pick up a self help book for some actionable advice. Here are our top picks as January unfolds.
Best Self Help Books 2025
Best For: Climate Action
Looking to help not only yourself but the planet in 2025? Us too (always). Here are four self help books to inspire climate action.
It's Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World
By Mikaela Loach, paperback, £9.99
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The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbours
By Erika Howsare, paperback, £10.99
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Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
By Dan Saladino, hardback, £25
BUY NOWBest For: Health Anxiety
Plenty of us tend to worry unnecessarily, and the ‘c’ word only made matters worse. Of course, it’s important to be wary of spreading illness, disease and infection – and the rise of work from home has transformed the expectations of unwell workers in the office – but if your health anxiety is getting in the way of your day-to-day life, it’s time to make a change. Here are three self help books to start with.
Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change
By Nicole Vignola, hardback, £18.99
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It's All in Your Head: Stories from the Frontline of Psychosomatic Illness
By Suzanne O’Sullivan, paperback, £10.99
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Best For: Trust Issues
If 2025 is the year you knock down the walls you’ve built up around your emotions, here are four self help books for trust issues to get you started.
Anxiously Attached: How to Heal and Feel More Secure in Love
By Jessica Baum, paperback, £10.99
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The Jealousy Cure: Learn to Trust, Overcome Possessiveness, and Save Your Relationship
By Dr Robert L. Leahy, paperback, £18.99
BUY NOWBest For: Women In Their 20s
A woman’s twenties are notoriously turbulent times: your prefrontal cortex is maturing, you’re settling into adulthood, questioning who you are and the decisions you’ve made, figuring out your finances and figuring out relationships. Throw in some insecurity and negative body image, and it’s the perfect storm. Here are four books to help you navigate the waters.
Why Am I Like This?: My Brain Isn’t Broken (and Neither Is Yours)
By Gemma Styles, hardback, £20
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Best For: Making Sense Of The 2020s
It’s a daunting world out there. Here are four books to help you start making sense of the changing political landscape we are faced with.
We’re Living Through The Breakdown: And Here's What We Can Do About It
By Tatton Spiller, paperback, £9.99
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