Gone are the days when self-help books were practically required to be cheesy, impersonal, and boring. Now, if you know where to look, you'll find empowering, genuinely useful self-help books designed ...

You’d have to be living completely off the grid not to know how crazy things are right now. Civil rights rollbacks, a struggling economy and a democracy that could be teetering on the edge of collapse ...

To understand modern self-help books, open “Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm”. The sequel to “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”—and no doubt the prequel to ...

If you’re a reader, and you’re on Instagram, chances are the algorithm has fed you posts promising that “this book will change your life” or touting “five books that made me successful.” These claims ...

Joanna Pozzulo receives funding from the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada. Carleton University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Carleton University provides funding ...

If you’re a reader, and you’re on Instagram, chances are the algorithm has fed you posts promising that “this book will change your life” or touting “five books that made me successful.” These claims ...