Self-help techniques book series in reading order

Matthew Kelly, born 12 July 1973 in Sydney, is an Australian motivational speaker, business consultant and founding partner of the management consulting firm Floyd Consulting. The catalogue lists 48 Kelly books from Our Father (1995) to Nothing Is Random (2025). Subjects include the Catholic Church, spirituality, self-help, happiness, parenting and business. Titles include The Rhythm of Life (1999), Rediscover Catholicism (2002) and The Dream Manager (2007).

Jocko Willink

13 books• 2 series

Extreme Ownership (2015) is the earliest of 13 catalogued books by Jocko Willink, an American author, podcaster and retired United States Navy SEAL officer born September 8, 1971. In the Iraq War, Willink commanded Task Unit Bruiser of SEAL Team 3 in the fighting at Ramadi, receiving the Silver Star and the Bronze Star Medal and reaching lieutenant commander. Willink also sits on the board of San Diego FC. Other titles include Discipline Equals Freedom (2017), The Dichotomy of Leadership (2018) and Leadership Strategy and Tactics (2020), and Way of the Warrior Kid (2018) and Marc's Mission (2018) also appear, with children's fiction and leadership among the subjects. Letters from Uncle Jake (2024) is the newest.

Sarah Knight writes profane self-help, parodying the tidy-your-life genre while giving practical advice on attitude, anxiety and priorities. The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck (2015) set the pattern, followed by Get Your Sh*t Together (2016), You Do You (2017), Calm the F*ck Down (2018), F*ck No! (2019), No F*cks Given (2022) and Grow the F*ck Up (2023). Eight books in total, with nothing new since 2023.

Susan Branch is an American author, watercolourist and designer who illustrates her own books. Heart of the Home is the cookbook series Branch is known for, and the 44 catalogued titles also take in memoirs, guided journals, travel writing and keepsake books. The run opens with Heart of the Home (1986) and reaches Distilled Genius - A Collection of Life-Changing Quotations (2022), at a median 80 pages. Cooking, entertaining, home economics and Christmas recur as subjects. No new title has appeared since 2022.

Three books make up Jen Sincero's catalogue, all of them self-help: You Are a Badass (2013), You Are a Badass at Making Money (2018) and You Are a Badass Every Day (2020). Self-actualisation, personal growth, success and personal finance are their subjects. Sincero is an American writer, speaker and success coach.