8 Best feminism books like The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them by Michelle Elman

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The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

By: Michelle Elman

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Is your friendship group constantly filled with drama? Does your boss make constant unreasonable d…

"To ask, "Is my anger legitimate?" is similar to asking, "do I have the right to be thirsty?"

-Michelle Elman, The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

"There are no right or wrong rules, but which are your rules? It’s your house, they are your boundaries, and you decide."

-Michelle Elman, The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

"Your relationship served a purpose at the time and just because it no longer exists doesn’t mean it was a waste of time."

-Michelle Elman, The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

"We have romanticized needing another human, when I believe the most romantic thing is not needing someone but wanting them around anyway."

-Michelle Elman, The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

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1. The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Time

By: Cheryl Richardson

3.93

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

This life-changing handbook by best-selling author Cheryl Richardson offers you 12 strategies to tr… read more

Similar categories in Cheryl Richardson's The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Time book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • relationships
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"if you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won’t like you…"

-Cheryl Richardson, The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Time

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2. Happy: Finding joy in every day and letting go of perfect

By: Fearne Cotton

2.62

Format: 224 pages,

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Similar categories in Fearne Cotton's Happy: Finding joy in every day and letting go of perfect book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

3. Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine

By: Derren Brown

3.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being ha… read more

Similar categories in Derren Brown's Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • audiobook
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help

4. If I Could Tell You Just One Thing...: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice

By: Richard Reed

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Richard Reed built Innocent Drinks from a smoothie stall on a street corner to one of the biggest b… read more

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5. Why the F*ck Can't I Change?

By: Gabija Toleikyte

3.91

Format: 350 pages, ebook

Most of us want to change something about ourselves. It might be our response to stress, our weight… read more

Similar categories in Gabija Toleikyte's Why the F*ck Can't I Change? book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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6. Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

By: Elizabeth Day

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO FAIL‘Bravely revealing.’ Bernardine Evaristo‘Fu… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Day's Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • audiobook
  • relationships
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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7. You Are Not a Before Picture

By: Alex Light

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, enlightening and empowering guide to disavowing diet culture and learning to make peace … read more

Similar categories in Alex Light's You Are Not a Before Picture book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • self help
  • personal development
  • feminism
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Io, te, l'amore. Vivere le relazioni nell'era del narcisismo

By: Stefania Andreoli

3.94

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

"Doc, come faccio a capire se lo/la amo?", "Doc, quando ho la certezza che una storia d'amore è fin… read more

Similar categories in Stefania Andreoli's Io, te, l'amore. Vivere le relazioni nell'era del narcisismo book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • psychology
  • audiobook
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9. Il vecchio al mare

By: Domenico Starnone

3.36

Format: 128 pages, ebook

«Nel corso della mia vita ho fatto di tutto, proprio di tutto, per smania di racconto». Sulla spiag… read more

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10. One for Joy: An introvert’s guide to the secret world of solitude

By: Tom Albrighton

4.01

Format: 316 pages, ebook

When the world is obsessed with being social, we forget the riches within ourselves. It’s time we r… read more

Similar categories in Tom Albrighton's One for Joy: An introvert’s guide to the secret world of solitude book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • psychology
  • self help
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11. The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes

By: Alya Mooro

3.76

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

The greater freedom is to be who you actually are; to be able to live your life in the way you deem… read more

Similar categories in Alya Mooro's The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • feminism
  • nonfiction
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12. The Unexpected Joy of Being Single

By: Catherine Gray

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Single in your late twenties or, hold the phone, in your thirties or beyond? Oh hi! You're in the r… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Gray's The Unexpected Joy of Being Single book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • feminism
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Quiet: Learning to Silence the Brain Chatter and Believing That You’re Good Enough

By: Fearne Cotton

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This book is about taming the bad inner voice - the one that has the power to overthrow gut instinc… read more

Similar categories in Fearne Cotton's Quiet: Learning to Silence the Brain Chatter and Believing That You’re Good Enough book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Fiori per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone

By: Maurizio de Giovanni

3.91

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

È una splendida mattina di primavera, la città è illuminata da una luce perfetta, nell'aria l'odore… read more

Similar categories in Maurizio de Giovanni's Fiori per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • audiobook
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15. Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit

By: Jen Campbell

4.34

Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition

Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit explores disability, storytelling, and the process of mythologisin… read more

Similar categories in Jen Campbell's Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • nonfiction
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16. The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

By: Michelle Elman

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Is your friendship group constantly filled with drama? Does your boss make constant unreasonable d… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • communication
  • relationships
  • self help
  • personal development
  • feminism
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"To ask, "Is my anger legitimate?" is similar to asking, "do I have the right to be thirsty?"

-Michelle Elman, The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

"There are no right or wrong rules, but which are your rules? It’s your house, they are your boundaries, and you decide."

-Michelle Elman, The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

"Your relationship served a purpose at the time and just because it no longer exists doesn’t mean it was a waste of time."

-Michelle Elman, The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

"We have romanticized needing another human, when I believe the most romantic thing is not needing someone but wanting them around anyway."

-Michelle Elman, The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

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17. Lucky: Learning to live again

By: Louise Thompson

4.39

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you learn to live again when you've danced with death?Louise’s road to having a baby was far… read more

Similar categories in Louise Thompson's Lucky: Learning to live again book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Tenants

By: Vicky Spratt

4.39

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022, METRO, EVENING STANDARD, REFINERY29, COSMOPOLITAN'Tenants should be … read more

Similar categories in Vicky Spratt's Tenants book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Starkes weiches Herz

By: Madeleine Darya Alizadeh

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Madeleine Alizadeh, im Internet als dariadaria bekannt, beschäftigt sich mit all den kleinen grosse… read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Darya Alizadeh's Starkes weiches Herz book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • self help
  • personal development
  • feminism
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary

By: Catherine Gray

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Learning how to be exalted by the everyday is the most important lesson we can possibly learn. In C… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Gray's The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • self help
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The overwhelming and inevitable life-lean towards the ordinary is why true deep-pile contentment is found when you re-enchant the everyday."

-Catherine Gray, The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary

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21. Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward

By: Gemma Hartley

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Gemma Hartley, the journalist who ignited a national conversation on emotional labor, comes Fe… read more

Similar categories in Gemma Hartley's Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • audiobook
  • relationships
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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22. Letter To My Younger Self: 100 inspiring people on the moments that shaped their lives

By: Jane Graham

3.59

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

If you could write a letter to your younger self, what would it say? More than 10 years ago, The… read more

Similar categories in Jane Graham's Letter To My Younger Self: 100 inspiring people on the moments that shaped their lives book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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23. Block, Delete, Move On: It's not you, it's them

By: Lalalaletmeexplain

4.31

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Have you ever been on a disastrous date and vowed never to use apps again?Are you blaming yourself … read more

Similar categories in Lalalaletmeexplain's Block, Delete, Move On: It's not you, it's them book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • relationships
  • self help
  • feminism
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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24. Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days

By: Donna Ashworth

4.41

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Wild Hope is Donna Ashworth's powerful new collection of wisdom to help us find hope, peace, self-a… read more

Similar categories in Donna Ashworth's Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • nonfiction
  • personal development
  • psychology
  • self help
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25. Riscrivi le Pagine della Tua Vita

By: Anna De Simone

4.08

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

Soffermati un istante a osservare la tua vita psichica: è complessa, tumultuosa, spesso prepotente.… read more

Similar categories in Anna De Simone's Riscrivi le Pagine della Tua Vita book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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26. Non voglio più piacere a tutti: Trova il coraggio di amare chi sei e vivere la vita che vuoi (Italian Edition)

By: Maria Beatrice Alonzi

3.35

Format: 149 pages, Kindle Edition

Prendi in mano questo libro, la tua vita comincia da qui. La tua vita comincia da te, dallo scoprir… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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27. Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet

By: Colin Butfield

4.13

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The Earthshot concept is Urgency + Optimism = Action. We have ten years to turn the tide on the en… read more

Similar categories in Colin Butfield's Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • nonfiction
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28. Love, Wine, and Other Highs: A Kind Of Memoir

By: Lauren Rae

2.61

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

A candid, comical memoir about coming of age in the decade of bad dates, worse hair and non-stop Ca… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Will I Ever Have Sex Again?

By: Sofie Hagen

4.05

Format: 9 pages, Audible Audio

Comedian Sofie Hagen has not had sex in 3,000 days (and counting). And it turns out, she's not the … read more

Similar categories in Sofie Hagen's Will I Ever Have Sex Again? book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • feminism
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Where is the Love?: The Honest Guide to Dating and Relationships: Shortlisted for the Health & Wellbeing Awards 2022

By: Anna Williamson

3.45

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

'Anna is THE go-to on all things dating and relationships. There is just no one with better knowled… read more

Similar categories in Anna Williamson's Where is the Love?: The Honest Guide to Dating and Relationships: Shortlisted for the Health & Wellbeing Awards 2022 book and Michelle Elman's The Joy of Being Selfish: Why you need boundaries and how to set them

  • relationships
  • nonfiction
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31. Leo: Harness the Power of the Zodiac (astrology, star sign) (Seeing Stars)

By: Stella Andromeda

3.59

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

ROAR, FLAMING LEO, FULL HEART, STAR POWER, GLOSS SHINE. GO WILD, TAKE YOUR STAGE. Who are you goin… read more

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Transform Your Habits

Happy: Finding joy in every day and letting go of perfect

Fearne Cotton

2.62

Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine

Derren Brown

3.15

Transform Your Habits

Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

Elizabeth Day

3.79

Transform Your Habits

You Are Not a Before Picture

Alex Light

4.25

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Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live)

Eve Rodsky

3.56

Transform Your Habits

Sex Object: A Memoir

Jessica Valenti

3.66

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Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

Soraya Chemaly

4.35

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Mom Rage: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood

Minna Dubin

3.83

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