19 Best self help books like The No-Bullshit Guide to Depression by Steven Skoczen

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The No-Bullshit Guide to Depression

By: Steven Skoczen

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

"Probably the best self-help book on depression I’ve ever read." — Joe Rhinewine, Director and Psyc…

If you liked the self help plot in The No-Bullshit Guide to Depression by Steven Skoczen , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Black Like Me

By: John Howard Griffin

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In the Deep South of the 1950s, journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross the color line. Usi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Now you go into oblivion."

-John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me

"We need a conversion of morals,"

-John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me

"Night coming tenderly Black like me."

-John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me

"In the context of today, this WAS heroism."

-John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me

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2. His Roommate's Pleasure

By: Lana McGregor

3.64

Format: 84 pages, ebook

It started with an accidental click…but where will it end? Desperate to turn in a paper, Adam bo… read more

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"Fuck, you’ve been to the sex store."

-Lana McGregor, His Roommate's Pleasure

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3. The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques: Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Anxious and What You Can Do to Change It

By: Margaret Wehrenberg

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A strategy-filled handbook to understand, manage, and conquer your own stress. Anxiety disorders-gr… read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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4. The Witch of Blackbird Pond

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Newbery Medal Winner (1959) Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the col… read more

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"People are afraid of things they don’t understand."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet. A pale green curtain of branches just brushed the grasses and threw a filigree of shadows, as delicate as the wrought silver, on the child’s face."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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5. Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

By: Michael Pollan

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

A DEFINITIVE COMPENDIUM OF FOOD WISDOM Eating doesn't have to be so complicated. In this age of eve… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • health
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6. Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind

By: Dan Charnas

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The first organizational book inspired by the culinary world, taking mise-en-place outside the kitc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help

7. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

By: William Deresiewicz

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and l… read more

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8. Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

By: Kristin Neff

4.25

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

From leading psychologist Dr. Kristin Neff comes a step-by-step guide explaining how to be more sel… read more

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9. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

By: William Styron

4.24

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true acc… read more

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10. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

By: Katherine May

3.86

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knoc… read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"The problem with “everything"

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

"Much to my regret, I have yet to befriend a robin."

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

"The only thing breaking me was pretending to be like everyone else."

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

"You need to live a life that you can cope with, not the one that other people want."

-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

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11. “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

By: Aubrey Gordon

4.33

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the fac… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • health
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12. Seven Girls Gone (Quinn & Costa, #4)

By: Allison Brennan

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

For three years, women have been disappearing—and eventually turning up dead in the small bayou tow… read more

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13. The Secret to Superhuman Strength

By: Alison Bechdel

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Fun Home, a profound graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exerc… read more

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  • nonfiction
"My transformation, thanks in part to Adrienne Rich, was easier than hers had been."

-Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength

"Life many gay people of my generation, I would not behave like a teenager until I was in my twenties."

-Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength

"Why have I spent so many hours of my life--very possibly as many as are actually recommended-- exercising ?!"

-Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength

"Most people don't even try to get what they want because of the painful reckoning with their parents it entails."

-Alison Bechdel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength

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14. The Wrong Victim (Quinn & Costa, #3)

By: Allison Brennan

4.16

Format: 453 pages, ebook

A bomb explodes on a sunset charter cruise out of Friday Harbor at the height of tourist season and… read more

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15. No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism (The No Self Wisdom Series)

By: Chris Niebauer

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

While in grad school in the early 1990s, Chris Niebauer began to notice striking parallels between … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Perhaps the reason we can't find the self in the brain is because it isn't there."

-Chris Niebauer, No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism (The No Self Wisdom Series)

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16. The Last Watch (The Divide, #1)

By: J.S. Dewes

3.96

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The Expanse meets Game of Thrones in J. S. Dewes's fast-paced, sci-fi adventure The Last Watch, whe… read more

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17. The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again

By: Catherine Price

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Journalist and screen/life balance expert Catherine Price argues persuasively that our always-on, t… read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"One of the many great things about taking breaks from screens and devices is that it forces you to be still. This stillness can be very uncomfortable, but it also gives your brain a chance to breathe…"

-Catherine Price, The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again

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18. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

By: Tricia Hersey

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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19. The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases

By: Gary Small

3.83

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

“Stories of human behavior at its most extreme….With humor, compassion, empathy, and insight, Small… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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20. The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

By: Finn Murphy

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul .”―Sloane Crosley, Vanity… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Books are completely disappearing. Remember in Fahrenheit 451 where the fireman's wife was addicted to interactive television and they sent fireman crews out to burn books? That mission has been larg…"

-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

"It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited supply o…"

-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

"It’s too late now. The game’s been won by companies who don’t give two shits about community character or decent jobs. Congratufuckinglations, America! We did the deal. Now we’ve got an unlimited sup…"

-Finn Murphy, The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road

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21. Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There

By: Tara Schuster

3.89

Format: 318 pages, Hardcover

Brutally honest, often hilarious, hard-won lessons in learning to love and care for yourself from a… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
"Life is not a series of crises to be endured. Life is to be enjoyed."

-Tara Schuster, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There

"The thing about moving," he said, "is it's a good way to shake loose whatever old baggage you have, or the old things that were true about yourself, and decide what you want to be true about yourself…"

-Tara Schuster, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There

"I think we all suffer from the societal pressure to always be occupied. Busy is worn as a badge of honor these days, the busier we are, the more important we feel. But busy doesn't mean important, bu…"

-Tara Schuster, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There

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22. Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most

By: Greg McKeown

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism takes on the holy grail of human performance:… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"What job have I hired this grudge to do?"

-Greg McKeown, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most

"There is no mastery without mistakes, and there is no learning later without the courage to be rubbish."

-Greg McKeown, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most

"Life doesn't have to be as hard and complicated as we make it. Each of us has -- as Robert Frost wrote -- "Promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep." No matter what challenges, obstacles or ha…"

-Greg McKeown, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most

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23. Unwinding Anxiety

By: Judson Brewer

3.91

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and … read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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24. Laziness Does Not Exist

By: Devon Price

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From social psychologist Dr. Devon Price, a conversational, stirring call to “a better, more human … read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"If someone's behavior makes no sense to us, passing judgment on it feels very natural."

-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist

"This tendency to blame people for their own pain is comforting, in a twisted way: it allows us to close up our hearts and ignore the suffering of others."

-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist

"We live in a world where hard work is rewarded and having needs and limitations is seen as a source of shame. It's no wonder so many of us are constantly overexerting ourselves, saying yes out of fea…"

-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist

"If you're entitled to moments of rest, of imperfection, of laziness and sloth, then so are homeless people, and people with depression, and people who are addicted to drugs. If your life has value no…"

-Devon Price, Laziness Does Not Exist

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25. Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD

By: Jason Kander

4.53

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kan… read more

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  • self help
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • health
"PTSD is an injury. That’s all it is."

-Jason Kander, Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD

"Reader, let’s talk about ambition. First of all, the word is almost always used against young people—especially women. No one calls Bernie Sanders ambitious, but the man ran for president twice. When…"

-Jason Kander, Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD

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26. Tired as F*ck: Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture

By: Caroline Dooner

3.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Blending memoir and blistering social observations, the author of The F*ck It Diet looks back at he… read more

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  • self help
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • health
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27. The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy

By: Caroline Dooner

4.04

Format: 304 pages, ebook

From comedian and ex-diet junkie Caroline Dooner, an inspirational guide that will help you stop di… read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Sugar is addictive like oxygen is addictive. Your body fucking needs it."

-Caroline Dooner, The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy

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28. Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better

By: Woo-Kyoung Ahn

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn devised a course at Yale University to help students examine the biases… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"When we keep trying to find answers to questions that are probably unanswerable, we may start to feel worse and worse."

-Woo-Kyoung Ahn, Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better

"Why did we create a society that not only forces most people to work to live but also makes even the most privileged feel like they have to work desperately hard all the time? We created a mythology …"

-Woo-Kyoung Ahn, Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better

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29. Radical Confidence: 10 No-BS Lessons on Becoming the Hero of Your Own Life

By: Lisa Bilyeu

3.86

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An “unfiltered and unafraid” (Marie Forleo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything is F… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • health
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30. The No-Bullshit Guide to Depression

By: Steven Skoczen

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

"Probably the best self-help book on depression I’ve ever read." — Joe Rhinewine, Director and Psyc… read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help

23 Best nonfiction books like The No-Bullshit Guide to Depression by Steven Skoczen

Transform Your Habits

Black Like Me

John Howard Griffin

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques: Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Anxious and What You Can Do to Change It

Margaret Wehrenberg

3.84

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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

Michael Pollan

4.04

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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It

Ethan Kross

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Adam M. Grant

4.12

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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

Anna Lembke

3.91

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