Satire: Best Selling Self-Help Books

From paperbacks to a waste of paper, hardcovers to hard-to-believe-it-was-even-published, self-help for adults, children and business is a fickle world where knowledge is subjective and arrogance is king. Sometimes you just have to read between the lines.

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Ten Stupid Things Men/Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives When They Listen to Men/Women Who Have Done Way More than Ten Things to Mess Up Their Lives, by Laura Schlessinger

The Power Of Positive Thinking is One Excuse To Do Nothing: There’s also Just Say No and Good Things Come to Those Who Wait, by Norman Vincent Peale

He’s Just Not That Into You Because He’s Gay, by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo

Make Every Man Want You: The Power of Duct Tape and a Blatant Disregard for the Law, by Marie Forleo

The Five Love Languages: French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish, by Gary Chapman

Chicken Soup for the Soul, as if Chickens Didn’t Suffer Enough Already, by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

The Art of Happiness is in the Craft of Titling a Best Seller, by Dalai Lama

How to Instantly Connect with Anyone By Violating the Tenets of Personal Space, by Leil Lowndes

The Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands: A Book From the 1800s, by Laura Schlessinger

Emotional Intelligence Never Helped Anyone With Their SATs, by Daniel Goleman

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff Unless You Have Problems with Depth Perception, by Richard Carlson

I’m OK, You’re OK, We All Scream For Ice Cream, by Thomas A. Harris

The Secret I Only Pretend to Have and Don’t Really Tell, by Rhonda Byrne

Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits While Enraging Cops, Neighbors and Everyone in Line at Starbucks, by T. D. Jakes

Chicken Soup for the Chicken’s Soul: Never Mind, by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

Defy Gravity and Other Laws of Physics You Can Break With Kick-Ass Health Coverage, by Caroline Myss

Why Bad Things Happen to Good People: For Everyone Who Wasn’t Paying Attention Every Time They Were Told Life’s Not Fair, by Harold S. Kushner

Article Author: Diana Hartman

Diana Hartman is a (ret.) USMC spouse, mother of three in college and a Wichita, Kansas native. She is a contributing writer to Holiday Writes and can be found on Twitter.

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