- Wake up and smell the coffee!, advice, wisdom, and uncommon good sense, by Ann Landers
- Insurgent, Veronica Roth
- Happiness is a choice you make, lessons from a year among the oldest old, John Leland
- The courage to be disliked, the Japanese phenomenon that shows you how to change your life and achieve real happiness, Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
- Strengths finder 2.0, Tom Rath
- Collective wisdom, lessons, inspiration, and advice from women over 50, edited by Grace Bonney
- Notes on a nervous planet, Matt Haig
- The immoral majority, why evangelicals chose political power over Christian values, Ben Howe
- Bravey, chasing dreams, befriending pain, and other big ideas, Alexi Pappas ; foreword by Maya Rudolph
- Your second life begins when you realize you only have one, Raphaelle Giordano ; translated from the French by Nick Caistor
- A short guide to a happy life, Anna Quindlen
- Principles, Ray Dalio
- Norbert's little lessons for a big life, Julie Steines and Virginia Freyermuth ; photography by Mark Steines
- Coach, lessons on the game of life, Michael Lewis
- Goat's coat, by Tom Percival ; illustrated by Christine Pym
- Stephen Colbert's midnight confessions, by the staff of The late show with Stephen Colbert ; illustrations by Sean Kelly
- Live long and--, what I learned along the way, William Shatner ; with David Fisher
- Start now!, you can make a difference, Chelsea Clinton
- The book of Charlie, wisdom from the remarkable American life of a 109-year-old man, David Von Drehle
- You are not special-- and other encouragements, David McCullough, Jr
- Look again, the power of noticing what was always there, Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein
- I'm no philosopher, but I got thoughts, mini-meditations for saints, sinners, and the rest of us, Kristin Chenoweth ; [foreword by Ariana Grande]
- Most marshmallows, Rowboat Watkins
- Big magic, creative living beyond fear, Elizabeth Gilbert
- Pig the winner, Aaron Blabey
- The book of Charlie, wisdom from the remarkable American life of a 109-year-old man, David Von Drehle
- After the rain, gentle reminders for healing, courage, and self-love, Alexandra Elle
- The Gingerbread Man and the leprechaun loose at school, Laura Murray ; illustrated by Mike Lowery
- Second wind, navigating the passage to a slower, deeper, and more connected life, by Dr. Bill Thomas
- Solve for happy, engineering your path to joy, Mo Gawdat
- A smart girl's guide to manners, the secrets to grace, confidence, and being your best, by Nancy Holyoke ; illustrated by Cathi Mingus
- The date book, a teen girl's complete guide to going out with someone new, by Erika Stalder ; illustrated by Helen Dardik
- Don't give up, don't give in, lessons from an extraordinary life, Louis Zamperini and David Rensin
- The edge, the power to change your life now, Anthony Robbins
- Science of being and art of living, transcendental meditation, His holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogo ; with a new forward by Bevan Morris
- Protect your peace, nine unapologetic principles for thriving in a chaotic world, Trent Shelton
- The world according to Mr. Rogers, important things to remember, by Fred Rogers
- If God is love, don't be a jerk, finding a faith that makes us better humans, John Pavlovitz
- Make your bed, little things that can change your life...and maybe the world, Admiral William H. McRaven (U.S. Navy retired)
- Take time for your life, a personal coach's seven-step program for creating the life you want, Cheryl Richardson
- Like streams to the ocean, notes on ego, love, and the things that make us who we are, Jedidiah Jenkins
- Love the fur you're in, monster wit and wisdom with art from 50 years of Sesame Street books
- The second mountain, the quest for a moral life, David Brooks
- How to be fine, what we learned from living by the rules of 50 self-help books, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer
- Keep the memories, lose the stuff, declutter, downsize, and move forward with your life, Matt Paxton ; with Jordan Michael Smith
- The essential 55, an award-winning educator's rules for discovering the successful student in every child, Ron Clark
- Step into your power, written by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins
- Tools of titans, the tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers, Tim Ferriss ; foreword by Arnold Schwarzenegger ; illustrations by Remie Geoffroi
- The travelling cat chronicles, Hiro Arikawa ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel
- How philosophy can save your life, 10 ideas that matter most, Marietta McCarty