Andrés, José. Change the Recipe: Because You Can’t Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs. Ecco. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780063436152. 208p. $26.99. SELF-HELP

Andrés (We Fed an Island), the Michelin-starred chef and founder of World Central Kitchen, shares this collection of life lessons gained from running kitchens and helping those impacted by disaster and war, written with Richard Wolffe, U.S. diplomatic correspondent for the Financial Times.

DeBaun, Morgan. Rewrite Your Rules: The Journey to Success in Less Time with More Freedom. Ballantine. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780593725054. 336p. $30. SELF-HELP

DeBaun, founder of the media and tech company Blavity, which focuses on Black millennials, discusses how to recenter ideas of success and fulfilment away from hustle culture and toward a life of balance, energy, and values.

Heinrichs, Jay. Aristotle’s Guide to Self-Persuasion: How Ancient Rhetoric, Taylor Swift, and Your Own Soul Can Help You Change Your Life. Crown. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780593735275. 304p. $30. SELF-HELP

Bestselling Heinrichs (Thank You for Arguing) uses rhetoric as a self-help guide and as a persuasive tool that helps readers turn negative emotions and circumstances into better ones. Filled with examples from pop culture, history, and scientific studies.

Kelmon, Christina & Ann Murray Dunning. Radical Señora Era: Ancestral Latin American Secrets for a Happier, Healthier Life. Dafina. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781496751317. 256p. $27. SELF-HELP

Dunning and Kelmon, the cofounders of the Latina wellness brand Vamigas, offer a guide to balance and self-care that eschews expensive and exclusive wellness practices in favor of ancestral knowledge and practical, accessible advice on how to create positivity and find fulfillment.

McRaven, William H. Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons To Learn Before You Need Them. Grand Central. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781538771747. 224p. $26. SELF-HELP

Navy SEAL, Four-Star Admiral, and Commander of U.S. Special Operations Forces McRaven (author of the bestselling Make Your Bed) offers more advice on taking charge, meeting the moment, being a leader, and finding success, imparting his experience through personal stories, parables, and short lessons.

Moon, Tiffany. Joy Prescriptions: How I Learned To Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Connection. Hachette Go. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780306834530. 224p. $29. SELF-HELP

Moon, a board-certified anesthesiologist and cast member of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Dallas, writes a mix of memoir and self-help that traces her journey to stop chasing perfection, give up the strain of overachievement, and instead reach out for connection and cultivate gratitude.

Piper, Ashlee. No New Things: A Radically Simple 30-Day Guide to Saving Money, the Planet, and Your Sanity. Celadon. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781250382160. 288p. $24.99. SELF-HELP

Piper, a sustainability expert and author of Give a Sh*t: Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet, offers a guide to help readers stop buying new things, based on her experiences doing so for over a year. Her book is filled with daily action items and exercises.

Rubin, Gretchen. Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives. Crown. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780593800737. 176p. $20. SELF-HELP

Bestselling Rubin (The Happiness Project), host of the podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, offers a book filled with short, pithy aphorisms that sum up important advice in small doses. Designed for self-improvement, but also packaged as a gift book and filled with illustrations.

Smith, Maggie. Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life. One Signal. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781982170844. 272p. $28.99. SELF-HELP

Pushcart Prize winner Smith (You Could Make This Place Beautiful), who, in addition to publishing bestselling poetry and prose, also teaches creative writing, offers a guide to writing and creativity, intended to help writers of any genre and to expand creativity in general. Each of the book’s 10 essays focuses on one aspect of writing or creativity and is accompanied by writing prompts.

Weingarten, Elizabeth. How To Fall in Love with Questions: A New Way To Thrive in Times of Uncertainty. HarperOne. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780063335134. 304p. $28.99. SELF-HELP

Weingarten, a journalist and applied behavioral scientist, uses the poetry of Rainier Maria Rilke and modern science to help readers come to terms with life’s big questions and uncertainties. The work is grounded in research and filled with case studies.