New Year, New Me
Books to help with your 2022 New Year’s resolutions!
December 22, 2021
Get started with your New Year’s resolutions for 2022! This book list includes books to help you learn new habits or new skills, and books to help improve your mental health physical health, personal finance, and more!
Included in this list:
Living Your Best Life
Badass Habits
Cultivate the Awareness, Boundaries, and Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick
Jen Sincero
The motivational coach and best-selling author of You Are a Badass shares illustrative case studies to outline a step-by-step, 21-day guide for overcoming self-sabotaging behaviors while cultivating habits that support healthy priorities and personal goals.
Breakup Bootcamp
The Science of Rewiring Your Heart
Amy Chan
Based on her own experience with heartbreak, a relationship columnist offers a thoughtful and practical guide to using the pain of a breakup to shake off complacency and shed destructive habits to heal and transform yourself.
Clean Mama’s Guide to a Peaceful Home
Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home
Becky Rapinchuk
The creator of the popular Clean Mama website presents a companion to Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home that explains how to simplify anxiety-inducing cleaning routines into an organized, 10-minute daily system.
Craft Your Own Happy
A Collection of 25 Creative Projects to Craft Your Way to Mindfulness
Becci Mai Ford
Craft Your Own Happy is a collection of mindful craft projects to make you smile! Perfect for those moments when you need a bit of self-care and relaxation time.
Dedicated
The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
Pete Davis
In a culture of restlessness and indecision, which causes tension in our lives, a civic advocate, using examples from history, personal stories and applied psychology, shows how purposeful commitment can be a powerful force.
Effortless
Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
Greg McKeown
The New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism offers simple strategies for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out.
The Hidden Habits of Genius
Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit—Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness
Craig Wright
The creator of Yale University’s popular “Genius Course” examines how 14 key habits of genius, from curiosity and creative maladjustment to rebelliousness and obsession, have been effectively demonstrated by history’s most influential and change-promoting intellectuals
The High 5 Habit
Take Control of Your Life With One Simple Habit
Mel Robbins
Mel Robbins broke self-publishing records has changed the lives of millions of people with her best-selling global phenomenon, The 5 Second Rule. And now, she’s back with The High 5 Habit and on a mission to help you change your life. Don’t let the title fool you. This isn’t a book about high fiving everyone else in your life. You’re already doing that. Instead, Mel teaches you how to start high fiving the most important person in your life, the one who is staring back at you in the mirror: YOURSELF.
How to Change
The Science of Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Katherine Milkman
In this groundbreaking book, an award-winning Wharton Professor and Choiceology podcast host, drawing on her original research, offers an invaluable, science-based blueprint for achieving your goals, once and for all.
How to Do the Work
Recognize Your Patterns, Heal From Your Past, and Create Your Self
Nicole LePera
From Dr. Nicole LePera, creator of “the holistic psychologist”-the online phenomenon with more than 2M followers on Instagram-comes a revolutionary approach to self-improvement, integrating the tools of various modalities and disciplines with traditional psychology to offer a practical program that guides readers to create radical change.
In Praise of Retreat
Finding Sanctuary in the Modern World
Kirsteen MacLeod
Kirsteen MacLeod looks at the history and contemporary ways of retreat, and how we can restore meaning to our lives in an increasingly secular world through deliberate action.
Laundry Love
Finding Joy in a Common Chore
Patric Richardson
A fashion pro, textile expert and founder of Laundry Camp at the Mall of America shares his tips, tricks and hacks to change your relationship with doing laundry while saving time, money and the planet.
Nervous Energy
Harness the Power of Your Anxiety
Chloe Carmichael
Nervous Energy is a a roadmap for high achievers to harness restlessness, roadblocks, and distractions into a productive drive towards personal and professional fulfillment.
One Decision
The First Step to a Better Life
Mike Bayer
The best-selling author of Best Self counsels readers on how to make the simple but powerful commitment to being oneself without doubt or anxiety, outlining strategies for reconnecting with the authentic self to make more confident and practical choices.
The Power of Fun
How to Feel Alive Again
Catherine Price
Weaving together scientific research with personal experience, a journalist and screen/life balance expert, in this timely book, makes the case that True Fun—magical confluence of playfulness, connection and flow—gives us the fulfillment we so desperately seek.
The Power of Ritual
Turning Everyday Activities Into Soulful Practices
Casper ter Kuile
An affirming exploration of how to deepen the practices we do every day—yoga, book club, walking the dog—so they become rituals in the fabric of our modern spiritual lives.
Set Boundaries, Find Peace
A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
Nedra Glover Tawwab
A licensed counselor and influential Instagram relationship expert shares simple but effective recommendations for how readers can establish healthy relationship boundaries, successfully have their needs met and be assertive without being offensive.
Think Again
The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
Adam Grant
The Wharton organizational psychologist and best-selling author of Originals examines the critical art of rethinking, explaining how questioning one’s opinions and opening the minds of others can promote personal and professional excellence.
Useful Delusions
The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
Shankar Vedantam, Bill Mesler
The Hidden Brain podcaster and the co-author of A Brief History of Creation share counterintuitive, provocative insights into the role of deception in human longevity, successful relationships and cultural endurance.
Win or Learn
The Naked Truth About Turning Every Rejection Into Your Ultimate Success
Harlan Cohen
In Win or Learn, rejection expert and New York Times bestselling author Harlan Cohen lays the framework for identifying your wants, taking the risks necessary to pursue them, and finding success no matter the outcome.
Your Brain is Always Listening
Tame the Hidden Dragons That Control Your Happiness, Habits, and Hang-Ups
Daniel G. Amen
The Brain Warrior’s Way podcaster and best-selling author of The End of Mental Illness presents a metaphorical guide to recognizing and managing strong emotions to avoid self-sabotage, overcome unhealthy behaviors and promote more fulfilling relationships.
Your Time to Thrive
End Burnout, Increase Well-Being, and Unlock Your Full Potential With the New Science of Microsteps
Marina Khidekel
The experts from Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global offer science-based advice for how to establish small, healthy habits for sleep, nutrition and other self-care practices to counter burnout, reduce stress and unlock personal potential.
New Skills
Beginners
The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning
Tom Vanderbilt
The author of Traffic celebrates the pleasures of learning something new regardless of age, describing the remarkable connections he made during a year spent trying new things, from joining an amateur choir to attending surf camp in Costa Rica.
Hello Web Design
Tracy Osborn
Using real-world examples and fun, beginner-friendly language, Hello Web Design offers everything you need to feel comfortable creating landing pages, presentation slides, online portfolios, and more, all in a beautiful package. From color theory and typography to the end user’s experience, designer and developer Tracy Osborn gives you the tools and shortcuts you need to get started with web design—right now.
Home Ec for Everyone
Practical Life Skills in 118 Projects
Sharon Bowers, David Bowers
Offers clear, step-by-step instructions of the domestic arts that would’ve been taught once upon a time in a Home Economics course, such as cooking, hemming a pair of pants, folding a fitted sheet, writing a thank-you note and much more.
How to Grow Your Own Food
An Illustrated Beginner’s Guide to Container Gardening
Angela S. Judd
A Master Gardener’s simple guide to growing your own vegetables, fruits and herbs in containers featuring 50 common easy-to-grow edible plants and instructions for choosing the right container, optimal watering and feeding and when to harvest.
Knitting Without Needles
A Stylish Introduction to Finger and Arm Knitting
Anne Weil
A guide to finger weaving explains how to create such projects as headbands, hats, scarves, and blankets.
NPR’s Podcast Start Up Guide
Create, Launch, and Grow a Podcast on Any Budget
Glen Weldon
From NPR comes the definitive guide to podcasting, featuring step-by-step advice on how to find a unique topic, tell the best stories, and engage the most listeners, as well as the secrets that will take a podcast to the next level.
Shop Class for Everyone
Practical Life Skills in 83 Projects
Sharon Bowers, David Bowers
Clear step-by-step instructions for everything you would have learned in shop class: woodwork, metalwork, wiring, and general home repair and maintenance, from how to hang a picture to how to replace a window pane. A stylish and easy-to-use home reference guide for today’s DIYers, homeowners, new adults, and anyone who wants to be more self-sufficient at home.
Storey’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees
Honey Production, Pollination, Bee Health
Malcolm T. Sanford, Richard E. Bonney
Part of the best-selling series of animal husbandry handbooks, the second edition of the most trusted and comprehensive reference on honey bee health, production, and pollination now features full-color photography and a fresh redesign.
Better At Work
Just Work
Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair
Kim Scott
The author of the best-selling Radical Candor reveals a practical framework for respecting workers’ individuality, removing gender injustice from business, making sure all voices are heard and collaborating effectively to meet organizations’ goals.
Next Job Best Job
A Headhunter’s 11 Strategies to Get Hired Now
Rob Barnett
With humor, compassion, and tough love, a headhunter, two-time entrepreneur and senior executive covers everything from the essentials of a modern job search to ageism, ghosting, navigating LinkedIn and Zoom, and mastering social media.
Small Business for Dummies
Veechi Curtis
In the latest edition of this bestselling and authoritative reference, Small Business For Dummies explains how to set your business on the path for success. Using this guide, you’ll discover how to nurture your entrepreneurial spirit, build a winning edge over your competitors, and respond to the increasing challenges of everyday business.
Working for Yourself
Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Gig Workers of All Types
Stephen Fishman
This excellent resource provides all of the essential information and strategies for successfully starting and running your own business.
Better With Money
Broke Millennial Takes on Investing
A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up Your Money
Erin Lowry
This second installment in the Broke Millennial is a hands-on guide to investment basics that will help anyone new to investing become a confident player in the market on their way to building wealth.
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan
Discover the Joy of Spending Less, Sharing More, and Living Generously
Liesl Clark, Rebecca Rockefeller
A powerful, environmentally-conscious guide to decluttering, saving money and growing a community inspired by the ancient practice of gift economies where neighbors pooled resources includes seven steps to learning how to buy less and give more.
Credit Repair
Amy Loftsgordon, Cara O’Neill
Incorporating extensive new coverage of student loan forgiveness and changes to federal laws, a latest edition outlines comprehensive steps for taking control of personal finances, cleaning up a credit report and rebuilding credit.
Everyday Millionaires
How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth—and How You Can Too
Chris Hogan
Draws on a survey of ten thousand U.S. millionaires to refute myths about wealth that prevent ordinary people from achieving financial independence, and discusses the readily available tools to help in reaching millionaire status.
The Everything Guide to Investing in Cryptocurrency
From Bitcoin to Ripple, the Safe and Secure Way to Buy, Trade, and Mine Digital Currencies
Ryan Derousseau
Explains the basics of cryptocurrency, how to buy and sell Bitcoin, litecoin, and ethereum safely and securely, and how to analyze investments in this emerging market.
Financial Freedom
A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need
Grant Sabatier
Outlines a step-by-step approach to making more money in less time, including creating passive income streams, negotiating more out of an employer, and setting up a money-making portfolio.
IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans
Strategies for Taking Your Money Out
Twila Slesnick, John C. Suttle
Whether they are retiring or just need the money, helps people withdrawing from a retirement plan understand the rules, taxes and penalties involved through plainly written explanations, examples, sample forms and lists of relevant tax code sections.
Know Yourself, Know Your Money
Discover Why You Handle Money the Way You Do, and What to Do About It!
Rachel Cruze
The father-and-daughter personal finance experts behind the best-selling Smart Money Smart Kids counsel readers on how to understand one’s individual strengths and vulnerabilities to establish a healthy relationship with money and set more productive financial goals.
Personal Finance for Dummies
Eric Tyson
From budgeting, saving, and reducing debt, to making timely investment choices and planning for the future, Personal Finance For Dummies provides fiscally conscious readers with the tools they need to take charge of their financial life.
Real Estate Investing 101
From Finding Properties and Securing Mortgage Terms to REITs and Flipping Houses, an Essential Primer on How to Make Money With Real Estate
Michele Cagan
Comprehensive and practical, this easy-to-understand guide presents all the essential information for real estate investing, helping readers to invest with confidence and generate profits.
Selling Your House
Nolo’s Essential Guide
Ilona Bray
This easy-to-read fourth edition of the must-have home-selling resource offers guidance from the industry insiders on successfully preparing, marketing, negotiating over and ultimately closing the sale of one’s residential property.
Better Food
72 Reasons to Be Vegan
Why Plant-Based, Why Now
Gene Stone, Kathy Freston
Two best-selling authors and plant-based diet activists present 72 fact-based, quick-read essays for those curious about, or interested in going vegan, to improve health, avoid metabolic diseases and help improve the environment.
The Case for Keto
Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat Eating
Gary Taubes
The best-selling author of Why We Get Fat and The Case Against Sugar argues that the established rules about eating healthy might be the wrong approach to weight loss, and how low-carbohydrate, high-fat/ketogenic diets can help many people.
Clean Eating Kitchen
The Low-Carb Mediterranean Cookbook: Quick and Easy High-Protein, Low-Sugar, Healthy-Fat Recipes for Lifelong Health
Michelle Dudash
From the creator of Clean Eating Kitchen, Michelle Dudash presents The Low-Carb Mediterranean Cookbook with simple, plant-focused recipes for lifelong health.
Cook for Your Gut Health
Quiet Your Gut, Boost Fiber, and Reduce Inflammation
America’s Test Kitchen
This cookbook presents nutritious, high-fiber meals that promote gut health and are perfect for those trying to calm occasional gastrointestinal symptoms, those who are among the 1 in 5 Americans who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), or those simply seeking to nourish themselves with whole foods.
The Dirty, Lazy, Keto Cookbook
Bend the Rules to Lose the Weight!
Stephanie Laska, William Laska
The author, after losing 140 pounds, shares her unconventional weight loss secrets along with 100 recipes that are under 10 net carbs per serving, empowering you to keto your own way and embark on a unique path to realistic and sustainable weight loss.
Eat Better, Feel Better
My Recipes for Wellness and Healing, Inside and Out
Giada De Laurentiis
The star of Everyday Italian outlines a three-week wellness program designed to bolster nutrition and reduce inflammation, sharing one hundred new recipes, including more than two dozen dairy-, sugar- and gluten-free recipes, and a twenty-one-day menu plan.
Eat Smarter
Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life
Shawn Stevenson
Lose weight, boost your metabolism, and start living a happier life with this transformative 30-day plan for healthy eating from the host of the hit podcast The Model Health Show.
The Family Immunity Cookbook
101 Easy Recipes to Boost Health
Toby Amidor
An easy-to-follow, family friendly cookbook filled with delicious recipes all designed to boost health, energy and wellness.
Fast Burn!
The Power of Negative Energy Balance
Ian K. Smith
A motivational plan for sustainable weight loss by the best-selling author of Clean & Lean expands on the author’s philosophies about intermittent fasting, outlining a nine-week plan for rapid results.
The Fasting Fix
Eat Smarter, Fast Better, Live Longer
Andreas Michalsen
The best-selling author of The Nature Cure draws on decades of medical practice and cutting-edge research to explain the scientific benefits of fasting and how to incorporate a safe and beneficial fasting practice into a personal routine.
The How Not to Diet Cookbook
100+ Recipes for Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss
Michael Greger
The founder of Nutritionfacts.org and best-selling author of How Not to Die explains how to make mindful eating part of a healthy lifestyle, outlining satisfying, science-based options that promote weight loss without high expense or counting calories.
Instant Loss on a Budget
Super-Affordable Recipes for the Health-Conscious Cook
Brittany Williams
The best-selling author of Instant Loss Cookbook presents 125 new gluten- and dairy-free recipes, from Spicy Cauliflower Mac and Cheese to Chocolate Mocha Nut Clusters, that use unprocessed ingredients to promote natural weight loss.
Instant Pot Miracle Healthy Cookbook
More Than 100 Easy Healthy Meals for Your Favorite Kitchen Device
Urvashi Pitre
100+ all-new healthy recipes for the Instant Pot (many gluten-free and dairy-free) from the best-selling author of Indian Instant Pot and Instant Pot Fast & Easy.
Low Sodium, Big Flavor
115 Recipes for Pantry Staples and Daily Meals
Lara Ferroni
Featuring 115 recipes for homemade condiments, spice blends, dressings, cheeses, prepare meats and more, this cookbook for those on a low-sodium diet shows readers new ways to replace the flavors that salt naturally highlights.
The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook
The Optimal Keto-Friendly Diet That Burns Fat, Promotes Longevity, and Prevents Chronic Disease
Martina Slajerova, Nicholas Norwitz, Thomas DeLauer, Rohan Kashid
Presents the new Mediterranean diet approach to keto, that significantly shifts the fat profile of the diet to emphasize the monounsaturated and omega-3 fats that health experts agree promote living a long disease-free life.
Plant Over Processed
75 Simple & Delicious Plant-Based Recipes for Nourishing Your Body and Eating From the Earth
Andrea Hannemann
The creator of the popular Earthy Andy blog describes the simple plant-based diet that helped her overcome illness related to processed foods, outlining a 30-day plan for detoxing the body and adapting favorite meals.
The Power Plate Diet
Discover the Ultimate Anti-Inflammatory Meals to Fat-Proof Your Body and Restore Your Health
Erin Oprea
The former Marine, celebrity personal trainer and author of The 4×4 Diet identifies common sources of chronic inflammation while explaining how to transition to a clean-foods diet to reduce inflammation and promote healthy weight loss.
The Thyroid Reset Diet
Reverse Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s Symptoms With a Proven Iodine-Balancing Plan
Alan Christianson
The integrative physician and author of the best-selling The Metabolism Reset Diet outlines a recipe-complemented, counterintuitive plan for reversing the symptoms of thyroid disease through strategic food replacements that regulate iodine intake.
The Ultimate Meal Prep Cookbook
One Grocery List. A Week of Meals. No Waste.
America’s Test Kitchen
The experts from America’s Test Kitchen offer a selection of varied, quick-prepare meal plans designed to save both time and money, outlining recommendations for pre-making vegetables and grains, organizing bulk pantry ingredients, and effectively storing leftovers.
The Ultimate Mind Diet Cookbook
100 Recipes to Help Prevent Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Amanda Foote
Food is a powerful tool that can keep your mind sharp and healthy. The Ultimate MIND Diet Cookbook offers 100 science-backed recipes to help prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Better Health
Back and Neck Health
Mayo Clinic Guide to Treating and Preventing Back and Neck Pain
Mohamad Bydon
The spine is one of the most important parts of the human body. And yet, studies suggest that, along with back pain, 10% to 30% of the adult population is impaired by neck pain, with seemingly minimal treatment options available.
The Better Brain
Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, and Reduce ADHD and Stress With Nutrition
Bonnie J. Kaplan, Julia J. Rucklidge
A paradigm-shifting approach to treating mental disorders like anxiety, depression, and ADHD with food and nutrients, by two leading scientists who share their original, groundbreaking research with readers everywhere for the first time, explaining why nutrients improve brain health, and how to use them.
Chronic
The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic—And How to Get Healthy Again
Steven Phillips, Dana Parish
A Yale-trained zoonotic disease specialist and his award-winning music artist wife identify the role of microbes in recurrent conditions and autoimmune disease, outlining strong recommendations for shifting focus from symptom treatment to making correct diagnoses.
Clean Mind, Clean Body
A 28-Day Plan for Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Self-Care
Tara Stiles
The founder and owner of Strala Yoga presents a life-changing 28-day detox for body and mind that adapts ancient healing practices for modern living and clean living rules for life.
The Energy Paradox
What to Do When Your Get-Up-and-Go Has Got Up and Gone
Steven R. Gundry
A new look at one of the top health issues plaguing Americans—fatigue—with a revolutionary plan for boosting energy and revitalizing mental and physical stamina.
The Gut-Immune Connection
How Understanding the Connection Between Food and Immunity Can Help Us Regain Our Health
Emeran Mayer
Combining clinical experience with current science, one of today’s leading experts, for the first time, reveals the link between alterations to the gut microbiome and the development of chronic illnesses and susceptibility to infectious diseases like COVID-19.
The Healing Garden
Herbs for Health and Wellness: A Guide to Gardening, Gathering, Drying, and Preparing Teas, Tinctures, and Remedies
Deb Soule
A guide to growing and harvesting healing plants, with advice on how to create herbal preparations and in-depth discussions of the properties and uses of various plants.
Hormone Intelligence
The Complete Guide to Calming the Chaos and Restoring Your Body’s Natural Blueprint for Well-Being
Aviva Romm
From Yale-trained, board-certified family physician and women’s health expert, a six-week intensive program for treating the hidden and undiagnosed hormone imbalances that lead to disease.
Keep Sharp
Build a Better Brain at Any Age
Sanjay Gupta
The Emmy Award-winning CNN chief medical correspondent and best-selling author of Chasing Life draws on cutting-edge scientific research to outline strategies for protecting brain function and maintaining cognitive health at any age.
Living Without Plastic
More Than 100 Easy Swaps for Home, Travel, Dining, Holidays, and Beyond
Brigette Allen, Christine Wong
An illustrated guide to reducing personal plastic waste counsels readers on how to understand plastic terminology, listing more than 100 alternatives to everyday single-use items, from water bottles and straws to cosmetics and grocery bags.
My House is Killing Me!
A Complete Guide to a Healthier Indoor Environment
Jeffrey C. May, Connie L. May
Whether you have allergies or asthma, or you just want to avoid exposures to indoor contaminants and allergens, this book will teach you how to have a healthier home.
Self Reiki
Tune in to Your Life Force to Achieve Harmony and Balance
Jasmin Harsono
A Reiki master provides over 40 step-by-step Reiki practices to help promote inner balance and natural healing through the identification of physical, emotional and spiritual blockages that may discourage healthy energy flow and be the root of pain, stress and anxiety.
The Sleep Fix
Practical, Proven, and Surprising Solutions for Insomnia, Snoring, Shift Work, and More
Diane Macedo
A renowned ABC News anchor/correspondent and former insomniac presents cutting-edge research, expert advice, intimate stories and easy-to-implement solutions to help millions of people get the sleep they need.