Looking for the best books on self love? Want to swat up to see what learning to love yourself, truly takes? Then you’re in the right place. Here’s 14 of the absolute best self love books for women, that you MUST read in 2024.
These books are personally read, by me, and reviewed then updated, within Forgetting Fairytales Book Club. See, I’m on a mission to continue to learn and grow, just like you…
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Recommendations For Reading
Now some of these books are pretty long and heavy, so instead of reading – you may find it easier to listen to them.
I personally use Audible to listen to all of my books. In fact, I can’t actually remember the last physical book I read!
I just find it more time-effective as you can learn whilst you drive, clean, walk – anything and everything! You can therefore get through them faster and easier.
It’s also easier to stay engaged. In fact, you can even make notes as you listen, when digesting these books as an audiobook. That’s an especially effective way to digest new information.
If you like the sound of this, you can grab a free Audible trial here.
There’s no cost, no catches and no pressure. It will just give you a taster to see if you like Audiobooks, and to see how well they work for you.
14+ (Unbeatable) Self Love Books For Women in 2024
So in no particular order, here’s the 14 best self love books for women to read in 2024…
Have a browse, click the links for more info, then COMMIT to picking at least one self love book that you will download and start to read, by the end of this article.
Remember – the more you learn, the more you grow. And I promise you – with this new-found knowledge & inspiration on your side, there will be no stopping you from learning to love yourself, once and for all.
So, let’s get stuck in shall we? Here’s my 14 all-time favourite self love books for women, right now:
1) What The Heck Is Self Love Anyway? By Jonathon Aslay
So first up, we’ve got: “What The Heck Is Self Love Anyway?” And what a great place to start, right?!
Wondering what exactly self love is? Truly? At its core? And how you can genuinely create it and feel it in your own life?
Then this is one of the best self love books for women, to get you started with this!
📖 [ CLICK HERE TO READ: “WHAT THE HECK IS SELF LOVE ANYWAY?” ] 📖
2) What If I Don’t Love Me? By Paetyn Alexander
Next up, we’ve got “What If I Don’t Love Me” by Paetyn Alexander.
I really like this book as it’s different and has real depth. It focuses on accepting yourself for who you are, flaws and all; breaking it down into key, easy-to-apply, manageable steps.
So if you’re looking for self love books for women you can put into practice straight away – this could certainly be the one!
đź“– [ CLICK HERE TO READ: “WHAT IF I DON’T LOVE ME?” ] đź“–
3) Love Yourself First by Krystle Laughter
“Loving yourself first is the secret to being happy, finding true love, and becoming a confident woman because you teach others how to treat you.
In Love Yourself First, you’ll learn how to: Heal from the past, teach others to love you by loving yourself, choose relationships that compliment your future, use the “3 A’s of Healing” and practice self-love every day.”
It’s a beautiful book; regularly rated as one of the best books for single women, but also for badass women in relationships, looking to let go of their past and get the standards straight now too.
4) Love Yourself First (Boost Your Self Esteem in 30 Days) by Marc Reklau
Another “Love Yourself First” book is by Marc Reklau, and although this was designed to have been read over the space of 30 days, I actually stormed through this one over the duration of a long weekend!
For this reason, it’s definitely well worthy of a spot on our list of best self love books for women.
It’s simple, yet thought provoking and one of those books that you can read over and over again, and take different things to embed into your life each time.
After all, repetition is the mother of all skill, and you can’t implement every single juice of knowledge into your life in one go!
📖 [ CLICK HERE TO READ: “LOVE YOURSELF FIRST BY MARC REKLAU” ] 📖
5) You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
If you’re looking for straight-talking self love books for women then You Are a Badass is certainly that!
This is a #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with more than 5 million copies sold!
It was also the “first ever self-development book to help millions of people around the globe transform their lives using humor, irreverence, and the occasional curse words.” So it’s pretty epic, to say the least!
Similar to “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” (one of my favourite books at the moment), You Are a Badass seriously shifts the way you see & feel about yourself, to skyrocket your levels of appreciation & self love.
6) Go Love Yourself by Heather Colleen Reinhardt
Another straight-talking self love book for women that uses humour, is “Go Love Yourself” by Heather Colleen Reinhardt.
It’s a smaller book, less known and having had less sales, but it’s well worth checking out if you’re looking for something light hearted that you can relate to and apply from there.
7) F*ck It: A Guided Self-Love and Gratitude Journal for Women
Stated to be: “the only journal that will make you laugh, think, and cry”, this is a more practical self love book for women that – again – doesn’t shy away from blunt, to the point, truths!
In here, you’ll find plenty of questions to get to know yourself better.
These will also be built on with essential self love questions, so you’ll really have to put the work in with this one. But it’s worth it.
It gets you taking action, and so is a popular option for those feeling stuck in a rut.
📖 [ CLICK HERE TO READ: “THE SELF LOVE & GRATITUDE JOURNAL FOR WOMEN” ] 📖
8) Self Love Workbook For Women
If workbooks are what you’re looking for then – of course – we have to mention the classic Self Love Workbook For Women.
It’s undoubtably one of the most popular self love books for women, that – again – gets you taking action and putting your new knowledge into practice, right there and then.
With over 19,000 reviews at 4.7 *’s, it’s certainly a book that won’t disappoint.
📖 [ CLICK HERE TO READ: “THE SELF LOVE WORKBOOK FOR WOMEN” ] 📖
Psst, we’ve also voted this as one of the best breakup gifts, gifts for single friends or gifts for friends with low self esteem… So, grab them something that will genuinely help them, to show them how much you care!
9) Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It by Kamal Ravikant
A different self love book now then, is Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It by Kamal Ravikant.
Now, I especially love this book as the author themselves, didn’t even expect themselves to write it… And they even thought about NOT publishing it, because of what people might think!
But that shows how much it comes from the heart, and it’s another great self love book that went viral for a reason, receiving over 11,000 4.5* reviews on Amazon alone.
It’s a short, snappy, self love book for women, but which is refreshing, thought provoking and incredibly powerful.
📖 [ CLICK HERE TO READ: “LOVE YOURSELF LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT” ] 📖
10) Self-Love For Women by Alexander McEwen
Our next recommendation when it comes to self love books for women, is this beautiful book by Alexander McEwen.
Self Love For Women focuses specifically on: ” How To Love Yourself When You’ve Been Emotionally Hurt, Taken For Granted, And Abused”…
So it’s more specific about overcoming the obstacles that may be holding you back, due to a difficult past.
See, it doesn’t matter how anyone else has loved you before.
What matters most, is how you choose to love yourself from here, so that you also then set the standards for the kind of love you’ll let into your life moving forward too.
11) Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen
A different book to add into the mix now then is Don’t Believe Everything You Think.
Now this isn’t specifically a self love book for women, but you can apply what you learn from this book, to enable you to stop your own suffering and find that inner love and peace.
It’s one of the books I recently read in our Book Club (see the link above) and is genuinely one of the best, most mind-blowing books I’ve read for a long time, so I honestly couldn’t recommend it more.
It will help you to stop beating yourself up, to become more aware of your negative self talk that influences your low self esteem / lack of self love, and start to overcome it.
đź“– [ CLICK HERE TO READ: “DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK” ] đź“–
12) Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before by Dr. Julie Smith
Similarly, another of the best self love books for women (that is not specifically limited to, being about self love), is “Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?”
Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides the skills you need to navigate common life challenges and take charge of your emotional and mental health in her debut book.
Filled with secrets from a therapist’s toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times.
This is invaluable when it comes to self love as you’ll get scientifically proven, therapist recommended steps and tools to manage your mind and better control how you feel about yourself and within yourself.
📖 [ CLICK HERE TO READ: “WHY HAS NOBODY TOLD ME THIS BEFORE?” ] 📖
13) The Self Love Path
Next up, it’s “The Self Love Path” and we’ve got to include this as one of the best self love books for women as it focuses on the all important element of… SELF COMPASSION!
With “essential principles of self-love and self-compassion that will revolutionise your relationship with yourself”, it’s a pretty groundbreaking book, receiving 4.8*’s out of 5.
14) Love Yourself, Heal Your Life Workbook
Last but not least then, we’ve got the “Love Yourself, Heal Your Life Workbook.”
Now, this is a super cool one, as it’s based on Louise’s best-selling book, “You Can Heal Your Life“, only in this edition, she’s turned it into a workbook, specifically so that you can put her lessons into practice and apply it in your life!
Clever huh? So if you want real, lasting results – this self love book could be your answer!
📖 [ CLICK HERE TO READ: “LOVE YOURSELF, HEAL YOUR LIFE” ] 📖
That’s All For This One
So that rounds up our top 14 recommendations when it comes to the best self love books for women in 2024.
Don’t forget to keep an eye out on this article, as we’ll continue to update it with our top reads.
See, self love is truly essential. But when you learn to master the way you feel about yourself, within, the effects are absolutely life-changing.
What have been the best self love books that you’ve read? Drop it in the comments box below to let us know!
Happy reading.
Love,
Ell_xx
I’m really excited to read Self-Love For Women by Alexander McEwen. I have quite a few friends who read this book and it sounds like what I need right now. My mom and I are actually going to read it at the same time and discuss it as it goes. There’s a lot of great books on this list but I’m definitely going to read that one next! Thanks for the recommendation!