Most of these books present perfectly sensible ideas about how to stop jeopardising your own efforts and escape negative thought-loops. Jen Sincero says she can make you a badass – has it worked for her millions of readers? In the realm of sweary self-help books, the book that started the avalanche was almost certainly the 2005 bestseller by Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur, Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit? How about a runaway hit book with broader social utility, along the lines of How to Stop Being an Arsehole? • Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist

Source: The Guardian February 07, 2019 18:21 UTC