[samrmay]

I find that most are exactly as you mentioned. Definitely depends why you’re reading self help books, but generally speaking, I think that general philosophy and “mental model” books are more useful for evolving your world view.

The other general reason to read self help seems to be to gain practical benefit from concrete knowledge (as opposed to a world view change). In that case I would just suggest psychology or business books (at least the ones that tend to shy away from the self-help genre).