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Self-help books will not help you, fiction will
A column in the Massachusetts Daily Collegian argues that self-help books fail readers while fiction does more to improve their lives. The piece contends that novels build empathy and offer insight that prescriptive advice books cannot match. It is the latest entry in an ongoing debate over whether self-help publishing actually delivers change.
Why now: The column joins an ongoing debate about whether self-help books genuinely help readers
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- Self-help books will not help you, fiction will · Massachusetts Daily Collegian
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