| 100% | HABITS | 6 | Atomic __, 2018 self-help book by James Clear |
| 42% | IBERIA | 6 | Illustrated travel book by James Michener |
| 39% | ALONG | 5 | "___ Came a Spider" (first Alex Cross book by James Patterson) |
| 39% | IPROMISE | 8 | Bestselling kids book by LeBron James |
| 37% | ASA | 3 | "___ Man Thinketh" (1903 James Allen self-help book) (2 wds.) |
| 37% | PSYCHOTOO | 9 | 2009 book by Will Self and Ralph Steadman |
| 37% | POOR | 4 | "Rich Dad ___ Dad," self-help book co-written by Robert Kiyosaki which advocates the importance of financial literacy |
| 36% | HOWTO | 5 | Self-help book |
| 35% | HOWTO | 5 | Self-help book genre |
| 35% | HOWTO | 5 | Self-help book category |
| 35% | POWER | 5 | "The ___ of Positive Thinking," self-help book written by Norman Vincent Peale which suggests techniques to improve quality of life |
| 34% | MEANING | 7 | "Man's Search For ___," self-help book written by Viktor Frankl which chronicles his experiences as a prisoner and his psychotherapeutic method |
| 34% | BIG | 3 | "The Magic of Thinking ___," self-help book written by David J. Schwartz which advocates the habit of thinking and behaving for success |
| 33% | ATLASES | 7 | Self-help books for those feeling lost? |
| 33% | HIPPIE | 6 | 2018 semi-autobiographical book by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho |
| 33% | PEOPLE | 6 | "How to Win Friends and Influence ___," self-help book written by Dale Carnegie which is one of the best-selling books of all time |
| 33% | DIETS | 5 | Topics of many self-help books |
| 33% | HOWTO | 5 | Words on many self-help books |
| 32% | EATTOLIVE | 9 | 2003 best-selling nutritional self-help book |
| 32% | IMOK | 4 | Start of a 1970s self-help book |
| 32% | DEADSIMPLE | 10 | 2005 novel by Peter James; first book in the Roy Grace series |
| 31% | NOW | 3 | "The Power of ___" (Eckhart Tolle self-help book) |
| 31% | MINDSET | 7 | Self-help podcast by Rob Dial, The __ Mentor |
| 31% | INDECENCY | 9 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry, written by Justin Phillip Reed |
| 31% | STEPS | 5 | Word in the title of many self-help books |
| 30% | THEFRIEND | 9 | Book that won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction, written by Sigrid Nunez: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BLINK | 5 | "___: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking," self-help book by Malcolm Gladwell |
| 30% | SEX | 3 | Book by Madonna |
| 30% | HOLYGHOST | 9 | Book by John Sandford which was part of the "Virgil Flowers" novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ARE | 3 | "Men ___ From Mars ..." (start of a self-help book title) |