No summaries. No skimming. No shortcuts.
HONEST SUCCESS BOOK REVIEWS
One success book a month.
I tell you what I got out of it, including the months when that was not much.
Why I started this →
14 books read so far · A new review on the first of every month · Print or audio, always stated
SelfSuccessForYou.com publishes one success book review each month. Every book is either read cover to cover before it is reviewed or listened to in full, with no summaries or skimming. Each review explains honestly what I got from the book, including when a book did not help much.
The latest reviews
Every one read cover to cover.
Tom Hopkins
How to Master the Art of Selling
After reading this I moved onto the audio master class.
George S Clason
The Richest Man in Babylon
Even though this was written in 1926, it still carries relevant lessons.
John C Bogle
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
I started moving money before I had finished it.
Browse by the problem
Three shelves. Pick the one that sounds like your week.
Money
How to get money and build wealth.
Money is where most of these books start. Earning more of it, keeping hold of it, and working out what to do with whatever is left at the end of the month.
Sales
How to sell and persuade people.
Selling is a skill, not a personality type. Prospecting, handling objections, asking for the order, and getting comfortable with the part most people avoid.
Mindset
Habits, discipline and inspiration.
The gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. Habits, discipline, focus, and the business of showing up on the days you would rather not.
WHO I AM
Hi, I'm Lee, I am not a guru
I am building a business, I read on about six hours of train travel a week, and I got sick of book review sites that had not read the books. That is the whole story.
WHY READ MY REVIEWS
I only review books that I have read or listened to
1
What the book claims it will do for you
Every book makes a promise on the back cover. I start by saying plainly what that promise is, so you can judge the rest of the review against it.
2
What I got from it
The honest version. What actually changed in how I work or think, including the months when the answer was very little.
3
What stuck, and what did not
Weeks later some of it is still with me and some of it is gone. I tell you which parts survived contact with an ordinary week.
4
Who I think it might suit
Books land differently depending on where you are. I say who I think this one is for, and who is likely to get less from it than the cover suggests.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Honest answers to the questions everyone asks
Do you review books you did not finish?
No. If I do not finish a book it does not get reviewed. Every review here is of a book I read or listened to all the way through, which is the whole reason this site exists.
Will you tell me which book to buy?
No. I will tell you what I got from it and who I think it suits. You might get far more out of a book than I did, and that call is yours to make.
How do you choose the books?
They are the ones I am reading anyway, for my own reasons. Some came as recommendations from people further down the road than I am, some were gifts and others were selected as I know that it’s a subject I need to improve in my life. I do not take requests from publishers.
Are these book summaries?
No. A summary tells you what a book says, these reviews tell you what happened when I read it: what I used, what I ignored, and what was still with me weeks later. If you want the key points in five minutes, a summary service will serve you better than this site will.
Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?
On this site, yes, and every review says which one I did. I read or listen while on about six hours of train travel a week. What matters is whether it helped me, not which format it arrived in.
Are older success books still worth reading?
Several books here are close to a hundred years old. The Richest Man in Babylon was published in 1926 and How to Win Friends and Influence People in 1936. Each review says which parts have aged and which still hold up, so you can decide for yourself before you buy.
How often is a new review published?
I try to get one a month done, but that’s not always possible. That pace exists because every book is read or listened to all the way through before it gets written about, and that takes as long as it takes. I also like to read/listen to it twice so it really sinks in.
One book a month. Read properly. Reviewed honestly.
I will send you the new review when it goes up. That is all.
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