The Top 10 Bestselling Women Books
Women are redefining success on their own terms—in the boardroom, in their communities and in every arena that matters. That’s why we’ve curated the bestselling books by and for women who are leading, building and breaking barriers.
From memoirs of trailblazers to practical guides for navigating today’s professional landscape, these books celebrate ambition, resilience and the power of women lifting each other up.
And don’t just take our word for it: The SUCCESS® Bestsellers list is compiled using data from print and eBook sales from various online and brick-and-mortar retailers to provide you with a reliable and comprehensive list of the bestselling books for women.
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UP!
BY KELLY MOONEY, KATY MOONEY
#WealthBuilding #ECommerce #PersonalGrowth
2026 Axiom Business Book Awards Medalist Finally, a book to catapult your career and life. " Kelly Mooney and Katy Mooney offer practical wisdom and infectious optimism; they show us that the path forward isn't just possible—it's within our reach" (Shannon Watts, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fired Up.) UP is a modern playbook for women who want careers and lives with more meaning, power, and possibilities. No matter if you are starting, stuck, stalled, spinning, or soaring, UP gives youproven strategies, practical tools, and step-by-step guidance you can use now , not someday. UP is organized into six easily digestible parts: Lead Yourself: become more intentional about your career and life Own Your Choices : recognize you have agency over your decisions Find Your Fit : know what fits you before burning out or opting out Think Big(ger) : expand your vision of what's possible Get in the Game: navigate the unwritten rules of the workplace Love Your Life Along the Way : enjoy a personal life while building your career "Blending heart and strategy in a way that's rare, UP helps women design careers and lives that align with who they are-and where they want to go next"(Ivy Ross, chief design officer of consumer devices at Google). Importantly, there are no "shoulds" in this book—and that's intentional. Because there isn't one path or pace that works for everyone. Your future is unique to you. By the end of this book, you'll know what truly matters to you. You'll walk away with new skills, clear action steps, and a massive boost in confidence. You'll stop waiting to be noticed or wondering when your life will get better. You'll start moving— up .
Likeable Badass
BY ALISON FRAGALE
#LikeableBadass #WomenInfluence #PowerAndWarmth
For women in the workplace, the real barrier isn't competence or credentials—it's status, and status is something you can build. Behavioral scientist and professor Alison Fragale spent decades researching why capable women stall out despite doing everything right. Her answer centers on a concept psychologists call status—how others perceive you—which no title, degree or salary can manufacture on its own. Likeable Badass lays out a research-backed framework for cultivating two qualities simultaneously: warmth and assertiveness. Together, they create the kind of reputation that earns real influence, not just formal authority. Equal parts behavioral science and practical playbook, this book is written for women navigating any workplace, their allies and anyone who wants evidence-based strategies for rising without sacrificing the goodwill of the people around them.
Start with Yourself
BY EMMA GREDE
#PersonalGrowth #WealthBuilding
Emma Grede dropped out of high school in East London and became one of America's wealthiest self-made entrepreneurs — here's how she thinks. Cofounding culture-defining global businesses while raising four children, Grede built her success by dismantling what she calls "Old Thoughts" — stale, ingrained beliefs about work-life balance, money and ambition that aren't rules at all, but biases masquerading as wisdom. Start with Yourself translates her philosophy into structured, immediately applicable takeaways: how to manage emotions, clarify goals, recover from failure, stay accountable and move forward without waiting for permission or a perfect moment. For anyone who feels like a passenger in their own life, Grede's blueprint is bracingly direct — no inherited advantages required. She doesn't promise shortcuts, but she doesn't tell you to ignore them either. This is ambition reframed as a practice, not a personality trait.
Clock in
BY EMILY DURHAM
#ECommerce #WealthBuilding #SuccessMindset
The average job search takes more than five months—and most of that time is wasted on advice that was never designed to help you. Emily Durham, known to her following as Emily the Recruiter, has spent years inside the hiring process watching candidates stumble over obstacles that never needed to exist. Clock In draws on her experience as both recruiter and career coach to demystify job hunting, salary negotiation, networking and workplace confidence—covering everything from optimizing your résumé and LinkedIn profile to defeating impostor syndrome and communicating with authority. For anyone tired of corporate doublespeak and vague career platitudes, this is the no-filter guide to getting hired, getting paid and building a career that doesn't consume your entire identity.
Having It All
BY CORINNE LOW
#WorkLifeBalance #WomenAndPower #HavingItAll
Women aren't failing to have it all — the system was never designed to let them. Wharton professor and economist Dr. Corinne Low brings rigorous data to the questions women navigate every day: when to marry, whether to have children, which career to pursue and where to live. Having It All argues that biology, culture and economics have stacked the deck against women — and that understanding the hidden forces shaping these decisions is the first step toward making better ones. In the tradition of Fair Play and Cribsheet , Low blends personal experience with economic analysis to offer an evidence-based framework for reclaiming time, energy and joy. This is not a book about doing more or optimizing harder. It's for women who want to stop accepting labor-intensive solutions to structural problems — and start making choices grounded in evidence rather than expectation.
What Do You Need?
BY LAUREN WESLEY WILSON
#WealthBuilding #SuccessMindset #FamilyDynamics
The unwritten rules of the C-Suite—finally written down. Lauren Wesley Wilson built ColorComm from an informal networking luncheon into a multimillion-dollar communications company. In this playbook, she reveals the strategic questions and unspoken rules that women of color need to know to reach leadership positions—the ones no one teaches you on the way up. Drawn from her own path to the C-Suite and years spent coaching thousands, What Do You Need? is a road map for anyone building a career and a resource for allies working to create workplaces where everyone can excel.
Something Major
BY RANDI BRAUN
#LeadershipConfidence #WomenInBusiness #ExecutivePresence
Women are natural leaders—but they've been handed a rulebook written for someone else entirely. Certified executive coach and CEO of the women's leadership firm Something Major, Randi Braun argues that the real obstacle isn't ambition—it's the outdated playbook women have been handed. Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work tackles self-doubt, perfectionism and the corrosive pull of external validation head-on, offering concrete tactics for owning your message, silencing your inner critic and leading on your own terms. Braun even names 16 phrases she forbids women to say at work. Something Major is written for women who are ready to stop shrinking and start leading—delivered in a conversational, story-driven style that mixes practical tools with sharp insight. A Wall Street Journal bestseller, it's a fresh answer to burnout, stalled careers and the confidence gap that still holds too many women back.
The Memo
BY MINDA HARTS
#WealthBuilding #Poverty
Most career advice wasn't written for women of color—and Minda Harts is done pretending otherwise. Drawing on her experience as a fundraising consultant to top colleges and as CEO of The Memo, Harts confronts the "ugly truths" that keep women of color from advancing in corporate America. The Memo tackles the wage gap, microaggressions, office politics and networking with the kind of straight talk most business books won't offer—because most business books weren't written with this audience in mind. Practical, candid and long overdue, this is a career guide built specifically for women of color who are done waiting for a seat at the table and ready to claim one on their own terms.
Healing the Success Wound
BY BROOKE TAYLOR
#SuccessMindset #PersonalGrowth #WealthBuilding
A revelatory five-step process to help women heal "the success wound," the pain that comes from mistaking success for self-worth, to achieve both personal and professional health and success. Are you a Grinder, believing that the more you work, the more successful you will be? Or are you a Hider, afraid to leave your comfort zone and wishing you had the courage to pursue your dreams? Maybe you're a Work Hard Play Hard, afraid to slow down and stop the busy-ness that secretly shields you from looking at the real problem underneath. You could be a Pleaser, seeking approval from others often at the expense of your own needs, or a Seeker, hopping from job to job, city to city, with shiny object syndrome, thinking the next thing will fill the void inside or give your life direction. If you are a successful woman, chances are you've been some or all of these archetypes. Because while women are still supposed to "have it all," being a successful woman still means sacrifice, and for many of us, a heaping scoop of self-doubt as we find ourselves equating our self-worth with our professional success—our success wound. Brooke Taylor knows this all too well: her success wound nearly ruined her promising career at Google and devastated her sense of self. After taking a step back and honestly assessing her own beliefs, she developed a 5-step program to help other women (1) diagnose their success wound (2) discern their toxic success wound strategies (3) heal their success wound (4) create a new, internally-guided definition of success (5) take aligned action towards this vision. With Healing the Success Wound , readers will adopt a new paradigm of success: aligned ambition—the state of harmony and fulfillment that comes from following"
Getting You Ready for Power
BY ALEXIS MERUELO
#WealthBuilding #CEOLeadership #Communication
Women don't lack ambition or talent—they lack permission to trust themselves, take up space, and lead without apology. In Getting You Ready for Power, Alexis Meruelo blends personal insight with practical strategy to guide readers through the mindset shifts and tools required to move from self-doubt to self-belief. A guide for women at any career stage, the book shows how to release limiting narratives, advocate for yourself with confidence, and build a community of women who elevate your growth.