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The Disease to Please: Curing the People-Pleasing Syndrome (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,676 ratings — published 2000
Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,064 ratings — published 2017
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.21 — 90,565 ratings — published 1992
Stop People Pleasing: Be Assertive, Stop Caring What Others Think, Beat Your Guilt, & Stop Being a Pushover (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,157 ratings — published
When It's Never About You: The People-Pleaser's Guide to Reclaiming Your Health, Happiness and Personal Freedom (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.00 — 247 ratings — published 2017
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.12 — 52,240 ratings — published 1986
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.23 — 40,510 ratings — published 2021
The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.90 — 163,129 ratings — published 2013
Please Yourself: How to Stop People-Pleasing and Transform the Way You Live (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,778 ratings — published
No More Mr. Nice Guy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,665 ratings — published 2000
The People Pleaser's Guide to Loving Others without Losing Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.17 — 140 ratings — published
I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.19 — 27,256 ratings — published 2007
The Need to Please: Mindfulness Skills to Gain Freedom from People Pleasing and Approval Seeking (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.80 — 128 ratings — published 2013
Good Spirits (Ghosted, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.97 — 147,020 ratings — published 2025
Dolly All the Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.29 — 170,044 ratings — published 2026
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,456,139 ratings — published 2017
Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves—and How to Find Our Way Back (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,981 ratings — published 2025
Stop People Pleasing: And Find Your Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,128 ratings — published 2024
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.01 — 45,767 ratings — published 2023
I Could Give You the Moon
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,762 ratings — published 2026
Shapes of Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.05 — 649 ratings — published 2026
Are You Mad at Me? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.36 — 17,222 ratings — published 2025
Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #19)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,521 ratings — published 2026
This Is Me: A Reckoning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.06 — 32,925 ratings — published 2026
All the Way to the River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.73 — 41,439 ratings — published 2025
When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.28 — 10,526 ratings — published 1997
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,420,722 ratings — published 1847
Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, Second Edition ( Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,802 ratings — published
People Pleaser: Breaking Free from the Burden of Imaginary Expectations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.55 — 5,435 ratings — published
Nobody in Particular (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.04 — 10,079 ratings — published 2025
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.04 — 32,003 ratings — published 1979
Bottom of the Pyramid: A Memoir of Persevering, Dancing for Myself, and Starring in My Own Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.89 — 24,203 ratings — published
Little Pieces of Light (Castle Hill Academy, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,677 ratings — published 2025
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.16 — 38,816 ratings — published 2003
Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.16 — 36,486 ratings — published 2025
Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.15 — 36,543 ratings — published
How to Let Things Go: 99 Tips from a Zen Buddhist Monk to Relinquish Control and Free Yourself Up for What Matters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.49 — 2,563 ratings — published 2021
Me, You & Us: Moving Beyond Relational Trauma and Disorder (Anxious/Avoidant Attachment, Codependency, BPD) to Build a Stable, Lasting Relationship
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.89 — 76 ratings — published
How to Stop Breaking Your Own Heart: Stop People-Pleasing, Set Boundaries, and Heal from Self-Sabotage (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.67 — 1,784 ratings — published 2024
The Gifts of Imperfection (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.24 — 231,122 ratings — published 2010
Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,264 ratings — published
First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.91 — 318,556 ratings — published 2025
Wild Eyes (Rose Hill, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.23 — 359,997 ratings — published 2024
The Joy of Saying No: A Simple Plan to Stop People Pleasing, Reclaim Boundaries, and Say Yes to the Life You Want (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.69 — 852 ratings — published
كيف تقول لا: ٢٥٠ طريقة لتقولها و تعنيها ، توقف عن محاولة إرضاء الآخرين للأبد (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.12 — 1,109 ratings — published 2005
Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.13 — 10,229 ratings — published 2020
Casting Vows (Hearts of Gold Book 3)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.29 — 58 ratings — published 2024
The art of manipulation: How to get what you want out of people in business, in your personal life, and in your love life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 3.75 — 12 ratings — published 1990
Business Casual (Lovelight, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as people-pleasing)
avg rating 4.05 — 50,368 ratings — published 2024
“People-pleasing is people-using.”
― The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex
― The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex
“In my adulthood I will come to realize I was pinballing between the outer, public fake me; the under-my-roof, family fake me; and the real me, who desperately wanted to feel safe.”
― Earth to Moon: A Memoir
― Earth to Moon: A Memoir
