If you haven’t read any Rachel Hollis books don’t know who Rachel Hollis is, you’re going to want to keep reading. She’s a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and one of the biggest names in self-help literature. This Texas mother of 4 is making a huge impact on women’s lives, both in America and worldwide.
Hollis is a woman of many talents. Not only is she the author of 9 successful books, but she’s also a self-help guru, a relationship coach, a mommy blogger, a motivational speaker, and the host of a hugely successful podcast.
She’s made her career by inspiring women to take responsibility for their own happiness. Her no-nonsense approach and you-can-do-it attitude has gained her millions of fans, and her books are flying off the shelves.
She’s helping women everywhere to find purpose, meaning, and joy in their lives, and we love her for it.
Below, I’ve compiled a list of the top 6 Rachel Hollis books to date. Give these a read this winter, and get ready to start living your best life.
Best Rachel Hollis Books
1. Girl, Wash Your Face
Girl, Wash Your Face is Rachel Hollis’ most successful smash-hit and was the book that really put her on the nonfiction radar. In fact, it was the second biggest selling book on Amazon.com throughout the whole of 2018.
Chapter by chapter, Rachel breaks down the lies that she, along with many of us women, are told throughout our lives. Lies such as ‘I Will Never Get Past This,’ “I Am Bad at Sex,” and “I Should Be Further Along by Now” are examined and torn apart to reveal the baseline truth beneath them; we all have the power to control our own destiny. We just have to put our big girl pants on, figure out what we want, and go out there and get it.
Girl, Wash Your Face has an incredibly relatable way of breaking down the methods Rachel used to move past these hurdles; hurdles put in our way by society, family, friends, and more often than not, ourselves. The cherry on top is her hilariously witty writing style that will have you snorting with laughter throughout the book.
I particularly love how Hollis doesn’t pull any punches when she dishes out guidance. If you’re ready for some straight-talking, hard-hitting life advice to get you motivated and inspired, then Girl, Wash Your Face is a must-read.
2. Girl, Stop Apologizing
Rachel Hollis pulled it out of the bag again with her 2019 mega-bestseller, Girl, Stop Apologizing. In this book, she explores the uncomfortable fact that women everywhere are failing to live their truth. All too often, we let perfectionism, feelings of inadequacy, and embarrassment stop us from doing the things we really want to do, the things that would make us thrive.
Girl, Stop Apologizing is the slap-across-the-face wake-up call that many of us need to hear. Through her usual witty, down to earth writing style, she teaches us to own who we are instead of shying away from it, so we can finally achieve what we really want out of life.
She helps us to pinpoint negative thought processes and destructive habits, let go of excuses, and of course, finally stop apologizing. And it’s all in the name of self-growth, self-acceptance, and self-love. Who doesn’t need a bit of that?!
This Rachel Hollis book is one that you must read!
3. Didn’t See That Coming
Yet another New York Time’s bestseller for Hollis, Didn’t See That Coming explores the complicated and often brutally hard times that we all have to go through in life. In her usual humorous, no-nonsense way, she teaches us how to move through the tough times in a way that helps us to come out stronger on the other side.
Hollis wrote her latest bestseller during the 2020 Coronavirus lockdown, and there’s a real sense of that shared pain and fear we were all going through back then.
She also shares intimate stories from her own life, including grief, betrayal, and her heavily publicized divorce from her husband, the father of her four children. She shows us that it’s possible to turn these uncertain and testing seasons of life into an opportunity for positive change and growth.
Didn’t See That Coming is a must-read for anyone who is struggling, which, let’s face it, is a lot of us right now. Rachel offers motivation, purpose, and direction to overcome the dark times and emerge stronger and more empowered than ever before.
4. Party Girl
Hollis’s first of a series of three fiction books takes us on a whirlwind ride through the glamourous and simultaneously ugly world of the Hollywood elite.
The story centers around Landon Brinkley, an ambitious young woman from a small town in Texas. Landon is given the opportunity of a lifetime when she’s offered an internship with a prestigious event planner for the rich and famous.
At first, she’s swept away by the excitement of it all. She’s surrounded by Hollywood A-listers and movie stars, and in her mind, it’s her ticket to a life she’s always dreamed of.
But Landon soon begins to see through the shiny veneer to the ugly truth beneath. The business she thought she adored has a dark side, a side where money and status mean everything, and little else seems to matter.
She now faces a tough decision; does she stay in this shallow world and pursue her big career, or does she trust her instincts and follow her truth?
5. Sweet Girl
Sweet Girl is Rachel Hollis’s second book in her fictional trilogy. This time, it follows the story of Maz Jennings, a woman with a troubling past trying to make it as a high-end pastry chef.
Max will get an offer she can’t possibly refuse; the chance to work with the world-renowned culinary master, Avis Phillips.
She soon finds out there’s no room for error in her new role, and she’ll have to work her butt off if she’s going to succeed. But while she’s mastering the art of creating exquisite deserts, she finds herself unexpectedly falling for a man she once hated.
But it’s clear that before Max can lead the life she dreams of, she must first address some dark and uncomfortable secrets from her past.
6. Smart Girl
The third and final book in Rachel Hollis’s ‘Girl Series’ tells the story of Miko Jin, a savagely intelligent yet sheltered young woman.
Miko has never fallen in love, at least, not in the real world. The closest she’s ever got has been with men in the pages of her favorite books. That is until Liam comes along. Real-life Liam, with his classic good looks, irresistible charm, and hard to get demeanor.
She immediately falls for him, but unfortunately for her, he’s not quite so keen. But Miko’s read enough romance novels to know how this all works, and she sets out on a mission to make Liam love her back.
But the course of true love never did run smooth, and she’s about to learn some tough life lessons along the way.
Conclusion
Hollis has an impressive range of writing styles, from empowering nonfiction to the gripping and relatable fiction of her ‘Girl’ series.
If you love the female self-help genre, then you’ll adore Rachel Hollis’s latest three books, ‘Girl, Wash Your Face,’ ‘Girl, Stop Apologizing’, and ‘Didn’t See That Coming.’
Hollis is all about quitting the tired old excuses, buckling up and getting the best out of life. She’s on a mission to spread self-empowerment and self-love, so we can all live our best lives, and for that, we salute her.