"Adulting" is the term for doing grown-up, adult things, like cooking, investing, resume writing, even household chores, and the term has reached wide use for good reason: sometimes learning to be an adult is hard! To help out, we've created a compilation of books to help new adults enter the world and be healthier, happier, independent, and more productive.
Grown-Up Basics
The Graduate Survival Guide: 5 Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make in College
Rachel Cruze
from: $4.69
175+ Things to Do Before You Graduate College: Your Bucket List for the Ultimate College Experience!
Charlotte Lake
from: $4.39
The Freshman Survival Guide: Soulful Advice for Studying, Socializing, and Everything in Between
Nora Bradbury-Haehl
from: $4.19
Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood
Alida Nugent
from: $5.19
How to Adult, A Practical Guide: Advice on Living, Loving, Working, and Spending Like a Grown-Up
Jamie Goldstein
from: $4.49
How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life
Heather Havrilesky
from: $4.49
Work Life
Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World
Lindsey Pollak
from: $4.09
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels
Michael D. Watkins
from: $4.99
Interview: The Art of the Interview: The Perfect Answers to Every Interview Question
James Storey
from: $19.38
What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
Richard Nelson Bolles
from: $3.59
Life Skills
You Suck at Cooking: The Absurdly Practical Guide to Sucking Slightly Less at Making Food
You Suck at Cooking
from: $6.59
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
Marie Kondō
from: $4.89
The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook: Healthy Meals with Only 5 Ingredients in Under 30 Minutes
Pamela Ellgen
from: $4.69
My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag . . . and Other Things You Can't Ask Martha
Jolie Kerr
from: $4.79
Make Your Bed: Little Things that Can Change Your Life... and Maybe the World
William H. McRaven
from: $6.49
The Ultimate Cooking for One Cookbook: 175 Super Easy Recipes Made Just for You
Joanie Zisk
from: $11.49
Help! My Apartment Has a Kitchen Cookbook: 100+ Great Recipes with Foolproof Instructions
Nancy Mills
from: $4.19
Money Management
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying
Suze Orman
from: $4.39
Secrets of Six-Figure Women: Surprising Strategies to Up Your Earnings and Change Your Life
Barbara Stanny (now Huson)
from: $4.39
Social Skills
The Couple's Activity Book: 70 Interactive Games to Strengthen Your Relationship
Crystal Schwanke
from: $5.49
The Awkward Human Survival Guide: How to Handle Life's Most Uncomfortable Situations
Adam Dachis
from: $5.69
Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert's Roadmap to Getting Out There (When You'd Rather Stay Home)
Morra Aarons-Mele
from: $5.09
