The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
by Joseph Murphy
Interest peak #2
A mid-century classic on how beliefs and thoughts shape outcomes, with exercises and affirmations. Popular in the positive-thinking tradition. Read the full description
Best for: Readers interested in mindset and affirmations
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind is #31 on BookWard's Top 100 books for September 2026, with a BookWard Score of 71 out of 100.
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: reading interest over the past 12 months
Sources: Open Library’s public reading-log and ratings data (dump of 2026-08-31), Wikipedia page views and Wikidata. Monthly counts are exact; they show relative interest among readers of these public sources, not total readership.
Ranked against the other books on this list, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind’s reading interest has run from #2 to #36 over these 12 months. Interest rank blends shelf adds, Wikipedia page views and rating activity, each compared with the other 99 books that month.
Shelf adds by month
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind was added to Open Library readers’ shelves 1,819 times in the past 12 months, peaking in October 2025 with 319 (110% above its monthly average of 152). Over the latest three months (Jun 2026 to Aug 2026) shelf adds were down 32% on the three months before. 87% of the adds were “want to read”, 10% “currently reading” and 3% “already read”.
Want to read Currently reading Already read
What the data says about The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
- Uneven demand. Monthly shelf adds swung widely around an average of 152, so interest arrives in bursts and not as a steady stream.
- Busiest and quietest months. October 2025 was its busiest month (319 adds), about 5.8 times its quietest, July 2026 (55).
- Ratings below the list’s middle. Its Open Library average of 3.91 from 306 ratings is 0.21 lower than the middle book on the list (4.12).
- Against its genre. It had 24% fewer shelf adds than the average Self-help book on this list.
- Share of the list. It accounts for 1.7% of all shelf adds recorded for the Top 100 over these 12 months, #12 of 100.
- Its age. First published in 1963 (63 years ago), it is older than 80% of the books on the list.
Each finding is computed from the public data above and shown only when the numbers support it.
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind on the Top 100: rank history
First charted in September 2026. The chart gains a point with every monthly update, so its peak, climbs and falls will show here as they happen.
| Month | Rank | Score |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #31 | 71 |
Is The Power of Your Subconscious Mind rising or falling?
Cooling It ranks lower this week than over the past year, so interest is softening from its recent level.
On Open Library, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind ranks #26 this week, #25 this month, and #13 over the past year. A longer bar means a higher position. Comparing the three windows shows whether readers are arriving faster than the book's long-term pace. Readings as of 2026-09-30.
Why The Power of Your Subconscious Mind made the Top 100
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind made the list mainly on momentum (+31.1 points) and being read right now (+23.2 points). Its smallest contribution is rising (+0). The BookWard Score blends five public signals, each scored from 0 to 100 and weighted as shown.
The reading-now, rating and rank signals come from Open Library’s public data, not from BookWard’s own readers. The score measures reading interest, not quality or sales. How the score works.
Open Library reader stats for The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Source: Open Library public reading logs, as of 2026-09-30. BookWard’s own monthly snapshots are added to the picture, and anonymous BookWard reader data will be layered in as the community grows.
More readers have The Power of Your Subconscious Mind open right now than 92% of the other books on this list. These counts come from one public source, so they show relative interest rather than total readership.
Where it sits among Self-help books
It is #7 of the 12 Self-help books on this month’s list.
About The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
A mid-century classic on how beliefs and thoughts shape outcomes, with exercises and affirmations. Popular in the positive-thinking tradition.
Why it’s here: It has quietly stayed in print for decades, and readers keep passing it along.
Best for: Readers interested in mindset and affirmations
At a glance
- First published
- 1963
- Genre
- Self-help
- Length
- about 222 pages (the median across its editions)
- Languages
- editions in 5 languages listed on Open Library
- Editions
- 132 on Open Library
From Open Library and Wikidata public records. Missing rows mean the records do not list that fact.
Themes
- Belief and prayer
- Positive thinking
- The mind and outcomes
What reading it is like
Earnest, inspirational and religious in tone.
At about 222 pages it is a medium-length read: roughly 4 hours at an average reading pace (about 250 words a minute, 300 words a page). Audiobook and edition lengths vary.
Good to know
A spiritual self-help book. Its claims rest on faith and testimony, not evidence.
The premise
Joseph Murphy argues that the beliefs held by your subconscious shape your life, and offers affirmations and exercises for changing them. It is a classic of the positive-thinking tradition.
What you’ll get
- Simple, repeatable exercises
- An optimistic tone
- A historical look at positive thinking
You might skip it if you prefer research-backed advice.
Pairs well with: The Secret · Think and Grow Rich
Keep exploring the chart
Also on the chart at #30 and #32
Questions about The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
What rank is The Power of Your Subconscious Mind on the Top 100 books?
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind is #31 on BookWard's Top 100 books for September 2026, with a BookWard Score of 71 out of 100.
Is The Power of Your Subconscious Mind rising or falling?
Cooling. It ranks lower this week than over the past year, so interest is softening from its recent level. On Open Library, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind ranks #26 this week, #25 this month, and #13 over the past year.
Why is The Power of Your Subconscious Mind on the Top 100?
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind made the list mainly on momentum (+31.1 points) and being read right now (+23.2 points). Its smallest contribution is rising (+0).
How many people are reading The Power of Your Subconscious Mind right now?
Open Library's reading logs show 1,071 readers currently reading The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, 8,967 who want to read it and 297 who have logged it as read (as of 2026-09-30). These are counts from one public source, not all readers.
How much interest has The Power of Your Subconscious Mind had over the past year?
1,819 Open Library shelf adds in the past 12 months (peak October 2025, 319); latest three months down 32% on the prior three. Figures come from Open Library and Wikipedia public data.
Who is The Power of Your Subconscious Mind best for?
Readers interested in mindset and affirmations.
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How we know
This page is built from public data: Open Library’s dated reading-log and ratings dumps, Wikipedia page views, Wikidata, and BookWard’s own monthly Top 100 snapshots. The interest rank blends shelf adds (45%), Wikipedia page views (30%), rating activity (10%) and, for months where a snapshot exists, BookWard’s own score (15%), each as a percentile among the Top 100 books. Every month shown is real data; nothing is estimated. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Last updated September 2026. Read the full methodology.
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