Do self-help books actually work for you?

Do you guys actually read self-help books? Like, have they ever really worked for you? I’ve got a friend who’s been on my case about reading one since forever. Last week I was in town and thought, “let me just grab a couple and see what happens.” Ended up picking The Power of Manifestation and Thinking Big. So I get home, open them up… and honestly, I only made it through the epigraph, the intro, and the table of contents before I was like “nah, I’m tired 😂.” Haven’t touched them since. I don’t know, I just don’t enjoy reading things unless I feel like I have to. But somehow people power through these books and even quote them like scripture. How do you guys do it? How do you even get halfway without giving up?