Can You Cure Yourself Through Reading Books?

i think it was e b white he said, immortality is to be found between the covers of a book. So there is something about preserving wisdom, and this invention has maybe done more to further humanity than any other. I looked up the research this, ecause it's what i do. Is there psychological research? It talks about whether self help books are more effective than either nothing, or therapy, or what not? Yes. The empirical data on this, a lot of it comes from mental health. Can you cure yourself through reading books? And there's some dissent, but on balance, for sure, reading a book can be better. Compared to one on one therapy, generally worse