Every two weeks, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer live by a different self-help book, following all the rules down to the letter: eating what the books said to eat, talking as the books said to talk; walking, sleeping, decorating, and interacting with their husbands according to each book’s doctrine. And they record it all for a hot reality-show podcast called By the Book. Little did they know that all these books would actually change their livesr. If not for By the Book, Kristen never would have written that Amish romance novel she had always joked about. And she never would have had some of the difficult conversations she had with her husband about their marriage. Jolenta finally learned her husband’s phone number, started tracking her finances, and fell in love with cleaning out clutter. How to Be Fine is an insightful look into the solid takeaways of the self-help books that have worked, real talk on the practices haven’t, and a list of philosophies they wish more books would actually spend more time exploring.