Here are the Amazon.com top 10 Health, Mind & Body books of 1998. They were chosen for their clarity and crisp writing style, as well as practicality and usefulness. They're books that can change your health--and your life--for the better.

1. Body Control
   by Lynne Robinson
   Back in the 1920s, Joseph Pilates developed a series of exercises that he believed helped halt the effects of aging. Katharine Hepburn, George Balanchine, Courteney Cox, Jodie Foster, and other ballerinas, actors, and supermodels around the world have taken Pilates classes to give them that lean, supple, strong look--without hulking muscles. "Body Control" is the next best thing to a personal Pilates trainer, with its easy-to-follow instructions for doing the exercises in the privacy of your home.

2. Strong Women Stay Slim
   by Miriam E. Nelson, Ph.D., with Sarah Wernick, Ph.D.
   Miriam Nelson has developed a fervid following of women who've used her exercises to shed pounds permanently. This, her second book (after "Strong Women Stay Young"), covers the basics of weight training. Its unintimidating tone and simple guidance makes it perfect for women who have never stepped foot into a gym--but are sick and tired of being sick and tired.

3. Yoga for Stress Relief
   by Swami Shivapremananda
   The gorgeous photos in this book can bliss you out by themselves, but definitely try the easy Hatha yoga stretches if you'd like to feel every ounce of tension in your body dissolve away--far, far away.

4. The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet
   by Bob Arnot, M.D.
   At last, a book focused specifically on how to prevent this increasingly common disease. Dr. Arnot has delved through the latest research and developed a remarkable diet that can be easily followed by the entire family--as it should be, as breast cancer in males is also on the rise.

5. Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover
   by Marilu Henner and Laura Morton
   I wanted to dismiss this book as another collection of celebrity fluff, but Henner is a true-blue health nut and her advice is solid and easy to follow. She battled with her weight for most of her life, and the photos of her from her chubby early theater days are both surprising and inspiring. Henner's gone from an overweight junk-food lover (with 50 extra pounds on her frame and a frighteningly elevated cholesterol count) to a vibrant proselytizer of toxic-free living.

6. Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
   by Christiane Northrup, M.D.
   More women have told me that this is the best health book they've ever read. Dr. Christiane Northrup is radically changing the face of women's medical treatment: to her, female health complaints are usually signals that emotional and spiritual issues are being ignored, and she believes the emotional aspects of illness need as much treatment as the physical symptoms. She seamlessly combines the best of Eastern and Western medicine into this fascinating 900-page tome that can--and should--be referenced throughout a woman's lifetime.

7. Passionate Marriage
   by David Schnarch, Ph.D.
   A sex therapist brings the erotic back into the lives of dozens of couples in this collection of conversations--taken from his own marriage and those of his clients--about typical intimacy roadblocks. Even lovers who don't consider themselves "in trouble" will find much specific, thought- provoking advice for communicating, handling conflict, and bringing serious sparks back into the bedroom.

8. Age-Proof Your Body
   by Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D.
   In the never-ending torrent of aging books this year, "Age- Proof Your Body" is the definite standout. Somer, a nutritionist, based her guide to boosting longevity on scientific studies, not faddish hearsay. No matter what your age today, heeding Somer's nutritional, exercise, and other lifestyle advice is just plain smart.

9. Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
   by Marya Hornbacher
   Marya Hornbacher has ravaged her body from years of compulsive exercising, starving, and purging. At 24, she's sterile, needs new teeth, and could experience cardiac arrest at any moment. This frighteningly visceral, unflinching memoir is essential reading for men who don't understand their partners' body-image problems, anyone with a distorted relationship with food, and especially parents (she started bingeing at age 9).

10. Healing Centers & Retreats
    by Jenifer Miller
    Jenifer Miller, a very lucky former editor at "Spa" magazine, visited every single place in this inspiring guide to spas, glorious getaways, and healthy hideouts throughout the U.S. and Canada. In addition to usual pampering suspects (Canyon Ranch, Miraval), there are centers focused on treating ongoing health conditions like migraines and chronic pain.

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