 "True You" received a mixed review from "The Washington Post".Author Michael Gross called the book a "mash-up of celebrity tell-nothing, dysfunction memoir and Oprah-ready self-help", complaining that the book lacked a structured narrative and suggesting that for people to really get to know Jackson "cue up "Control" or "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814"".The week of March 6, 2011, the book hit the number one spot on "The New York Times" Best Seller list's Hardcover Advice and Misc.