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Until Lilly by Aurora Rose ReynoldsSeduction and Snacks by Tara SivecForever My Girl by Heidi McLaughlinLexi, Baby by Lynda LeeAnneThe Rocker That Holds Me by Terri Anne Browning
Surprise! You're a daddy.
381 books — 579 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneRoom by Emma DonoghueGrowth by Karen DeBonisThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Novels about Motherhood
385 books — 197 voters

Boy Without Instructions by Penny WilliamsDelivered from Distraction by Edward M. HallowellYou Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! by Kate KellyWhat to Expect When You're Not Expecting ADHD by Penny WilliamsThe Drummer and the Great Mountain - A Guidebook to Transform... by Michael Joseph Ferguson
Best books about ADD and ADHD
90 books — 150 voters
Teaching Kids to Think by Darlene SweetlandLast Child in the Woods by Richard LouvEvery Natural Fact by Amy Lou JenkinsThe Five Love Languages of Children by Gary ChapmanOur Babies, Ourselves by Meredith Small
Top 10 Parenting Books
99 books — 136 voters

Ghosts in The Wings by David Dabling5 Kids, 1 Wife by Scott TennantDADspirations by Pete DensmoreA Dad After God's Own Heart by Jim GeorgePregnancy and Men by Pratik Patil
Best Books for New Dads
55 books — 128 voters
The Covert Buccaneer by S. Lucia Kanter St. AmourTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeChocolat by Joanne HarrisWithout MAlice by Amesbury ClarkeBeloved by Toni Morrison
Novels Featuring Single Parents
385 books — 73 voters

Hop On Pop by Dr. SeussGuess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratneyOwl Moon by Jane YolenKnuffle Bunny by Mo WillemsPapa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle
Picture Books About Fathers
305 books — 63 voters
Are You My Mother? by P.D. EastmanLove You Forever by Robert MunschThe Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise BrownMama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. JoosseThe Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Picture Books About Mothers
271 books — 45 voters

Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart HymanBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahAdulthood Is a Myth by Sarah AndersenDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsLon Po Po by Ed Young
"Hood"
485 books — 31 voters
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline WoodsonYou're Welcome, Universe by Whitney GardnerHeather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa NewmanMy Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer GennariThe Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Children's & teen fiction featuring lesbian mothers
143 books — 21 voters

Waking Up With the Duke by Lorraine HeathNobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThis Duchess of Mine by Eloisa JamesThe Duchess Deal by Tessa DarePrivate Arrangements by Sherry Thomas
Bargain for Heir/Baby
21 books — 16 voters
Warnings & Wildfires by Autumn Jones LakeBoys Don't Cry by Malorie BlackmanKick, Push by Jay McLeanHanging on to Max by Margaret BechardSlam by Nick Hornby
Teen Dads
27 books — 15 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerDining Out Around the Solar System by Clare O'BearaOverdue by Talia SwarkyA Goddess Born by Talia SwarkyGrim by M.K. Eidem
SF Pregnancy
45 books — 8 voters
Dad Is Fat by Jim GaffiganJoyful Chaos by ..The Nanas Book by Hailee OmanThe Meat and Potatoes of Life by Lisa Smith MolinariThe Unmumsy Mum by Sarah Turner
Comedy For Mom
26 books — 8 voters

From Meidelach to Matriarchs ~ A Journal by Mirta Ines TruppThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSweet Pea by Kit de WaalFamily Ever After by Margaret DaleyMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Best Fiction Stories of Women as Mothers, Wives, Stepmothers, Daughters, Sisters, Aunts, Nieces, Grandmothers and Grandaughters
43 books — 5 voters
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy ChuaPart-Time Working Mummy by Rachaele HambletonTrapped Indoors with Kids by Matt BrownDeep Listening by Emily KasrielAchtung Baby by Sara Zaske
Parenting Outside the US
10 books — 4 voters

Uprooted by Peter J. BoniBeing a Dad Is Weird by Ben FalconeThis Is Not Your Father's Fatherhood by Brian K. PinaireDancing Barefoot by Wil WheatonHow Not To Dad by Luke Whaley
Memoirs About Parenthood, Childhood, and Other Madness
24 books — 3 voters
Maternal Hope by Camille SeigleAfter the Storm by Emma Jane UnsworthMatrescence by Lucy JonesThe Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Wi... by Philippa PerryAnd Now We Have Everything by Meaghan O'Connell
Pregnancy and New Motherhood
7 books — 3 voters

Bringing Up Bébé by Pamela DruckermanBreathe, Sleep, Thrive by Shereen LimYour Baby and Child by Penelope LeachCommando Dad by Neil SinclairCommando Dad by Neil Sinclair
Incipient Parenthood
7 books — 2 voters
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya GowdaThe Mother Next Door by Andrea DunlopThe House of Hidden Mothers by Meera SyalThe Good Mother Myth by Nancy ReddyDear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Care Work and Motherhood
10 books — 2 voters

Luca by Grey HuffingtonThe Test by Peggy KernDem Boyz From Da Bottom by Diamond D. JohnsonThe First Part Last by Angela JohnsonBrokenhearted Girl by Diamond D. Johnson
'Single black parents'
59 books — 2 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingSomeday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren GrahamTalking as Fast as I Can by Lauren GrahamIn Conclusion, Don't Worry About It by Lauren GrahamHave I Told You This Already? by Lauren Graham
LGBOOKCLUB: Lauren Graham’s Reading List
87 books — 2 voters

Les Miserables by Victor HugoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHalf Agony, Half Hope by Joy Michelle AustinThe Weight of Prejudice by Joy Michelle AustinChevrolet Saturdays by Candy Dawson Boyd
Best Fiction Stories of Men as Fathers, Husbands, Stepfathers, Sons, Brothers, Uncles, Nephews, Grandfathers and Grandsons
26 books — 2 voters
In Search of the Sun by Leza LowitzDear Diary Boy by Kumiko MakiharaIntercultural Families and Schooling in Japan by Melodie Cook
Parenting in Japan
3 books — 1 voter

Майя та її мами by Лариса ДенисенкоМамонт by Ольга КупріянЦе всі ми by Євгенія ЗавалійОкуляри і кролик-гном by Саша КочубейІнший дім by Оксана Лущевська
Divorce Books for Children in Ukrainian - Дитячі книжки про розлучення
7 books — 1 voter

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