10 Best parenting books like You and Your Adult Child: How to Grow Together in Challenging Times by Laurence Steinberg

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You and Your Adult Child: How to Grow Together in Challenging Times

By: Laurence Steinberg

3.86

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

A “wonderfully innovative” (Jennifer Senior, New York Times bestseller All Joy and No Fun), much-ne…

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1. The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More

By: Bruce Feiler

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In The Secrets of Happy Families, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler has drawn up a blu… read more

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2. Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents

By: Jane Isay

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

On giving advice: They Don't Want It. They Don't Hear It. They Resent It. Don't Give It. We raise o… read more

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3. The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

By: Olivia Laing

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual pla… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One of the operations by which capitalism perpetuates itself is displacement, the determined and absolute separation of the product from the site of production, so that when we buy petrol or peat fro…"

-Olivia Laing, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

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4. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

By: Arthur C. Brooks

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. In Build the Life… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
"feel the feel, then take the wheel pg30"

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."

-Arthur C. Brooks, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

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5. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

By: Patrick Bringley

4.07

Format: 240 pages, ebook

A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."

-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"

-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."

-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

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6. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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  • audiobook
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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7. Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)

By: Laura Dern

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “As actors, Dern and Ladd have spent decades peeling back layers to re… read more

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  • relationships
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
Cover of Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace

8. Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

By: Jennifer Breheny Wallace

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive book on the rise of “toxic achievement cultu… read more

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  • audiobook
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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9. This Strange Eventful History

By: Claire Messud

3.63

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more

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  • audiobook
"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

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10. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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11. In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

By: Amy Schneider

3.51

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! —and a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I deprived myself of a joy in my life, because it was a joy only girls were allowed to feel. Life already seemed to be full of joys that one wasn't allowed to feel, so adding one more to the pile cam…"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

"I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I …"

-Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

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12. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship

By: Will Schwalbe

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A warm, funny, irresistible book that follows an improbable and life-changing college friendship ov… read more

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  • relationships
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out

By: Jim Burns

4.15

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Are you struggling to connect with your child now that they've left the nest? Are you feeling the t… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
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15. The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents

By: Lisa Damour

4.47

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ in… read more

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  • audiobook
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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16. Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show

By: Tommy Tomlinson

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself

By: Luke Russert

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In Look for Me There , Luke Russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. On his jou… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We work our way back through the crowd. A few steps behind, holding Dad’s hand, I keep my eyes affixed to the back of his white polo shirt. The outline of his wallet is visible through his back pants…"

-Luke Russert, Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself

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19. 1964: Eyes of the Storm

By: Paul McCartney

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget.” ―Paul McCartney T… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter by Noelle McCarthy

20. Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter

By: Noelle McCarthy

4.13

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

"I’ll be grand, girl, I’ve great faith." – Mammy, just before she died Funny, charismatic and ge… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

By: Elizabeth Comen

4.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before. For as long as medicin… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The role of women was proscribed in medicine as in society, bolstered by the stereotype of the female nurturer: Doctors cured. Nurses cared."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"The idea was just this: that there is something beautiful, and wonderfully feminine, and powerful and empowering at once, about a woman who can’t breathe."

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

"Between the purported sex appeal of tuberculosis and its special deadliness in young people, being afflicted with the disease—or at least, looking like you were—became associated with a certain statu…"

-Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today

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22. God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man

By: Jack Kelly

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Benedict Arnold committed treason— for more than two centuries, that’s all that most Americans have… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct by Abigail Tucker

23. Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct

By: Abigail Tucker

3.82

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows how babies are made, but scientists are only just beginning to understand the making… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • audiobook
Cover of For You When I Am Gone: Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story by Steve Leder

24. For You When I Am Gone: Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story

By: Steve Leder

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller! From the bestselling author of The Beauty of What… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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25. BOSH! Healthy Vegan

By: Henry Firth

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Healthy eating never looked so good Henry and Ian are on a mission to help you eat and feel better,… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Your Turn: How to Be an Adult

By: Julie Lythcott-Haims

3.80

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims is back with a groundbreakingly frank guide … read more

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  • audiobook
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"When humans do what they want, they thrive."

-Julie Lythcott-Haims, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult

"We remember the people who saw us when we couldn't really see ourselves."

-Julie Lythcott-Haims, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult

"You must stop pleasing others because those other people literally have no idea who you ARE."

-Julie Lythcott-Haims, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult

"Don't let anyone tell you who you are--you have to have a bigger idea of who you are than how society sees you."

-Julie Lythcott-Haims, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult

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27. Failure to Launch: Why Your Twentysomething Hasn't Grown Up...and What to Do About It

By: Mark McConville

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From an expert in adolescent psychology comes a groundbreaking, timely, and necessary guide for par… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
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28. You and Your Adult Child: How to Grow Together in Challenging Times

By: Laurence Steinberg

3.86

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

A “wonderfully innovative” (Jennifer Senior, New York Times bestseller All Joy and No Fun), much-ne… read more

Similar categories in Laurence Steinberg's You and Your Adult Child: How to Grow Together in Challenging Times book and Laurence Steinberg's You and Your Adult Child: How to Grow Together in Challenging Times

  • relationships
  • self help
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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29. Science of Stretch: Reach Your Flexible Potential, Stay Active, Maximize Mobility (DK Science of)

By: Leada Malek

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Explore new movements and alleviate stiff joints with more than 100 exercises designed to keep you … read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties and How to Heal the Conflict

By: Joshua Coleman

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A guide for parents whose adult children have cut off contact that reveals the hidden logic of estr… read more

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  • relationships
  • self help
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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31. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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