26 must-read nonfiction books like Portraits of Childfree Wealth: 26 stories about how being Childfree impacts your life, wealth, and finances. by Jay Zigmont

Cover of Portraits of Childfree Wealth: 26 stories about how being Childfree impacts your  life, wealth, and finances. by Jay Zigmont

Portraits of Childfree Wealth: 26 stories about how being Childfree impacts your life, wealth, and finances.

By: Jay Zigmont

3.60

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Have you ever wondered what people without children do with all their free time and money? Do you a…

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Cover of Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids by Meghan Daum, Kate Christensen, Tim Kreider, Paul Lisicky, M.G. Lord, Rosemary Mahoney, Sigrid Nunez, Jeanne Safer, Lionel Shriver, Geoff Dyer, Danielle Henderson, None, Anna Holmes, Elliott Holt, Pam Houston, Michelle Huneven, Laura Kipnis

1. Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids

By: Meghan Daum , Kate Christensen , Tim Kreider , Paul Lisicky , M.G. Lord , Rosemary Mahoney , Sigrid Nunez , Jeanne Safer , Lionel Shriver , Geoff Dyer , Danielle Henderson , None , Anna Holmes , Elliott Holt , Pam Houston , Michelle Huneven , Laura Kipnis

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen Literary Luminaries On The Controversial Subject Of Being Childless By Choice, Collected In… read more

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"Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously put you off the activity altogether."

-Meghan Daum, Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids

"A number of children kept coming over to the tennis courts, rattling on the gate, and trying to get in. The watching middle-class mums did nothing to restrain them. Eventually my friend yelled, “Go A…"

-Meghan Daum, Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids

"As a woman who chooses to be childless, I generally have just one problem: other adults. Living in a culture where women are assumed to prioritize motherhood above all else and where a woman's person…"

-Meghan Daum, Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids

"I guess I don't believe you can have it all. I don't believe any of us can. In fact, I believe the very expression having it all is not only a myth but also a symptom of how sick we are in our contem…"

-Meghan Daum, Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids

Cover of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

2. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

By: Erika L. Sánchez

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' hou… read more

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3. Regretting Motherhood

By: Orna Donath

4.10

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in… read more

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Cover of No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood by None, Henriette Mantel, None, Jennifer Coolidge

4. No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood

By: None , Henriette Mantel , None , Jennifer Coolidge

3.65

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

In No Kidding, comedy writer Henriette Mantel tackles the topic of actually not having kids. This f… read more

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Cover of Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan Forward, Craig Faustus Buck

5. Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

By: Susan Forward , Craig Faustus Buck

4.20

Format: 406 pages,

All parents fall short from time to time. But Susan Forward pulls no punches when it comes to those… read more

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6. Tax-Free Wealth: How to Build Massive Wealth by Permanently Lowering Your Taxes

By: Tom Wheelwright

4.07

Format: 253 pages,

Tax-Free Wealth is about tax planning concepts. It's about how to use your country's tax laws to yo… read more

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Cover of Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life by Bill  Perkins

7. Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

By: Bill Perkins

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich….Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did… read more

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  • personal finance
  • nonfiction
  • finance
"Your biggest fear ought to be wasting your life and time, not "Am I going to have x number of dollars when I'm 80?"

-Bill Perkins, Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

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8. Rough Sleepers

By: Tracy Kidder

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Rough Sleepers, Tracy Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story o… read more

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Cover of The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward by Daniel H. Pink

9. The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

By: Daniel H. Pink

3.84

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of When and Drive, a new book about the transforming … read more

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Cover of Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Peter Attia

10. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

By: Peter Attia

4.37

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier by Arthur C. Brooks

11. 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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"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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12. Bullet Train

By: Kōtarō Isaka

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of… read more

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"My buddy Thomas helped me survive."

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

"Then Tangerine hangs up. Nanao leans against the window and gazes out, gripping his phone like he's waiting for a call from a lover."

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

"Tangerine can't quite place how he felt about insects when he was younger. He has memories of killing them wholesale, but also remembers crying over dead ones and giving them miniature funerals"

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

"Then he (Lemon) leans in to Little Minegishi's corpse and takes hold of the back of the head, nodding it up and down like he's operating a puppet. "Lemon, you are a useful train," he says, doing his …"

-Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train

Cover of Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew

13. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

By: Ashley Shew

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more

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Cover of Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You by Ali  Abdaal

14. Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

By: Ali Abdaal

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We're told that to achieve more we need to work longer, focus harder, sacrifice more. But it's a li… read more

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Cover of Woman Without Shame: Poems by Sandra Cisneros

15. Woman Without Shame: Poems

By: Sandra Cisneros

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A brave new collection of poems from Sandra Cisneros, the best-selling author of The House on Mango… read more

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Cover of From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks

16. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

By: Arthur C. Brooks

3.94

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard p… read more

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Cover of Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood by Ruby Warrington

17. Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood

By: Ruby Warrington

3.86

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

What is “woman” if not “mother”? Anything she wants to be. Foregoing motherhood has traditional… read more

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Cover of The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey

18. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

By: Susan Casey

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more

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Cover of Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life by Vivian Tu

19. Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

By: Vivian Tu

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Vivian Tu started working on Wall Street fresh from undergrad, all she knew was that she was m… read more

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  • personal finance
  • nonfiction
  • finance
"Because a lack of basic financial literacy keeps our working class working."

-Vivian Tu, Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

"No, you're not going to be able to save your way to rich. But you can save yourself out of a paycheck-to-paycheck cycle. And that is the very first step to feeling truly confident in your personal fi…"

-Vivian Tu, Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

"If this is you, think of what truly makes you feel good, happy, safe, healthy. Remind yourself that you earn money to be able to make those feelings a reality, and while you do have to spend to get t…"

-Vivian Tu, Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

"If you find yourself enacting this "nothing matters, so why bother" attitude toward money, first, you need to recognize that, as a human being, you have agency and you have value. YYou can do things …"

-Vivian Tu, Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life

Cover of Thicker than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington

20. Thicker than Water: A Memoir

By: Kerry Washington

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely movi… read more

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Cover of Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee

21. Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving

By: Celeste Headlee

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Despite our constant search for new ways to 'hack' our bodies and minds for peak performance, human… read more

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"In many ways I think we've lost the sight of the purpose of free time. We seem to immediately equate idleness with laziness but those two things are very different. "Leisure" is not a synonym for "in…"

-Celeste Headlee, Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving

Cover of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger

22. The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

By: Robert Waldinger

4.16

Format: 352 pages, ebook

What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their book, the directors of the Ha… read more

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Cover of Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run by Martinus Evans

23. Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run

By: Martinus Evans

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A practical guide and a celebration of running for runners of all sizes and athletic ability, from … read more

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Cover of The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight by Andrew Leland

24. The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

By: Andrew Leland

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to … read more

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"The problem arises, as [Adrienne] Asch observed, when "a single trait stands in for the whole, the trait obliterates the whole." Disabled people, like African Americans or any other marginalized grou…"

-Andrew Leland, The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

Cover of Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor's Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life by Jordan Grumet

25. Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor's Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life

By: Jordan Grumet

4.12

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Learn what end of life can teach us about the secret to financial independence and making every mom… read more

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  • personal finance
  • nonfiction
  • finance
Cover of The Baby Decision: How to Make the Most Important Choice of Your Life by Merle Bombardieri

26. The Baby Decision: How to Make the Most Important Choice of Your Life

By: Merle Bombardieri

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

“A Warmly Empathic, Wide-Ranging Manual” – Kirkus Reviews"This valuable unbiased book skillfully sh… read more

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Cover of Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by Daniel R. Day

27. Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem

By: Daniel R. Day

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The story of a legendary designer who pioneered high-end streetwear, from a storefront in Harlem to… read more

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Cover of Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-Goff

28. Last Ones Left Alive

By: Sarah Davis-Goff

3.52

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Watch your six. Beware tall buildings. Always have your knives. Growing up on a tiny island off … read more

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Cover of Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence by Amy Blackstone

29. Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence

By: Amy Blackstone

3.94

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

From Dr. Amy Blackstone, childfree woman, co-creator of the blog we're {not} having a baby, and na… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Rather than pondering whether childfree women qualify as 'real women', perhaps the better question is why we are so hell-bent on forcing narrow and constricting rules on what makes a woman. Some wome…"

-Amy Blackstone, Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence

Cover of Portraits of Childfree Wealth: 26 stories about how being Childfree impacts your  life, wealth, and finances. by Jay Zigmont

30. Portraits of Childfree Wealth: 26 stories about how being Childfree impacts your life, wealth, and finances.

By: Jay Zigmont

3.60

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Have you ever wondered what people without children do with all their free time and money? Do you a… read more

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Cover of Forget Having Kids. I'm Having Fun: 1000 Random Reasons I Chose to Be #ChildFree by Dane A. Reid

31. Forget Having Kids. I'm Having Fun: 1000 Random Reasons I Chose to Be #ChildFree

By: Dane A. Reid

3.57

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

"Forget Having Kids - I’m Having Fun" is a FUN book that examines all avenues of life and answers t… read more

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"Not everything is for everybody"

-Dane A. Reid, Forget Having Kids. I'm Having Fun: 1000 Random Reasons I Chose to Be #ChildFree

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