Ambitious Like a Mother: Why Prioritizing Your Career Is Good for Your Kids
By: Lara Bazelon
3.55
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this captivating and radical look at “work-life balance,” Lara Bazelon reframes our understandin…
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1. Glitter and Glue
By: Kelly Corrigan
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A new memoir that examines the bond—sometimes nourishing, sometimes exasperating, occasionally divi… read more
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"It's easy to love kids who make you feel competent."-Kelly Corrigan, Glitter and Glue
"Pel-i-cans, their beaks hold more than their bellies can."-Kelly Corrigan, Glitter and Glue
"It may be that loving children, radically and beyond reason, expands our capacity to love others, particularly our own mothers."-Kelly Corrigan, Glitter and Glue
"And it occurs to me that maybe the reason my mother was so exhausted all the time wasn’t because she was doing so much but because she was feeling so much."-Kelly Corrigan, Glitter and Glue
2. Precious Little Sleep
By: Alexis Dubief
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Expert, Hilarious, and Tactically Comprehensive Baby Sleep Book Parenting a baby or toddler is … read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
3. Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
By: Abby Craden , Pamela Druckerman
4.02
Format: 10 pages, Audiobook
The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Dr… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- parenting
"You don’t say, “I’m sorry,"-Abby Craden, Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
"Letting children “live their lives"-Abby Craden, Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
"...the main point of parental authority is to authorize children to do things, not to block them."-Abby Craden, Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
"One day I have a revelation. ‘I think we’re actually quite compatible,’ I tell him. ‘You’re irritable, and I’m irritating."-Abby Craden, Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
4. 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
By: Dan Harris
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to… read more
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5. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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- nonfiction
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
6. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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- nonfiction
"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
7. If I Survive You
By: Jonathan Escoffery
3.69
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. … read more
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- adult
"Why don't stars make any sounds in the winter? What sounds? Ethan said."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"What does Whiteness feel like?... I imagine it's like walking barefoot…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"Every boy deserves to believe him father is good, but if each father were good, we’d be living in a different kind of world."-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
"I imagined I could have begged an old girlfriend from college to send money; enough of them had expressed ambivalence about their trust funds that this seemed a plausible path down which I might drag…"-Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You
8. The House of Doors
By: Tan Twan Eng
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more
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"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors
9. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
By: Lyz Lenz
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more
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- nonfiction
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
10. Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
By: Gabrielle Stanley Blair
4.51
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in p… read more
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- nonfiction
11. Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story
By: Max Marshall
3.50
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, le… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
12. The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications (The ParentData Series Book 4)
By: Emily Oster
3.85
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better, a guide to navigating a second preg… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
13. I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
By: Jessi Klein
3.90
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly anticipated second essay collection from Jessi Klein, author of the acclaimed New York … read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
"A mother's heroic journey is not about how she leaves, but how she stays."-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
"But becoming a mother alters every ince of your body, your routine, your soul, your heart."-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
"Motherhood leaves you inevitably and profoundly changed; you can be similar to who you were - maybe? - but you'll never be the same."-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
"Because now I know that everything bad can happen, and I am responsible for it not. Because sometimes I feel like keeping us from dying will kill me. Because I am on board, and I'm exhausted. Because…"-Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
14. Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
By: Emily Oster
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting With E… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- parenting
"This idea—that what parents need or want will play a role in choices—can be hard to admit. In a sense, I think this is at the core of a lot of the “Mommy War"-Emily Oster, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
15. Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future
By: Ginny Yurich
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
It may shock you to learn that we spend an average of 4-7 minutes outside each day--while we spend … read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
16. Stillness Is the Key
By: Ryan Holiday
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdo… read more
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- nonfiction
"Build a life you don't need to escape from."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"Routine, done for long enough and done sincerely enough, becomes more than routine. It becomes ritual—it becomes sanctified and holy."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"If solitude is the school of genius, as the historian Edward Gibbon put it, then the crowded, busy world is the purgatory of the idiot."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
"Put yourself in tough situations. Accept challenges. Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar. That's how you widen your perspective and your understanding."-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key
17. How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
By: Jancee Dunn
4.08
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
"Get this for your pregnant friends, or yourself" (People): a hilariously candid account of one wom… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- parenting
18. Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood
By: Jessica Grose
3.48
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"If this book feels like it’s sounding the alarm on the state of American motherhood, well, that’s… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
19. The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years (The ParentData Series)
By: Emily Oster
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The instant New York Times bestseller! “Emily Oster dives into the data on parenting issues, cuts … read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
- parenting
20. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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- nonfiction
21. The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
By: Kate Zernike
4.42
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who broke the story, the inspiring account of the sixtee… read more
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- nonfiction
"The women had spent their careers trying not to think about being women, hoping they would be seen as scientists. But as the first or only in so many settings, they felt they had to live up to a high…"-Kate Zernike, The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
22. Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career
By: Kristi Coulter
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, and a grueling decade inside Amazon, from the… read more
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- nonfiction
23. How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent
By: Carla Naumburg
4.07
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Ever lose it with your kid? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Parenting is stressful, children ar… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
24. The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
By: William Stixrud
4.35
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
"It is not an overstatement to say that this is one of the most radical and important books on rais… read more
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- parenting
"Society thrives on the diverse talents of its people."-William Stixrud, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
"The reality is that we become successful in this world by working hard at something that comes easily to us, and that engages us."-William Stixrud, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
25. Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet
By: Alice Robb
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Expertly choreographed and long overdue, this is the nuanced reckoning ballet needs, ballerinas de… read more
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- nonfiction
"Another study, this one by doctors at Imperial College in London, found a neurological anomaly: the area of the cerebellum that receives signals from the 'balance organs" in the inner ear and convert…"-Alice Robb, Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet
26. After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics—and How to Fix It
By: Will Bunch
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Will Bunch, the epic untold story of college—the great polit… read more
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- nonfiction
27. All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
By: Darcy Lockman
4.16
Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition
Why do men do so little at home? Why do women do so much? Why don't our egalitarian values match ou… read more
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- parenting
"It is a truism that motherhood makes many women feminist."-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
"Men are not socialized to feel guilty for having freedom or for not being there for other people."-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
"I became my own worst enemy, conflicted about my right to ask, self-conscious about my rising anger, and too often stuck with the choice between fighting or just taking care of it, whatever it was, o…"-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
"Joan Williams at the Center for WorkLife Law said "My strongest advice to young women: Don't just try to find a man who's supportive of women. That's a threshold. But consider, what is his attitude t…"-Darcy Lockman, All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
28. Long Island Compromise
By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
3.88
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more
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29. Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings
By: Steven G. Rogelberg
3.83
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
"Steven Rogelberg knows more about how to improve meetings than anyone on earth." - Adam Grant, PhD… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Ambitious Like a Mother: Why Prioritizing Your Career Is Good for Your Kids
By: Lara Bazelon
3.55
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this captivating and radical look at “work-life balance,” Lara Bazelon reframes our understandin… read more
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