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This is a list for books that either feature a childfree theme or are, at least, not pronatalist.
(Childfree is the choice to NOT ever have children)

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1	I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff by Abbi Jacobson 3.81 avg rating — 21,124 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Portraits of Childfree Wealth: 26 Stories About How Being Childfree Impacts Your Life, Wealth, and Finances by Jay Zigmont (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 59 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 42,808 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Childless Revolution: What It Means To Be Childless Today by Madelyn Cain 3.54 avg rating — 210 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Wild Egg: A story of one woman's search for her childfree life by Jennifer Flint 3.90 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 4,520 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Two Is Enough: A Couple's Guide to Living Childless by Choice by Laura S. Scott (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 571 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Union by Leah Vernon (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 1,803 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn 3.94 avg rating — 62,502 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	A Childfree Happily Ever After: Why more women are choosing not to have children by Tanya Williams 3.84 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 14,308 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Gap Years - What to do when the rest of the world is having babies?: How to live an amazing life as a solo female traveller and childfree woman: Surviving childlessness and becoming childfree (1) by Kate Winters 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 60,002 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Forget Having Kids. I'm Having Fun: 1000 Random Reasons I Chose to Be #ChildFree by Dane A. Reid (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 24,591 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Afterlife by Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 18,818 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Others by Sarah Blau 3.14 avg rating — 1,575 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Say Say Say: A novel by Lila Savage 3.14 avg rating — 1,615 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler (Author, Narrator) 3.66 avg rating — 6,307 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Age of the Child by Kristen J. Tsetsi (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 92 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Olive by Emma Gannon (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 23,132 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	If You Ask Me: And of Course You Won't by Betty White 3.80 avg rating — 52,471 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 168,473 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Taste of Ginger by Mansi Shah (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 14,796 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Human Slices by Gloria Bowman (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays by Phoebe Robinson (Narrator) 3.85 avg rating — 6,785 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Words We Whisper by Mary Ellen Taylor (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 19,465 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 9,950 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Narcissism of Small Differences: A Novel by Michael Zadoorian (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 252 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion by Meera Shah (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 6,141 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman 3.53 avg rating — 40,734 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally 3.66 avg rating — 27,179 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids by Jen Kirkman (Author and Narrator) 3.54 avg rating — 5,632 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 3.66 avg rating — 409,692 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars