Childfree Books

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Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.75 — 7,463 ratings — published 2015
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I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.54 — 5,627 ratings — published 2013
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Childfree and Loving It! Childfree and Loving It! (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.97 — 488 ratings — published 2005
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Two Is Enough: A Couple's Guide to Living Childless by Choice Two Is Enough: A Couple's Guide to Living Childless by Choice (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.80 — 569 ratings — published 2009
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Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,643 ratings — published 2019
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Baby Not on Board: A Celebration of Life Without Kids Baby Not on Board: A Celebration of Life Without Kids (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.50 — 236 ratings — published 2005
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Regretting Motherhood Regretting Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,540 ratings — published 2016
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Complete Without Kids: An Insider's Guide to Childfree Living by Choice or Chance Complete Without Kids: An Insider's Guide to Childfree Living by Choice or Chance (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.33 — 424 ratings — published 2010
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The Childless Revolution: What It Means To Be Childless Today The Childless Revolution: What It Means To Be Childless Today (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.53 — 211 ratings — published 2001
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The Baby Boon: How Family-Friendly America Cheats the Childless The Baby Boon: How Family-Friendly America Cheats the Childless (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.61 — 104 ratings — published 2000
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Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,404 ratings — published 2023
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Olive Olive (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.67 — 22,376 ratings — published 2020
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No Kids: 40 Good Reasons Not to Have Children No Kids: 40 Good Reasons Not to Have Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.23 — 684 ratings — published 2007
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Confessions of a Childfree Woman: A Life Spent Swimming Against the Mainstream Confessions of a Childfree Woman: A Life Spent Swimming Against the Mainstream (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.12 — 144 ratings — published 2013
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Do You Have Kids?: Life When the Answer Is No Do You Have Kids?: Life When the Answer Is No (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.54 — 338 ratings — published 2019
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Beyond Motherhood: Choosing Life Without Children Beyond Motherhood: Choosing Life Without Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.61 — 118 ratings — published 1996
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Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,641 ratings — published 2023
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Book Lovers Book Lovers (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,621,178 ratings — published 2022
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No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.60 — 497 ratings — published 2013
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Bet Me Bet Me (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.94 — 95,503 ratings — published 2004
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No Children, No Guilt No Children, No Guilt (Nook)
by (shelved 9 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.67 — 51 ratings — published 2011
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Pride and Joy: The Lives and Passions of Women Without Children Pride and Joy: The Lives and Passions of Women Without Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.74 — 54 ratings — published 1998
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Motherhood Motherhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.64 — 21,582 ratings — published 2018
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Nobody's Mother: Life Without Kids Nobody's Mother: Life Without Kids (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.84 — 127 ratings — published 2006
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Why Don't You Have Kids?: Living a Full Life Without Parenthood Why Don't You Have Kids?: Living a Full Life Without Parenthood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.96 — 57 ratings — published 1995
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Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.64 — 70 ratings — published 2000
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The Baby Decision: How to Make the Most Important Choice of Your Life The Baby Decision: How to Make the Most Important Choice of Your Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,785 ratings — published 1981
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The Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a Better World The Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a Better World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.63 — 271 ratings — published 2012
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I'm Okay, You're a Brat!: Setting the Priorities Straight and Freeing You From the Guilt and Mad Myths of Parenthood I'm Okay, You're a Brat!: Setting the Priorities Straight and Freeing You From the Guilt and Mad Myths of Parenthood (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.61 — 132 ratings — published 1999
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Kidfree & Lovin' It! - Whether by Choice, Chance or Circumstance Kidfree & Lovin' It! - Whether by Choice, Chance or Circumstance (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.75 — 36 ratings — published 2012
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The Chosen Lives of Childfree Men The Chosen Lives of Childfree Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.78 — 9 ratings — published 1999
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Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.53 — 49 ratings — published 1996
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Tis the Season for Revenge (Seasons of Revenge, #1) Tis the Season for Revenge (Seasons of Revenge, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.89 — 104,019 ratings — published 2022
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Swordheart (Swordheart, #1) Swordheart (Swordheart, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.06 — 48,976 ratings — published 2018
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What We Deserve (Wishbone Tattoos, #1) What We Deserve (Wishbone Tattoos, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,340 ratings — published 2021
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This Particular Happiness: A Childless Love Story This Particular Happiness: A Childless Love Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.08 — 335 ratings — published 2019
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Kid Me Not: An anthology by child-free women of the '60s now in their 60s Kid Me Not: An anthology by child-free women of the '60s now in their 60s (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.74 — 500 ratings — published 2014
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We Need to Talk About Kevin We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.08 — 218,663 ratings — published 2003
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Why Have Children?: The Ethical Debate (Basic Bioethics) Why Have Children?: The Ethical Debate (Basic Bioethics)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.71 — 142 ratings — published 2012
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The Baby Trap The Baby Trap (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.61 — 61 ratings — published 1971
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No Way Baby! Exploring, Understanding and Defending the Decision NOT to Have Children No Way Baby! Exploring, Understanding and Defending the Decision NOT to Have Children (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.81 — 48 ratings — published 2010
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Reconceiving Women: Separating Motherhood from Female Identity Reconceiving Women: Separating Motherhood from Female Identity (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.75 — 24 ratings — published 1993
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Others Like Me: The Lives of Women without Children Others Like Me: The Lives of Women without Children (Audiobook)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.99 — 549 ratings — published 2024
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The Worst Guy (Vital Signs, #2) The Worst Guy (Vital Signs, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.91 — 12,198 ratings — published 2021
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Radiance (Wraith Kings, #1) Radiance (Wraith Kings, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.98 — 69,533 ratings — published 2015
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Instead: Navigating the Adventures of a Childfree Life - A Memoir Instead: Navigating the Adventures of a Childfree Life - A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.33 — 377 ratings — published
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Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1) Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.04 — 58,814 ratings — published 2020
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Nigdy, nigdy, nigdy Nigdy, nigdy, nigdy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,282 ratings — published 2019
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No One Tells You This No One Tells You This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,811 ratings — published 2018
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A Childfree Happily Ever After: Why more women are choosing not to have children A Childfree Happily Ever After: Why more women are choosing not to have children (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.84 — 64 ratings — published
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Graceling by Kristin CashoreDracula by Bram StokerThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternHuman Slices by Gloria BowmanTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Childfree-Friendly Fiction
141 books — 17 voters
Wedding Bell Blues by Michael BarsonBetter Never to Have Been by David BenatarMinimizing Marriage by Elizabeth BrakeWill You Be Mother? by Jane BartlettSingled Out by Bella DePaulo
Misogamy
16 books — 3 voters

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“It is curious that while good people go to great lengths to spare their children from suffering, few of them seem to notice that the one (and only) guaranteed way to prevent all the suffering of their children is not to bring those children into existence in the first place.”
David Benatar , Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

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