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 46 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.75 — 7,435 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 — 5,620 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 — 1,624 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 — 237 ratings — published 2005
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Regretting Motherhood Regretting Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,483 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 — 422 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 — 213 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 3.80 — 2,367 ratings — published 2023
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Olive Olive (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.67 — 22,022 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 — 683 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 4.11 — 143 ratings — published 2013
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Book Lovers Book Lovers (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,593,719 ratings — published 2022
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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 — 1,620 ratings — published 2023
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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 — 95,366 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 3.73 — 55 ratings — published 1998
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Motherhood Motherhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.64 — 21,364 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 3.70 — 69 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 4.19 — 1,676 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 — 268 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 3.54 — 50 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 — 103,850 ratings — published 2022
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Swordheart (Swordheart, #1) Swordheart (Swordheart, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.06 — 46,504 ratings — published 2018
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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 — 216,227 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 3.72 — 141 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 4.00 — 515 ratings — published 2024
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Radiance (Wraith Kings, #1) Radiance (Wraith Kings, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.98 — 69,123 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 — 369 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 4.05 — 56,107 ratings — published 2020
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What We Deserve (Wishbone Tattoos, #1) What We Deserve (Wishbone Tattoos, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,309 ratings — published 2021
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Nigdy, nigdy, nigdy Nigdy, nigdy, nigdy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 4.16 — 10,971 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 3.91 — 5,768 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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I Don't Like Your Kids: Childfree and Proud I Don't Like Your Kids: Childfree and Proud (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as childfree)
avg rating 3.64 — 33 ratings — published
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I Can Barely Take Care of Myself by Jen KirkmanTwo Is Enough by Laura S. ScottNo Kidding by Jennifer CoolidgeComplete Without Kids by Ellen L. WalkerChildfree and Loving It! by Nicki Defago
Childfree Books
85 books — 51 voters
Wedding Bell Blues by Michael BarsonBetter Never to Have Been by David BenatarWill You Be Mother? by Jane BartlettMinimizing Marriage by Elizabeth BrakeSingled Out by Bella DePaulo
Misogamy
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Matteo Bussola
“Mi chiamo Aurora, ho trentanove anni e non voglio avere figli. Non ho alibi o traumi alle spalle per giustificare la mia decisione, è così e basta.
Quando lo dico mi guardano come se fossi quella strana, anticonformista per copione, egoista per convenienza. Nel migliore dei casi, sono una che reprime il suo istinto materno perchè ha avuto un rapporto conflittuale con la sua, di madre. La verità è che ho avuto due genitori amorevoli e presenti, che mi sono stati accanto nei momenti di gioia e in quelli bui.
(...) come se fossi una povera scema immatura, che aspira una vita a metà. Non madre, dunque incompleta. Non puoi completarti come preferisci, o, magari, desiderare di rimanere come sei. No, l'incompletezza è un diritto maschile. A volte ho l'impressione che la mia scelta susciti una forma di gelosia, come se qualcuno fosse riuscito ad avvisarmi in tempo del pericolo. Childfree, ci chiamano, free come se fossimo del tutto libere, e invece siamo costantemente prigionieredei pregiudizi, delle aspettative sociali, delle speranze mal riposte.”
Matteo Bussola, Il rosmarino non capisce l'inverno

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Most people celebrate the continuity of their existence so passionately that you would swear they chose to exist.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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