The Greatest Books of All Time on Parenthood

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
407 The World According to Garp John Irving 1978 American English
643 Silas Marner George Eliot 1861 British English
684 The Adventures Of Pinocchio Carlo Collodi 1883 Italian Italian
803 Sophie's Choice William Styron 1979 American English
1039 Birds of America Lorrie Moore 1998 American English
1876 Home Marilynne Robinson 2008 American English
1885 Little Disturbances Grace Paley 1959 American English
2318 To The End Of The Land David Grossman 2008 Israeli Hebrew
2372 Happiness, as Such Natalia Ginzburg 1973 Italian Italian
2389 Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler 1988 American English
2471 Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 American English
2589 Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell 2020 Irish English
2640 The Child in Time Ian McEwan 1987 British English
2845 10:04 Ben Lerner 2014 American English
3136 Mother's Milk Edward St Aubyn 2005 British English
3164 Dept. of Speculation Jenny Offill 2014 American English
3443 Transit Rachel Cusk 2016 British English
3621 A Small, Good Thing Raymond Carver 1981 American English
4258 The Father August Strindberg 1887 Swedish Swedish
4416 Detransition, Baby Torrey Peters 2021 American English
4492 All The Little Live Things Wallace Stegner 1967 American English
5103 Where Angels Fear to Tread E. M. Forster 1905 British English
5725 White Mule William Carlos Williams 1937 American English
5898 Caught Henry Green 1943 British English
6122 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
6460 A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore 2009 American English
6839 The Awakening Of Helena Ritchie Margaret Deland 1906 American English
7050 The Changeling Victor LaValle 2017 American English
7216 Little Boy Lost Marghanita Laski 1949 British English
7585 Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
7701 Tirza Arnon Grunberg 2006 Dutch Dutch
8394 Eventide Kent Haruf 2004 American English
8473 Babylon Revisited And Other Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald 1960 American English
9021 Love Hanne Ørstavik 1997 Norwegian Norwegian
9262 Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri 2008 Indian English
9680 Ordesa Manuel Vilas 2018 Spanish Spanish
9742 The Fire Starters Jan Carson 2019 Irish English
9809 The Childhood Of Jesus J. M. Coetzee 2013 South African English
9829 His Family Ernest Poole 1917 American English
9834 The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley Hannah Tinti 2017 American English
9899 Modern Lovers Emma Straub 2016 American English
10161 Banishing Verona Margot Livesey 2004 British English
10680 A Living Remedy Nicole Chung 2023 American English
10751 A Late Divorce A. B. Yehoshua 1982 Israeli Hebrew
11329 Learning To Drive Katha Pollitt 2007 American English
12250 The Golden Gate Vikram Seth 1986 Indian English
12834 Fortunate Lives Robb Forman Dew 1992 American English
13543 Three Junes Julia Glass 2002 American English
13552 The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri 2013 American English
13577 Anxious People Fredrik Backman 2019 Swedish Swedish
13772 The Sunken Cathedral Kate Walbert 2015 American English
13941 Saga Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan 2012 American English
14051 The Rosie Effect Graeme Simsion 2014 Australian English
14106 L'éducation D'une Fée Didier van Cauwelaert 2000 French French
14458 The Hearts and Lives of Men Fay Weldon 1987 British English
14968 Strange Interlude Eugene O'Neill 1928 American English
14985 Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 2008 American English
14985 Razorblade Tears S. A. Cosby 2021 American English
14985 Above Ground Clint Smith 2023 American English
15642 Stray City Chelsey Johnson 2018 American English
17158 Dreams Before The Start Of Time Anne Charnock 2017 British English
17158 Larry's Party Carol Shields 1997 Canadian English
17158 Only Begotten Daughter James K. Morrow 1990 American English
17158 The Age Of Grief Jane Smiley 1987 American English
17158 The Rainbabies Laura Krauss Melmed 1992 American English
17158 Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott 1999 American English
17158 Saga, Compendium One Brian K. Vaughan 2019 American English
17158 Rosalie Lightning Tom Hart 2016 American English
17158 Paris To The Moon Adam Gopnik 2000 American English
17158 Count The Ways Joyce Maynard 2021 American English
17158 The Arrivals Meg Mitchell Moore 2013 American English
17158 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
17158 Oh, Boy! Babies Alison Cragin Herzig, Jane Lawrence Mali 1980 Unknown English
17158 A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself Peter Davies 2021 British English
17158 Austen Years Cohen, Rachel 2020 American English
17158 Shield Of Sparrows Devney Perry American English
17158 Story Of Your Life Ted Chiang 1998 American English
17158 Love And The Mess We're In Stephen Marche Canadian English
17158 Peepo! Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg 1981 British English
17158 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
17158 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
17158 Bodies And Souls Nancy Thayer 1983 American English