- Childfree Books -

40 Reasons Not to

Have Children (2009)

A mother of two gives her pithy reasons to not have children, by Corinne Maier,

Blindsided by a Diaper

by Dana Bedford Hilmer,(2007). Over 30 Men and Women Reveal How Parenthood Changes a Relationship.

Pride and Joy: The lives and passions of women without children (2007) Interviews of 25 women who have chosen not to have children, by Terri Casey

I Hate Other People’s Kids by Adrianne Frost (2006).

A wry look at why kids today are so nasty.

Baby Not On Board:

A Celebration of Life Without Kids (2005)

by Jennifer L. Shawne. Humorous look at the wonderful world of “unparenting.”

The Childless Revolution: What it means to be childless today (2001)

by Madelyn Cain. Cain divides childless women into three subsets and explores their issues.

Cheerfully Childless:

The Humor Book for Those Who Hesitate to Procreate by Ellen Metter (2001). Cartoon-filled humor book for those who are leaning against parenthood.

The Baby Boon: How Family-Friendly America Cheats the Childless by Elinor Burkett (2000). How the government and workplaces cheat the childless by giving parents special treatment.

Families of Two

Interviews with happily married couples who have no children by choice, by Laura Carroll (2000)

The Chosen Lives of Childfree Men  (1999) by Patricia W. Lunneborg.

Explores men’s motives for -and their experiences of- remaining childless.

Childfree After Infertility: Moving from Childless-ness to a Joyous Life 

by Heather Wardell (1999). Stories of how the formerly infertile have created happy childfree lives.