Parenting book series in reading order

by Fred Rogers

by Liane Moriarty

Various Authors is the catalogue entry for 153 children's and family titles with no single credited writer, published between 2010 and 2025. The earliest is The Very First Easter (2010) and the most recent is A Kids Book About Masculinity (2025). Bible story retellings for young readers make up much of the list, including Jesus Feeds the Hungry, David Battles Goliath and The Beginner's Bible Book of Prayers, alongside books on parenting, education and psychology. Titles average 64 pages.

Fred Rogers

43 books• 3 series

Fred Rogers, full name Fred McFeely Rogers and known professionally as Mister Rogers, was an American television personality, Presbyterian minister and author who lived from March 20, 1928, to February 27, 2003. Rogers created, ran and hosted the preschool series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood from 1968 to 2001. Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Rogers took a music degree from Rollins College in 1951, started in television at NBC in New York and moved back to Pittsburgh in 1953 to make children's programmes for WQED. Books include You Are Special (1981), Mister Rogers Talks with Parents (1985) and Going To The Doctor (1986), with subjects such as parenting, self-esteem and preparing children for medical care.

Richard Bass writes parenting guides, with 18 catalogued books from 2021 to 2025. The first is A Beginner's Guide on Parenting Children with ADHD (2021), and the newest is The Sensory Processing Handbook for Parents (2025). Other titles cover autism, oppositional defiant disorder, anger management and teen anxiety, including Parenting a Child with Autism (2022). Subjects are self-help techniques, parenting, psychology and education. Richard Bass is still publishing.

Dave Barry

56 books• 7 series

Dave Barry writes humour, most of it non-fiction. The catalogue holds 56 titles, from The Taming of the Screw (1983) through Dave Barry's Bad Habits (1985), Dave Barry Slept Here (1989), Dave Barry Turns Forty (1990) and Dave Barry Talks Back (1991) to Class Clown in 2025. The Peter and the Starcatchers and Never Land children's books, written with Ridley Pearson, sit beside the essays.

Matthew Kelly, born 12 July 1973 in Sydney, is an Australian motivational speaker, business consultant and founding partner of the management consulting firm Floyd Consulting. The catalogue lists 48 Kelly books from Our Father (1995) to Nothing Is Random (2025). Subjects include the Catholic Church, spirituality, self-help, happiness, parenting and business. Titles include The Rhythm of Life (1999), Rediscover Catholicism (2002) and The Dream Manager (2007).

Tricia Goyer is an American author of Christian fiction, with 68 books catalogued from From Dust and Ashes (2003) to Twist of Time (2026). Series include World War II Liberator, Chronicles of the Spanish Civil War, Big Sky Amish, Pinecraft Pie Shop, Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors, Swiss Agents, London Chronicles and Clockwork Chronicles. Non-fiction on parenting appears too, such as Life Interrupted: The Scoop on Being a Young Mom (2004). The Second World War and the Amish recur in the subjects.

John F. MacArthur Jr. is catalogued with 362 books published from 1972 to 2024, the first being Found: God's Will (1972). Subjects include the Bible, biblical interpretation, commentaries on the New Testament gospels and epistles, Bible study, prayer, Christian life and marriage. Series include MacArthur Bible Studies, MacArthur New Testament Commentary, MacArthur Old Testament Study Guide, Great Hymns of Our Faith and John MacArthur Pastor's Library. Early titles include Liberated for Life: Galatians (1976) and The Charismatics: A Doctrinal Perspective (1978), and the newest is The War On Children (2024).

Elizabeth Pantley writes parenting books and, more recently, cozy mysteries. The No-Cry series is the core of the nonfiction: The No-Cry Sleep Solution (2002) and its companions on toddlers, potty training, discipline, naps and separation anxiety. Child rearing, sleep and discipline are the steady subjects. The Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic and Magical Mystery Book Club series carry the fiction, and the catalogue reaches 28 books with Critters and Crimes (2026).

Heidi Murkoff, born November 28, 1958, is co-author of the What to Expect pregnancy guides. Murkoff created WhatToExpect.com and founded the What to Expect Project. Eight catalogued titles carry the byline between 1984 and 2016, among them the Pregnancy Journal and Organizer, What to Expect the First Year and Eating Well When You're Expecting. The books are filed under pregnancy, childbirth, prenatal care, obstetric labor, parenting, child rearing and the care of infants and toddlers, at a median of 512 pages.

Liane Moriarty is an Australian novelist, born in November 1966, who worked in advertising and marketing before her first novel, Three Wishes, came out in 2003. The catalogue holds 15 of her books through Big Little Truths (2026), including The Husband's Secret (2013), Big Little Lies (2014) and Truly Madly Guilty (2016). Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers, The Last Anniversary and Apples Never Fall have all become television series. Moriarty was the first Australian author to debut at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list. The Nicola Berry books sit alongside her standalone novels.

Neta Jackson has 101 books in the catalogue, published between 1974 and 2021. Living Together in a World Falling Apart (1974) is the earliest, and Hero Tales, Vol. IV (2021) is the newest. The Yada Yada Prayer Group is among the character entries, and series include Yada Yada House of Hope, Trailblazer, Hero Tales, SouledOut Sisters, Windy City Neighbors, Pet Parables and Secret Adventures. Subjects include Christian life, Christian women, missionaries, prayer groups, female friendship, orphans, biography and children's fiction.

Melanie Benjamin

14 books• 2 series

Melanie Benjamin is the pen name of American writer Melanie Hauser (born Melanie Miller, November 24, 1962). The catalogue lists 14 books from Confessions of Super Mom (2005) to The Windsor Affair (2026), and Jumble Pie (2007) appeared under the name Melanie Lynne Hauser. Super Mom is a series. Later titles include Alice I Have Been (2009), The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb (2011), The Swans of Fifth Avenue (2016) and Mistress of the Ritz (2019). Subjects include historical and biographical fiction, motherhood and humor.

Laurie Frankel

6 books

Laurie Frankel is an American novelist, essayist and public speaker. This Is How It Always Is (2017), which takes a child's gender transition as its subject, drew good reviews and controversy together, and Frankel campaigns for transgender rights. Six books are catalogued, from The Atlas of Love (2010) to Enormous Wings (2026), with Goodbye for Now (2012), One Two Three (2021) and Family Family (2024) between them. Parenting, friendship between women, loss and Seattle recur as subjects.

Penny Warner writes in two halves. One is mystery: the Connor Westphal books, with deaf women and women journalists in the subject record, plus the Party-Planning and Food Festival mysteries, the Code Busters Club for children and Troop 13. That work has taken multiple Agatha Awards. The other half is practical non-fiction, more than 50 titles on cooking, parenting, parties and children's activities, starting with Healthy Snacks for Kids (1983). Seventy-one books are catalogued through The Search for the Missing Mascot (2025).

Anita Diamant

21 books• 1 series

Anita Diamant is an American journalist and author of fiction and nonfiction, born June 27, 1951. The Red Tent (1997) became a best seller and a book club favourite, and The Boston Girl, the most recent of five Diamant novels, reached the New York Times best seller list. Diamant has also written six guides to contemporary Jewish practice, such as Living a Jewish Life, plus the essay collection Pitching My Tent. The catalogue lists 21 books from How to Find and Work with a Literary Agent (1986) to Period. End of Sentence (2021), with tags for Judaism, Jewish weddings and baby names.

Gary Chapman

17 books• 1 series

Gary Chapman is an American author, radio talk show host and Baptist minister, born in 1938. The Five Love Languages series on human relationships is Chapman's best-known work. The catalogue lists 17 books from The 5 Love Languages (1990) to The Love Language That Matters Most (2026), including editions for children, teenagers, singles and men, and The Five Languages of Apology (2006). Subjects include marriage, communication, parenting and Christian perspectives on love. Single titles also credit co-authors such as D. Ross Campbell and Jennifer M. Thomas.

Anne Enright

16 books

Anne Enright is an Irish writer whose fiction takes up family, love, identity and motherhood. The Gathering, her fourth novel, won the Man Booker Prize in 2007, and Enright served as the first Laureate for Irish Fiction from 2015 to 2018. Alongside eight novels and several story collections sits Making Babies (2004), a nonfiction account of the birth of her two children. Her essays appear in the London Review of Books and the New York Review of Books, and she writes for the Irish Times and the Guardian. 16 books are catalogued, from The Portable Virgin (1992) to Attention (2025).

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

58 books• 4 series

Amy Krouse Rosenthal (1965-2017) wrote for children and adults, made short films and hosted radio. Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (2005) is the memoir; Uni the Unicorn, Cookies, Little Pea, Little Hoot and The OK Book sit among more than 30 children's books published from 2005 onward. Rosenthal is the only author to have placed three children's books on the Best Children's Books for Family Literacy list in a single year. The listing holds 58 titles dated 1998 to 2024, at a median of 40 pages.

Robert T. Kiyosaki

43 books• 1 series

Robert T. Kiyosaki writes personal finance and business books. Rich Dad, Poor Dad (1997) anchors a long run of Rich Dad titles, among them Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant (1998), Rich Dad's Guide to Investing (2000), Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens (2001) and Rich Dad's The Business School (2001). Kiyosaki founded the Rich Dad Company, which sells personal finance and business education. The catalogue holds 43 books from If You Want To Be Rich & Happy Don't Go To School (1992) to Rich Family Smart Family (2026), with investments, wealth and entrepreneurship the recurring subjects.

Eva Marie Everson writes Christian fiction and non-fiction. Catalogue subjects record Christianity, marriage, parenting, mothers and daughters, family life and Georgia. The listing holds 35 books published between 1999 and 2022, from Pinches Of Salt, Prisms Of Light (1999) to The Third Path (2022), and records three series: Shadow Of Dreams, the Potluck Club and the Potluck Catering Club. Everson holds the sole credit on all 35 titles.

Charlene Ann Baumbich has 16 books in the catalogue, published between 1991 and 2012. Humor, parenting and Christian life run through the subjects, along with older women, Illinois and female friendship. Don't Miss Your Kids! (1991) is the earliest title, followed by How to Eat Humble Pie & Not Get Indigestion (1993). The Baumbich series include Dearest Dorothy and Snowglobe Connections, and Dearest Dorothy, Are We There Yet? appeared in 2001. Finding Our Way Home (2012) is the latest book.

Gary Ezzo and various others is the catalogue credit on 10 parenting books published from 1990 to 2012. On Becoming Babywise (1990) is the first. On Becoming Childwise (1999), On Becoming Pre-Teen Wise (2000) and On Becoming Teen Wise (2001) followed. On Becoming Toddlerwise (2003) and On Becoming Pre-Toddlerwise (2009) are later titles. Subject headings cover child rearing, infants, and the religious aspects of parenting and Christianity.

Drew Magary is an American journalist, humour columnist, podcast host and novelist. Magary reported for GQ, spent years as a columnist at Deadspin, and now writes for Defector Media and SFGate. Three of his books are novels, and The Night the Lights Went Out (2021) is a memoir of life with brain damage. The 8 titles catalogued under his name run from Men with Balls (2008) to that memoir, with subject headings for humour, parenting, fatherhood, sports and aging.