Father’s Day Books

I am a firm believer in giving books for celebrations – they are the gift that can keep on giving! Every time I read a favorite story, I pick up on different aspects of the plot and characters that give the story more depth. With Father’s Day on Sunday, I thought we could look at some great gift books for dads. I provided a good list last year, but updating this year with some additional options:

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For the new dad or dad-to-be:

• Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads, Gary Greenberg & Jeannie Hayden
• The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be, Armin A Brott & Jennifer Ash Rudick
• Fatherhood: A Comprehensive Guide to Birth, Budgeting, Finding Balance, and Becoming a Happy Parent, Editors of Fatherly
• My Dad Loves Me, Marianne Richmond
• Your Baby’s First World Will be DADA, Jimmy Fallon & Miguel Ordonez

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Dads with young kids:

• Better Dads, Stronger Sons, Rick Johnson
• Dad Jokes: Terribly Good Dad Jokes, Share the Love Gifts
• Dad Skills, Chris Peterson
• Father to Daughter, Harry H Harrison, Jr
• Hair Love, Matthew A Cherry & Vashti Harrison

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Empty Nester Dads:

• Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces, Michael Chabon
• Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern
• Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches, John Hodgman

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Novels Dad Will Love:

• Anxious People, Fredrik Backman
• End of Watch, Stephen King
• Grief is the Thing with Feathers, Max Porter
• Miracle at St. Andrews, James Patterson & Peter de Jonge

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Memoirs Dad Will Love:

• Best Seat in the House, Jack Nicklaus II & Don Yaeger
• Braving It, James Campbell
• Dad is Fat, Jim Gaffigan
• Every Tool’s a Hammer, Adam Savage
• A Lucky Man, Jamel Brinkley
• The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell, W. Kamau Bell

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Books to capture dad’s life story:

• 50 Things About My Father, Abrams Noterie & Alex Fine
• Dad, I Wrote a Book About You
• Dad’s Story: A Memory and Keepsake Journal for My Family, Kroie Herold

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Dads come in all shapes, sizes, and origins. For those of you who don’t have a father figure to celebrate today, we celebrate you, too. You are here, and you are good stewards in the world…share a dad joke or pass on some information to someone else today the way the dad you want would do for you.

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