Fiction of all kinds, either featuring childless or childfree protagonists, or just without major themes of parenthood and pregnancy.
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| Title | Author | Genre | Notes | Triggers* | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lunar Cats | Lynne Truss | Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Humour | No parenthood focus | 9781784756888 | |
| Cat Out of Hell | Lynne Truss | Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Humour | No parenthood focus | 9781612194424 | |
| When No One is Watching | Alyssa Cole | Mystery, Horror, Thriller | No parenthood focus | Racism | 9780063036048 |
| Death Before Dessert | A.E. Radley | Mystery, Cosy | LGBTIQA+, Childfree | 9781912684328 | |
| Of Ants and Dinosaurs | Cixin Liu | Science Fiction | No parenthood focus | 9781789546125 | |
| Arch Conspirator | Veronica Roth | Dystopian, Science Fiction, Retelling, Mythology | Retelling of Antigone. CNBC characters. Interesting but trigger heavy. | Reproductive science, IVF-like technology, religious/genetic oppression | 9781250855466 |
| Mornings with Rosemary (formerly The Lido) | Libby Page | Contemporary | Friendship between older CNBC character and young woman. | 9781501182051 | |
| Half Sick of Shadows | Laura Sebastian | Historical Fiction, Retelling, Mythology, Fantasy | No parenthood focus | 9780593200520 | |
| The Lost Apothecary | Sarah Penner | Historical Fiction, Mystery | Childless and plan B themes | 9780778311010 | |
| The Bookshop of Second Chances | Jackie Fraser | Contemporary romance | Single, childless/free character in her 40s | 9780593355657 | |
| The Flatshare | Beth O'Leary | Contemporary romance | No parenthood focus | 9781250295651 | |
| A Rogue of One's Own | Evie Dunmore | Historical Romance | Second in a series, Childfree | 9781984805706 | |
| A perfect Equation | Elizabeth Everett | Historical Romance | First in a series | 9780593200643 | |
| The Once and Future Witches | Alix E. Harrow | Historical Fiction, Fantasy | No parenthood focus | 9780316422017 | |
| The Ten Thousand Doors of January | Alix E. Harrow | Contemporary, Fantasy, Magical Realism | No parenthood focus | 9780316421973 | |
| The Maid | Nita Prose | Mystery | Autistic main character. No mention of childlessness or parenting. | 9780593356173 | |
| Miss Austen | Gill Hornby | Historical Fiction | About Jane Austen's unmarried, childless sister | 9781250252210 | |
| Mrs Rochester's Ghost | Lindsay Marcott | Mystery, Thriller, Romance | No parenthood focus | 9781542026390 | |
| The Music of Bees | Eileen Garvin | Contemporary | Childless main character | 9780593183939 | |
| The Power | Naomi Alderman | Dystopian, Science Fiction | No parenthood focus | 9780316547604 | |
| Book Lovers | Emily Henry | Romance | Childfree | 9780593334836 | |
| The House by the Cerulean Sea | T.J. Kline | Fantasy, Contemporary | Fostering, adoption | 9781250217318 | |
| The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab | Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy | Main character without children | 9780765387561 | |
| Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter | Lizzie Cook | Historical Fiction, Mystery | No parenthood focus | 9781982180492 | |
| The Housekeepers | Alex Hay | Historical fiction, heist | No parenthood focus | 9781525805004 | |
| Ink Blood Sister Scribe | Emma Törz | Contemporary fiction, magic, mystery | No parenthood focus | 9780063253469 | |
| The Bandit Queens | Parini Shroff | Mystery, Thriller, Contemporary Indian | Female friendships, childless-not-by-choice lead character | 9780593498958 | |
| The Hollow Sea | Annie Kirby | Magical Realism, Contemporary | Death | 9780241522103 | |
| A Cold Day for Murder | Dana Stabenow | Crime, Mystery | 9781804549551 | ||
| A man called Ove | Fredrik Backman | Contemporary, Humour | 9781476738017 | ||
| After Leaving Mr Mackenzie | Jean Rhys | Literary Fiction | 9780393357813 | ||
| All Your Perfects | Colleen Hoover | Romance | 9781501193323 | ||
| Ancillary Justice | Ann Leckie | Science Fiction, Queer | #1 in a trilogy | 9780316246620 | |
| Ancillary Mercy | Ann Leckie | Science Fiction, Queer | #3 in a trilogy | 9780356502427 | |
| Ancillary Sword | Ann Leckie | Science Fiction, Queer | #2 in a trilogy | 9780316246651 | |
| Artemis | Andy Weir | Science Fiction | 9780553448122 | ||
| City of Girls | Elizabeth Gilbert | Historical Romance | 9781594634741 | ||
| Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up | Alexandra Potter | Contemporary, Romance, Humour | 9780063340893 | ||
| Convenience Store Woman | Sayaka Murata | Contemporary, Japanese Literature | |||
| Crudo | Olivia Laing | Literary Fiction | 9780393357417 | ||
| Daisy Jones and the Six | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Historical Fiction, Romance | 9781524798642 | ||
| Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead | Olga Tokarczuk | Mystery, Crime, Polish Fiction | |||
| Evvie Drake Starts Over | Linda Holmes | Contemporary, Romance | 9780525619246 | ||
| Excellent Women | Barbara Pym | Historical Fiction, Humour | 9780143104872 | ||
| Flying Solo | Linda Holmes | Mystery, Romance | 9780525619277 | ||
| Ghosts | Dolly Alderton | Contemporary Romance | 9780241434543 | ||
| Home (Gilead #2) | Marilynne Robinson | Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction | 9780374299101 | ||
| I love Dick | Chris Kraus | Literary Fiction | 9781584350347 | ||
| Less | Andrew Sean Greer | LGBTIQ, Queer Romance, Contemporary | |||
| Love or Something Like It | Deidre Shaw | Contemporary, Romance | 9781400067701 | ||
| Motherhood | Sheila Heti | Literary Fiction, Contemporary | 9780345810540 | ||
| Mothering Sunday | Graham Swift | Historical Fiction | Death | 9781471155239 | |
| Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookshop | Robin Sloan | Fantasy, Mystery | 9780374214913 | ||
| My Sister the Serial Killer | Oyinkan Braithwaite | Crime, Thriller | 9780385544238 | ||
| Not married, Not Bothered | Carol Clewlow | Contemporary | 9780007204014 | ||
| Now You See Her | Whitney Otto | Contemporary | 9780345378262 | ||
| Olive | Emma Gannon | Contemporary | Whether to parent is a theme. | 9780008382728 | |
| Poisoned | Jennifer Donnelly | Young Adult, Romance | 9781338268492 | ||
| Remarkable Creatures | Tracy Chevalier | Historical Fiction/td> | 9780007178377 | ||
| Seal Rock Sound | Sue Fagalde Lick | Contemporary | 9781733685245 | ||
| Sourdough | Robin Sloan | Contemporary, Magical Realism, Fantasy | 9780374203108 | ||
| Tales of the City | Armistad Maupin | Queer, LGBTIQ, Humour | 9780552998765 | ||
| The Book of Longings | Sue Monk Kidd | Historical Fiction | 9780525429760 | ||
| The Bookshop | Penelope Fitzgerald | Historical Fiction | |||
| The Bullet That Missed | Richard Osman | Mystery, Crime, Humour | 9780241512425 | ||
| The Crossing Places | Elly Griffifths | Mystery, Crime, Thriller | 9780547229898 | ||
| The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse | Charlie Mackesy | Graphic Novel, Philosophy, Childrens | 9781529105100 | ||
| The Dragon Lady | Louisa Treger | Historical Fiction | 9781448217267 | ||
| The Enchanted April | Elizabeth von Arnim | Historical Fiction, Romance | |||
| The Fair Botanists | Sara Sheridan | Historical Fiction, Romance | 9781529336214 | ||
| The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt | Literary Fiction, Mystery | 9780316055437 | ||
| The Huntress | Kate Quinn | Historical Fiction, World War II | |||
| The Keeper of Lost Things | Ruth Hogan | Magical Realism, Fantasy, Contemporary | |||
| The Knitting Circle | Ann Hood | Contemporary | 9780393330441 | ||
| The Man Who Died Twice | Richard Osman | Crime, Mystery | 9780241425428 | ||
| The Midnight Library | Matt Haig | Contemporary, Magical Realism | 9780525559481 | ||
| The Odd Women | George Gissing | Historical Fiction, Victorian | About the lives of unmarried Victorian women. | ||
| The Overstory | Richard Powers | Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Environment | 9780393356687 | ||
| The Princess Saves Herself in This One | Amanda Lovelace | Poetry | 9789524833479 | ||
| The Rose Code | Kate Quinn | Historical Fiction, World War II | 9780062943477 | ||
| The Shadows Between Us | Tricia Levenseller | Romance | 9781721357291 | ||
| The Signature of All Things | Elizabeth Gilbert | Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction | 9781482927757 | ||
| The Snow Child | Eowyn Ivey | Historical Fiction, Magical Realism | 9780755380534 | ||
| The Starless Sea | Erin Morgenstern | Fantasy | 9780385541213 | ||
| The Thursday Murder Club | Richard Osman | Crime, Mystery | 9781984880970 | ||
| The Weekend | Charlotte Wood | Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Australian | 9781474612975 | ||
| The Whalebone Theatre | Joanna Quinn | Historical Fiction, World War II | 9780593321713 | ||
| A Year of Marvellous Ways | Sarah Winman | Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction | 9781472235251 | ||
| Up beaver Creek | Sue Fagalde Lick | 9780983389491 | |||
| What's Not Said | Valerie Taylor | Romance | 9781631527456 | ||
| Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owen | Mystery, Romance, Historical Fiction | 9780735219113 | ||
| Widowland | CJ Carey | Dystopian Fiction, Science Fiction | 9781529412000 |