{"id":99227,"date":"2018-11-15T11:28:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=99227"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:24:09","slug":"4-recommended-books-for-soon-to-be-and-new-dads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/relationships\/fatherhood\/4-recommended-books-for-soon-to-be-and-new-dads\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Recommended Books for Soon-to-Be and New Dads"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Kate was pregnant with our first kiddo, I wanted to do the best I could to help her out during her pregnancy, as well as prepare for being a father to Gus when he finally arrived on the scene. So I did what any 21st century dad-to-be would do: I hopped on Amazon to see what books were out there on the subject.<\/span><\/p>\n

What I discovered was that there wasn\u2019t much useful information available for soon-to-be-fathers and new dads. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the books out there for new dads were short on useful information but chock-full of funny illustrations that made being a dad look comically manly, tips that implied that fathers will be natural bumblers, and one-liners about losing access to your wife\u2019s boobs since they\u2019ll be squatted on by a baby blocker. It\u2019s like they thought men were morons, couldn\u2019t imagine that a dude would be sincerely interested in prepping to be a good dad, or felt that a guy who had such an interest might feel so insecure about it that the information he sought needed to be presented in a satirically masculine, punch-you-in-the-arm style. <\/span><\/p>\n

This was eight years ago. <\/span><\/p>\n

Today, it hasn\u2019t gotten any better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Books for new dads continue to put an emphasis on eye-rolling and often condescending yuks instead of providing fathers information they can actually put into practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

But a few useful books for soon-to-be and new dads do exist. After reviewing a whole lot of them, below I highlight 4 that I think are the best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: If you\u2019re not one to read a whole book on parenting, I think we do a really excellent job of presenting a cliff notes version of all the basics you need to know in the following articles:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n