Through the Children’s Gate: A Home in New York by Adam Gopnik is one of the best books on parenting I’ve read. This book is about life, so non-parents will enjoy it too. Fans of the New Yorker will like it for the beautiful writing and deep insights it offers. But, I think parents may appreciate this book the most.

This book reads like a series of connected essays. I can almost see the influence of an editor, trying to thread the themes more intentionally throughout to make this seem more like a novel than separate essays. It really reads like a collection of connected essays though, and it works. Of course it works.