There’s no shortage of acronyms when you’re trying to grow your family – for assistance with those, check out “WTH? Breaking Down Common Fertility Acronyms” – but TBR (to be read) is one of our favorite non-fertility ones! But even escaping for a bit in a good story can be tough when you’re struggling with family building since books don’t always come with trigger warnings.
Nobody warned you that the booktok beach read you picked up has a character who has a miscarriage in the first 10 pages?
Been there, cried poolside.
Or that time the back of the cute romcom you picked up said something along the lines of ‘they were in love and now they are having relationship issues’ and you expect a fun HEA?
Totally failed to mention that the entire book is about infertility and the havoc it wreaks on their relationship with no happily ever after in sight.
With the help of our awesome community, we’ve been compiling suggestions of good summer reads that DON’T involve fertility treatment, infertility, pregnancy loss, or other family building complications.
And on the flip side, we’re also collecting titles that SHOULD come with trigger warnings for fertility and family building reasons to help make sure no one is caught off guard.
Check out the community recommendations below and add your suggestions to the lists here!