17 Top-Rated Parenting Books That Come Highly Recommended by Actual Parents

Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn ($15)

What a real reader had to say about it: "What if everything that you take for granted about parenting (time-outs, stickers for toilet training, praise and accolades) might actually be hurting your relationship with your child, or even your child him/herself? Alfie Kohn says that these traditional punishment and reward systems are extremely damaging to children's development and psyches."