Go the F**k to Sleep: The Perfect Bedtime Story For Tired Parents

I’m just a few weeks away from becoming a first-time parent, so the title of this book still horrifies me. Though I’m no dummy. I’m sure it won’t be long until I’m exhausted beyond belief and at a place where I think the book is quite hysterical. Go the Fuck to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where bedtime stories and white noise don’t always send Junior sailing off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate, and radically honest, author Adam Mansbach’s verses capture the familiar–and unspoken–tribulations of putting your little one down for the night. In the process, they open up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations, and laugh at their absurdity. $9