Currently reading
The Journals Of Louisa May Alcott
Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust
The Awakening
Ulysses
Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners: Compliments, Charades & Horrible Blunders
Becoming Jane Austen
The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Don't Tell Alfred
Autobiographies (Collected Works, Vol 3)
My kid isn't very old yet, but Brain Rules for Baby seems to have pretty reasonable advice for raising a smart and well-adjusted child: no spanking, explain your rules, help your child label her emotions, etc.
The author cites peer-reviewed research to back up his advice but also intersperses the book with plenty of anecdotes about his own family. Hilariously, he says that life isn't a competition! Babies develop at their own rates! Don't worry if your baby isn't reciting Shakespeare by age 3! But also, let me tell you about my son, whose first word was octopus (surrre) and he said it at 6 months old. Side-eye for days, dude.