Fatherhood
Fatherhood by Augustine Sedgewick is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including The Economist, for a Consensus Score of 18 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedSedgewick's method—reading fatherhood through a set of canonical Western men, Aristotle, Augustine, Henry VIII, Jefferson, Darwin, Freud—is a familiar great-man structure put in service of an unfamiliar argument: that each of these figures quietly discovered or invented new emotional registers of paternal identity even as they consolidated the outsized social power fathers have historically held. It can feel like a series of connected essays rather than a fully braided argument.
In the press
“An undeniably talented prose stylist with estimable dot-connecting abilities.”
Kirkus Reviews
How the Consensus Score is calculated
Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.
| Source | Authority | Recency | Award | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Economist | 0.95 | 0.85 | 1.00× | 0.81 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.81 → 18 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is Fatherhood on?
Fatherhood appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including The Economist.
What is its Consensus Score?
Fatherhood has a Consensus Score of 18 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.