Lists featuring Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

• Random House Modern Library's "100 Best Books of the 20th Century: Non-Fiction (Board's List)"
• The Modern Library's "100 Best Non-Fiction List"
• southernbohemian's "I Can't Possibly Live Long Enough to Read All of This"
• Sara's "I Can't Possibly Live Long Enough to Read All of This"
• Annika89's "All the books I want to read and have read."
• aborealis773's "Satisfying Reads"
• ricamonkey's "Erica's list of productive books to read"
• Nancy Pearl's "More Book Lust: 1,000 NEW Recommendations for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason"
• FrancisFrownsalot's "What I Want to Read"
• FrancisFrownsalot's "Memoirs"
• FrancisFrownsalot's "Nonfiction I Want To Read"
• Thomas Craughwell's Great Books for Every Book Lover
• Between the Covers
• The Readers' Choice