"Manhood for Amateurs" (Harper, 320 pages, $25.99), by Michael Chabon: The singular experience of becoming a father can change everything. This seems to include — for literary papas — what you want to write about.

How else to explain the cavalcade of Daddy literature? With the arrival of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon’s new memoir, "Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father and Son," another venerable author has chimed in with his take on the greater meaning of being a man and, of course, being a father.