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Mothers and Daughters

Description: Books in which the relationship between mother(s) and daughter(s) is central
Based on tag: mother-daughter relationships

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by Toni Morrison

26,419 members

447 reviews

3.9

3 Members: susanbooks, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

2

My Mother's House / Sido

399 members

4 reviews

3.9

3 Members: mkbird, susanbooks, Dilara86

3

The Bonesetter's Daughter

8,516 members

122 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, mkbird, Dilara86

4

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

6,944 members

160 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, Dilara86

5

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

by Caroline Fraser

1,560 members

85 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, elkiedee, susanbooks

6

by Louisa May Alcott

33,050 members

472 reviews

4

2 Members: aulsmith, Dilara86

7

The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

by Hanan Al-Shaykh

172 members

9 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: mkbird, Dilara86

8

Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

4,834 members

125 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

16,375 members

204 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: Tinuvia: Esmeralda and Sister Gudule

10

by Jhumpa Lahiri

3,687 members

183 reviews

3.9

2 Members: elkiedee, stefepaul

11

Boy, Snow, Bird

by Helen Oyeyemi

2,038 members

115 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: elkiedee, Dilara86

12

Little Fires Everywhere

11,739 members

432 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Dutch House

by Ann Patchett

6,291 members

325 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dara85, elkiedee

14

by Michela Murgia

587 members

37 reviews

4

2 Members: Dilara86, alex68

15

Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama

by Alison Bechdel

2,279 members

109 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

16

4,112 members

172 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, Dilara86

17

by Donna Jo Napoli

835 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: mkbird, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

by Aimee Bender

3,628 members

290 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

19

2,293 members

108 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Those Who Save Us

3,307 members

170 reviews

4

Member: dara85

21

5,033 members

323 reviews

3.8

Member: aulsmith

22

Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

by Ashley C. Ford

1,027 members

30 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

23

A Woman's Story

by Annie Ernaux

604 members

24 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

24

by Madhuri Vijay

564 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

25

by N. K. Jemisin

5,153 members

192 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: susanbooks

26

Amy and Isabelle

by Elizabeth Strout

2,420 members

90 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: elkiedee

27

The Small House at Allington

by Anthony Trollope

1,982 members

50 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

28

Girl in translation

2,409 members

187 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee

29

by Sophie Mackintosh

888 members

39 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: susanbooks

30

by Gregory Maguire

830 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aulsmith

31

by Marlys Millhiser

558 members

24 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

32

You're Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation

by Deborah Tannen

533 members

10 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: mkbird

33

The Secret in Miranda's Closet

by Sheila Greenwald

61 members

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

34

The Glass Castle: A Memoir

by Jeannette Walls

23,009 members

842 reviews

4.2

Member: dara85

35

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

1,891 members

134 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

36

Mother to Mother

by Sindiwe Magona

129 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: susanbooks

37

by Gisèle Halimi

19 members

3

Member: Dilara86

38

2,532 members

117 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee

39

by Zinzi Clemmons

589 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: susanbooks

40

All She Ever Wanted

533 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

41

À l'enfant que je n'aurai pas

10 members

½ 3.5

Member: Dilara86

42

by Anita Diamant

18,118 members

401 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

43

Out of the Easy

by Ruta Sepetys

1,975 members

127 reviews

4

Member: elkiedee

44

The Secret Between Us

by Barbara Delinsky

982 members

33 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

45

Fran Ellen's House

by Marilyn Sachs

46 members

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

by Donna Hemans

33 members

½ 4.5

Member: susanbooks

47

The Heretic's Daughter

by Kathleen Kent

2,601 members

190 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

48

The Island of Sea Women

2,318 members

121 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

49

by Grace Metalious

1,843 members

40 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

50

by Kate Zambreno

80 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: susanbooks

51

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

9,220 members

173 reviews

4.2

Member: dara85

52

by Mary Rodgers

1,595 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

53

by Tupelo Hassman

531 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: susanbooks

54

The Sugar Queen

by Sarah Addison Allen

3,113 members

231 reviews

4

Member: dara85

55

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

by Jeanette Winterson

2,357 members

104 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

56

by Kaitlyn Greenidge

916 members

39 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: susanbooks

57

The Seduction of Water

by Carol Goodman

856 members

20 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

58

Not My Daughter

by Barbara Delinsky

844 members

49 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

59

by Jennifer Clement

277 members

36 reviews

3.8

Member: susanbooks

60

Motherwell: A Girlhood

152 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

61

by Nathacha Appanah

15 members

4

Member: Dilara86

62

by Jamaica Kincaid

1,796 members

39 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: susanbooks

63

Everything Under

by Daisy Johnson

774 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: elkiedee

64

Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story

by Carol Burnett

170 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

65

The Joy Luck Club

19,242 members

219 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

66

I'm Glad My Mom Died

by Jennette McCurdy

6,062 members

212 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

67

by J. Courtney Sullivan

1,530 members

93 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: elkiedee

68

The Illustrated Mum

by Jacqueline Wilson

834 members

11 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Dilara86

69

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

by Carol Rifka Brunt

4,049 members

268 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

70

The Membranes: A Novel

246 members

7 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

71

by Gail Lukasik

130 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

72

12,312 members

177 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

73

The Light Between Oceans

by M. L. Stedman

8,376 members

541 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

74

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

8,036 members

289 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

75

Cry, Mother Spain

by Lydie Salvayre

187 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

76

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah

7,801 members

332 reviews

4.1

Member: dara85

77

2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas

by Marie-Helene Bertino

583 members

77 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

78

by Kristin Hannah

6,633 members

238 reviews

4.1

Member: dara85

79

The Portable Veblen

by Elizabeth McKenzie

668 members

43 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

80

Not Without My Daughter

by Betty Mahmoody

1,973 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

81

The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine

by Alina Bronsky

400 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

82

Girl With Dove: A Life Built By Books

by Sally Bayley

46 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: elkiedee

83

Secret Daughter

by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

2,010 members

144 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

84

The Color of Earth

by Dong Hwa Kim

484 members

142 reviews

3.9

Member: Dilara86

85

23 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: elkiedee

86

A Very Easy Death

by Simone de Beauvoir

1,262 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: Dilara86

87

The Bastard of Istanbul

2,153 members

84 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

88

by Annie Ernaux

202 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: Dilara86

89

The Snail Restaurant

160 members

10 reviews

2.9

Member: Dilara86

90

Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood

by Maryse Condé

162 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: Dilara86

91

Mes mauvaises pensées

by Nina Bouraoui

71 members

3.8

Member: Dilara86

92

Paraíso inhabitado

by Ana María Matute

119 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

93

by Maryse Condé

98 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

94

Place of the Heart

by Steinunn Sigurdardottir

46 members

1 review

4

Member: Dilara86

95

Contours du jour qui vient

by Léonora Miano

33 members

1 review

3.8

Member: Dilara86

96

La saga de Gunnlöd

by Svava Jakobsdóttir

22 members

½ 3.5

Member: Dilara86

97

The House with the Stained-Glass Window

by Żanna Słoniowska

60 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Dilara86

98

The Shaman Sorceress (Korean Culture Series)

12 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: Dilara86

99

9 members

1 review

4

Member: Dilara86

100

La péninsule aux 24 saisons

by Mayumi Inaba

35 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: Dilara86

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