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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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1

by Toni Morrison

26,551 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

8,517 members

122 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, mkbird, Dilara86

4

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

6,962 members

160 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, Dilara86

5

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

by Caroline Fraser

1,567 members

85 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, elkiedee, susanbooks

6

by Louisa May Alcott

33,211 members

473 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

4,880 members

126 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

16,467 members

207 reviews

3.9

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

10

by Jhumpa Lahiri

3,698 members

184 reviews

3.9

2 Members: elkiedee, stefepaul

11

Boy, Snow, Bird

by Helen Oyeyemi

2,040 members

114 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: elkiedee, Dilara86

12

Little Fires Everywhere

11,836 members

433 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Dutch House

by Ann Patchett

6,354 members

329 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dara85, elkiedee

14

by Michela Murgia

592 members

38 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

4,125 members

172 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, Dilara86

17

by Donna Jo Napoli

838 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: mkbird, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

by Aimee Bender

3,640 members

291 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

19

2,301 members

108 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Those Who Save Us

3,318 members

170 reviews

4

Member: dara85

21

5,043 members

323 reviews

3.8

Member: aulsmith

22

Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

by Ashley C. Ford

1,034 members

30 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

23

A Woman's Story

by Annie Ernaux

612 members

24 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

24

by Madhuri Vijay

565 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

25

by N. K. Jemisin

5,195 members

193 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: susanbooks

26

Amy and Isabelle

by Elizabeth Strout

2,424 members

90 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: elkiedee

27

The Small House at Allington

by Anthony Trollope

1,984 members

50 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

28

Girl in translation

2,405 members

189 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee

29

by Sophie Mackintosh

891 members

39 reviews

3.2

Member: susanbooks

30

by Gregory Maguire

836 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

31

by Marlys Millhiser

559 members

24 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

32

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

by Deborah Tannen

532 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

23,096 members

846 reviews

4.2

Member: dara85

35

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

1,894 members

134 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

36

Mother to Mother

by Sindiwe Magona

131 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: susanbooks

37

by Gisèle Halimi

19 members

3

Member: Dilara86

38

2,524 members

116 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee

39

by Zinzi Clemmons

594 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: susanbooks

40

All She Ever Wanted

534 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

18,146 members

401 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

43

Out of the Easy

by Ruta Sepetys

1,978 members

127 reviews

4

Member: elkiedee

44

The Secret Between Us

by Barbara Delinsky

983 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

2,605 members

190 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

48

The Island of Sea Women

2,342 members

122 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

49

by Grace Metalious

1,845 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

9,257 members

174 reviews

4.2

Member: dara85

52

by Mary Rodgers

1,602 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

3,115 members

231 reviews

4

Member: dara85

55

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

by Jeanette Winterson

2,364 members

104 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

56

by Kaitlyn Greenidge

925 members

39 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: susanbooks

57

The Seduction of Water

by Carol Goodman

859 members

20 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

58

Not My Daughter

by Barbara Delinsky

845 members

50 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

1,804 members

39 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: susanbooks

63

Everything Under

by Daisy Johnson

780 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: elkiedee

64

Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story

by Carol Burnett

173 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

65

The Joy Luck Club

19,310 members

220 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

66

I'm Glad My Mom Died

by Jennette McCurdy

6,167 members

217 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

67

by J. Courtney Sullivan

1,534 members

93 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: elkiedee

68

The Illustrated Mum

by Jacqueline Wilson

842 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

69

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

by Carol Rifka Brunt

4,056 members

267 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

70

The Membranes: A Novel

247 members

7 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

71

by Gail Lukasik

130 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

72

12,342 members

177 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

73

The Light Between Oceans

by M. L. Stedman

8,338 members

542 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

74

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

8,125 members

290 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

75

Cry, Mother Spain

by Lydie Salvayre

186 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

76

The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah

7,896 members

337 reviews

4.1

Member: dara85

77

2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas

by Marie-Helene Bertino

584 members

77 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

78

by Kristin Hannah

6,741 members

241 reviews

4.1

Member: dara85

79

The Portable Veblen

by Elizabeth McKenzie

673 members

43 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

80

Not Without My Daughter

by Betty Mahmoody

1,989 members

33 reviews

3.8

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

47 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: elkiedee

83

Secret Daughter

by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

2,014 members

144 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

84

The Color of Earth

by Dong Hwa Kim

483 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

1,266 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: Dilara86

87

The Bastard of Istanbul

2,157 members

85 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

88

by Annie Ernaux

205 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

73 members

3.8

Member: Dilara86

92

Paraíso inhabitado

by Ana María Matute

120 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

3.9

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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