Mothers and Daughters

1

Beloved

by Toni Morrison

22,890 members

408 reviews

3.9

3 Members: susanbooks, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

2

My Mother's House / Sido

by Colette

379 members

4 reviews

4

3 Members: mkbird, susanbooks, Dilara86

3

The Bonesetter's Daughter

by Amy Tan

7,913 members

115 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, mkbird, Dilara86

4

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

6,258 members

143 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, Dilara86

5

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

26,524 members

400 reviews

4

2 Members: aulsmith, Dilara86

6

The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

by Hanan Al-Shaykh

155 members

9 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: mkbird, Dilara86

7

Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

3,570 members

96 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo

14,197 members

177 reviews

3.9

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

9

Boy, Snow, Bird

by Helen Oyeyemi

1,809 members

108 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: elkiedee, Dilara86

10

Accabadora

by Michela Murgia

480 members

31 reviews

4

2 Members: Dilara86, alex68

11

Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama

by Alison Bechdel

1,972 members

100 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

by Caroline Fraser

1,196 members

73 reviews

4.1

2 Members: elkiedee, susanbooks

13

Zel

by Donna Jo Napoli

798 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: mkbird, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

by Aimee Bender

3,418 members

274 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

15

Lady Susan

by Jane Austen

1,967 members

100 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Those Who Save Us

by Jenna Blum

3,077 members

166 reviews

4

Member: dara85

17

Shanghai Girls

by Lisa See

4,636 members

302 reviews

3.8

Member: aulsmith

18

The Far Field

by Madhuri Vijay

457 members

18 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

19

A Woman's Story

by Annie Ernaux

427 members

15 reviews

3.9

Member: Dilara86

20

The Stone Sky

by N. K. Jemisin

3,745 members

169 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: susanbooks

21

Amy and Isabelle

by Elizabeth Strout

2,199 members

82 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: elkiedee

22

The Small House at Allington

by Anthony Trollope

1,783 members

49 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

23

Girl in Translation

by Jean Kwok

2,191 members

176 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee

24

Egg and Spoon

by Gregory Maguire

725 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

25

The Water Cure

by Sophie Mackintosh

718 members

35 reviews

3.2

Member: susanbooks

26

The Mirror

by Marlys Millhiser

521 members

24 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

27

The Dutch House

by Ann Patchett

4,581 members

275 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

28

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

by Deborah Tannen

509 members

9 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: mkbird

29

The Secret in Miranda's Closet

by Sheila Greenwald

53 members

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

30

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng

8,906 members

375 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

31

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

by Amy Chua

1,736 members

131 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

32

Mother to Mother

by Sindiwe Magona

116 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: susanbooks

33

Fritna

by Gisèle Halimi

16 members

3

Member: Dilara86

34

Autumn

by Ali Smith

2,043 members

105 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee

35

What We Lose

by Zinzi Clemmons

506 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: susanbooks

36

A l'enfant que je n'aurai pas

by Linda Lê

9 members

½ 3.5

Member: Dilara86

37

The Red Tent

by Anita Diamant

16,945 members

394 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

38

Out of the Easy

by Ruta Sepetys

1,704 members

120 reviews

4

Member: elkiedee

39

Fran Ellen's House

by Marilyn Sachs

40 members

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

40

River Woman

by Donna Hemans

32 members

½ 4.5

Member: susanbooks

41

Peyton Place

by Grace Metalious

1,683 members

38 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

42

The Island of Sea Women

by Lisa See

1,666 members

95 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

43

O Fallen Angel

by Kate Zambreno

67 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: susanbooks

44

Freaky Friday

by Mary Rodgers

1,391 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

45

Girlchild

by Tupelo Hassman

490 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: susanbooks

46

Push

by Sapphire

3,665 members

161 reviews

3.8

Member: Dilara86

47

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

by Jeanette Winterson

2,103 members

102 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

48

The Seduction of Water

by Carol Goodman

832 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

49

Libertie

by Kaitlyn Greenidge

675 members

34 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: susanbooks

50

Gun Love

by Jennifer Clement

251 members

35 reviews

3.8

Member: susanbooks

51

Motherwell: A Girlhood

by Deborah Orr

127 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: elkiedee

52

La noce d'Anna

by Nathacha Appanah

13 members

4

Member: Dilara86

53

Annie John

by Jamaica Kincaid

1,542 members

29 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: susanbooks

54

Everything Under

by Daisy Johnson

644 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: elkiedee

55

The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan

17,621 members

198 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

56

Maine

by J. Courtney Sullivan

1,409 members

87 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: elkiedee

57

The Illustrated Mum

by Jacqueline Wilson

743 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

58

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

by Carol Rifka Brunt

3,607 members

248 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

59

The Membranes: A Novel (Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan)

by Ta-Wei Chi

117 members

1 review

3.9

Member: Dilara86

60

The Lowland

by Jhumpa Lahiri

3,308 members

177 reviews

3.9

Member: elkiedee

61

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

5,652 members

240 reviews

4.1

Member: elkiedee

62

Cry, Mother Spain

by Lydie Salvayre

159 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

63

2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas

by Marie-Helene Bertino

533 members

72 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

64

The Portable Veblen

by Elizabeth McKenzie

612 members

39 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: elkiedee

65

The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine

by Alina Bronsky

355 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

66

Girl With Dove: A Life Built By Books

by Sally Bayley

41 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: elkiedee

67

The Color of Earth

by Dong Hwa Kim

463 members

139 reviews

3.9

Member: Dilara86

68

Motherland

by Jo McMillan

19 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: elkiedee

69

A Very Easy Death

by Simone de Beauvoir

1,060 members

17 reviews

3.8

Member: Dilara86

70

The Bastard of Istanbul

by Elif Shafak

1,869 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

71

Cleaned Out

by Annie Ernaux

162 members

5 reviews

4

Member: Dilara86

72

Restaurant of Love Regained

by Ito Ogawa

145 members

8 reviews

3

Member: Dilara86

73

Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood

by Maryse Condé

124 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: Dilara86

74

Mes mauvaises pensées

by Nina Bouraoui

62 members

3.8

Member: Dilara86

75

Paraíso inhabitado

by Ana María Matute

107 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

76

Victoire

by Maryse Condé

82 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

77

Place of the Heart

by Steinunn Sigurdardottir

42 members

1 review

4

Member: Dilara86

78

Contours du jour qui vient

by Léonora Miano

32 members

1 review

3.8

Member: Dilara86

79

Gunnlöds saga

by Svava Jakobsdóttir

20 members

½ 3.5

Member: Dilara86

80

The House with the Stained-Glass Window

by Żanna Słoniowska

48 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: Dilara86

81

The Shaman Sorceress (Korean Culture Series)

by Dong-ni Kim

12 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: Dilara86

82

De haute lutte

by Ambai

9 members

1 review

4

Member: Dilara86

83

La péninsule aux 24 saisons

by Mayumi Inaba

20 members

1 review

½ 2.7

Member: Dilara86

84

Far from My Father (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature translated from the French)

by Véronique Tadjo

15 members

2.8

Member: Dilara86

85

Impasse Verlaine

by Dalie Farah

6 members

½ 3.5

Member: Dilara86

86

Shadows on the Tundra

by Dalia Grinkevičiūtė

72 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: Dilara86

87

L'effet maternel

by Virginie Linhart

9 members

½ 4.5

Member: Dilara86

88

All Your Children, Scattered

by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse

22 members

4.1

Member: Dilara86

89

It Would Be Night in Caracas

by Karina Sainz Borgo

216 members

15 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

90

On s'y fera

by Zoyâ Pirzâd

17 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: Dilara86

91

Mãn

by Kim Thúy

224 members

20 reviews

3.8

Member: Dilara86

92

Iza's Ballad

by Magda Szabó

329 members

14 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Dilara86

93

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg

by Dubravka Ugrešić

423 members

22 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Dilara86

94

Breasts and Eggs

by Mieko Kawakami

958 members

32 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Dilara86

95

The Story of the Lost Child

by Elena Ferrante

2,649 members

104 reviews

½ 4.3

96

Please Look After Mom

by Kyung-sook Shin

1,524 members

104 reviews

3.8

97

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

80,832 members

1,370 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: Dilara86,
Explanations: : There really is no focus at all on the relationship between Mrs. Bennett and her daughters.

98

White Oleander

by Janet Fitch

11,334 members

169 reviews

3.9

99

The Almost Moon

by Alice Sebold

4,183 members

181 reviews

2.8

100

My Name Is Lucy Barton

by Elizabeth Strout

3,685 members

290 reviews

½ 3.7

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