Novels about Motherhood

1.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,404 ratings
2.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,315 ratings
3.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,318 ratings
4.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,743 ratings
5.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,921 ratings
6.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,938 ratings
7.
Shine Shine Shine
Shine Shine Shine 3.43 avg rating — 8,684 ratings
8.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,067 ratings
9.
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 131,939 ratings
10.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,378 ratings
11.
Midwives
Midwives really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 162,268 ratings
12.
Ramona and Her Mother (Ramona Quimby, #5)
Ramona and Her Mother (Ramona Quimby, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 27,673 ratings
12.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,765 ratings
14.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating — 207,200 ratings
15.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge 3.86 avg rating — 65,071 ratings
16.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children 3.62 avg rating — 22,264 ratings
17.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,227 ratings
18.
Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7)
Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7) 4.30 avg rating — 30,484 ratings
19.
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating — 55,118 ratings
20.
Rapunzel
Rapunzel 4.18 avg rating — 17,302 ratings
21.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,207 ratings
22.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating — 166,398 ratings
23.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,589 ratings
24.
I Don't Know How She Does It (Kate Reddy, #1)
I Don't Know How She Does It (Kate Reddy, #1) 3.34 avg rating — 22,357 ratings
25.
After Birth
After Birth 3.48 avg rating — 3,890 ratings
26.
Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters 4.13 avg rating — 50,104 ratings
27.
Little Children
Little Children 3.64 avg rating — 32,806 ratings
28.
Ordinary People
Ordinary People 3.93 avg rating — 22,722 ratings
29.
Little Women / Little Men / Jo's Boys
Little Women / Little Men / Jo's Boys 4.36 avg rating — 7,643 ratings
30.
'night, Mother
'night, Mother 3.91 avg rating — 12,567 ratings
31.
Guess How Much I Love You
Guess How Much I Love You 4.39 avg rating — 145,892 ratings
32.
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan 3.92 avg rating — 26,619 ratings
33.
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons 3.82 avg rating — 37,998 ratings
34.
Good Wives
Good Wives 3.98 avg rating — 47,488 ratings
35.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,448 ratings
36.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 3.87 avg rating — 592,706 ratings
37.
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere 4.07 avg rating — 1,279,529 ratings
38.
The Gate to Women's Country
The Gate to Women's Country 4.06 avg rating — 13,951 ratings
39.
Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5) 4.18 avg rating — 116,363 ratings
40.
Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies 4.31 avg rating — 1,089,220 ratings
41.
Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #8)
Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #8) 4.24 avg rating — 55,118 ratings
42.
Anne of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #6)
Anne of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #6) 4.03 avg rating — 71,133 ratings
42.
Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1)
Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 10,013 ratings
44.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,143 ratings
45.
The Good Mother
The Good Mother 3.82 avg rating — 11,863 ratings
46.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,044 ratings
47.
Watermelon (Walsh Family, #1)
Watermelon (Walsh Family, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 91,808 ratings
48.
Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #2)
Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #2)
by: Anne Rice
3.88 avg rating — 64,933 ratings
49.
The Children of Men
The Children of Men 3.67 avg rating — 51,103 ratings
50.
Little Lovely Things
Little Lovely Things 3.85 avg rating — 3,437 ratings
51.
The Joys of Motherhood
The Joys of Motherhood 4.21 avg rating — 8,107 ratings
51.
America's First Daughter
America's First Daughter 4.23 avg rating — 66,609 ratings
53.
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,329 ratings
54.
Slummy Mummy
Slummy Mummy 3.26 avg rating — 3,176 ratings
55.
Eleven Hours
Eleven Hours 3.63 avg rating — 2,378 ratings
56.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow 3.70 avg rating — 21,411 ratings
56.
The Leavers
The Leavers
by: Lisa Ko
3.89 avg rating — 50,021 ratings
58.
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Caucasian Chalk Circle 3.74 avg rating — 8,975 ratings
58.
The Zygote Chronicles
The Zygote Chronicles 3.57 avg rating — 367 ratings
60.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,455 ratings
61.
A Spool of Blue Thread
A Spool of Blue Thread 3.44 avg rating — 99,560 ratings
62.
Lady Susan
Lady Susan 3.66 avg rating — 50,724 ratings
63.
The Mother-Daughter Book Club
The Mother-Daughter Book Club 4.06 avg rating — 15,069 ratings
64.
The Snapper (The Barrytown Trilogy, #2)
The Snapper (The Barrytown Trilogy, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 8,681 ratings
65.
Three Daughters of Madame Liang
Three Daughters of Madame Liang 3.87 avg rating — 1,771 ratings
65.
Main Street
Main Street 3.78 avg rating — 26,592 ratings
67.
The Birth House
The Birth House
by: Ami McKay
4.04 avg rating — 45,661 ratings
68.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,558 ratings
69.
Missing Joseph (Inspector Lynley, #6)
Missing Joseph (Inspector Lynley, #6) 3.95 avg rating — 15,220 ratings
70.
Unsheltered
Unsheltered 3.67 avg rating — 77,130 ratings
71.
Please Look After Mom
Please Look After Mom 3.91 avg rating — 46,603 ratings
72.
Secret Daughter
Secret Daughter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 77,034 ratings
73.
When We Have Wings
When We Have Wings 3.82 avg rating — 413 ratings
73.
Matchbox Girls (Senyaza, #1)
Matchbox Girls (Senyaza, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 218 ratings
73.
Calling Home (Destiny's Child, #1)
Calling Home (Destiny's Child, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings
73.
At the Corner of Wall and Sesame
At the Corner of Wall and Sesame 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings
73.
Waiting on Zapote Street: Love and Loss in Castro's Cuba
Waiting on Zapote Street: Love and Loss in Castro's Cuba 4.26 avg rating — 163 ratings
73.
All They Ask Is Everything
All They Ask Is Everything 4.29 avg rating — 1,129 ratings
73.
What Was Lost
What Was Lost 3.98 avg rating — 53 ratings
80.
The Fifth Child
The Fifth Child 3.63 avg rating — 23,552 ratings
80.
Julia's Child
Julia's Child 3.19 avg rating — 570 ratings
82.
A Life
A Life 3.86 avg rating — 15,193 ratings
83.
Horizon (The Sharing Knife, #4)
Horizon (The Sharing Knife, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 7,380 ratings
83.
Yours for the Taking
Yours for the Taking 3.64 avg rating — 4,240 ratings
85.
The Other Mother
The Other Mother 2.96 avg rating — 573 ratings
86.
Orley Farm
Orley Farm 3.95 avg rating — 2,448 ratings
87.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,122 ratings
88.
What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows
What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows 3.71 avg rating — 544 ratings
88.
The Millstone
The Millstone 3.90 avg rating — 3,847 ratings
88.
A Chair for My Mother
A Chair for My Mother 4.21 avg rating — 26,196 ratings
91.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,276 ratings
92.
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mrs. Warren's Profession 3.67 avg rating — 6,668 ratings
93.
Never Have I Ever
Never Have I Ever 3.73 avg rating — 56,780 ratings
93.
The School for Good Mothers
The School for Good Mothers 3.53 avg rating — 121,326 ratings
95.
The Women's Room
The Women's Room 3.99 avg rating — 9,269 ratings
96.
Baby
Baby 4.11 avg rating — 2,226 ratings
96.
That Kind of Mother
That Kind of Mother 3.07 avg rating — 7,670 ratings
98.
The Irresistible Henry House
The Irresistible Henry House 3.55 avg rating — 6,299 ratings
99.
Ireland
Ireland 4.05 avg rating — 11,934 ratings
99.
One Plus One
One Plus One 3.97 avg rating — 188,892 ratings
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