The Best Books About And For Mothers And Daughters

“What are the best books about Mothers And Daughters?” We looked at 164 of the top Mother & Daughter books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 12 titles, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Mother & Daughter ” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 150+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.

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Top 12 Best Books About Mothers And Daughters And The Relationships They Have

12 .) Beloved written by Toni Morrison

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• RD

Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement. After the Civil War ends, Sethe longingly recalls the two-year-old daughter whom she killed when threatened with recapture after escaping from slavery 18 years before.…

11 .) Koala Lou written by Mem Fox

Lists It Appears On:

• A Mighty Girl
• Happiness Mama

A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win her distracted parent’s attention.

10 .) Ladybug Girl written by David Soman and Jacky Davis

Lists It Appears On:

• Happiness Mama
• Romper

After her brother tells her she is too little to play with him, Lulu, dressed as Ladybug Girl, makes her own fun.

9 .) Little House on the Prairie written by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Lists It Appears On:

• RD
• Scottish Book Trust

A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.

8 .) Mommy Hugs written by Karen Katz

Lists It Appears On:

• A Mighty Girl
• Happiness Mama

A loving mother counts the hugs she gives her baby throughout the day.

7 .) My Mom is Magical written by Sabrina Moyle, Eunice Moyle, and Hello! Lucky

Lists It Appears On:

• A Mighty Girl
• Working Mother

This board book salutes the things that make a mom magical.

6 .) Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen

Lists It Appears On:

• RD
• The Guardian

In early nineteenth-century England, Elizabeth Bennett, a spirited young woman copes with the romantic entanglements of her four sisters, and her feelings for Fitzwilliam Darcy, a brooding gentleman.

5 .) The Best Mother written by C.M. Surrisi and Diane Goode

Lists It Appears On:

• A Mighty Girl
• Working Mother

After interviewing mothers at the park, the toy store, and the zoo, Maxine decides that her own mother is worth keeping.

4 .) Where’d You Go, Bernadette? written by Maria Semple

Lists It Appears On:

• Early Bird Books
• RD

When her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled, and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her.

3 .) White Oleander written by Janet Fitch

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• Early Bird Books

At the age of 12, Astrid has her world blown away when her mother is sentenced to life in prison for murdering her lover. Sharpened by harsh foster home environments, Astrid remakes herself as a survivor, and ultimately, an artist.

2 .) The Joy Luck Club written by Amy Tan

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• RD
• Real Simple

In 1949, four Chinese women–drawn together by the shadow of their past–begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and “say” stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club–and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades.…

1 .) The Secret Life of Bees written by Sue Monk Kidd

Lists It Appears On:

• Bustle
• RD
• Real Simple

Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared for Lily since her mother’s death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.…

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