Recs if you like Trip: A Novel...

Fiction books from The New York Times' "100 Notable Books of 2025" list

Note: I will be deleting my PB account within the next two weeks, and I believe this list will be erased. Feel free to screenshot it if you see anything that interests you! ☺️ 3/17/2026

(technically motherhood in speculative fiction unless i make a separate list for sci-fi!)

requesting recommendations!

stories where the voices & experiences of mothers are at the center

Books with main characters that are adrift, so to speak; in liminal spaces, across lifetimes, or perhaps in literal hell. Sometimes the journey is physical, sometimes it's existential.

according to the new york times' november list

not yer mama’s beach reads