(technically motherhood in speculative fiction unless i make a separate list for sci-fi!)
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stories where the voices & experiences of mothers are at the center
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last updated May, 2026
The River Muse: A Novel
Laura Resau
Sorrowland
Rivers Solomon
Trip: A Novel
Amie Barrodale
We Shall Be Monsters
Alyssa Wees
The God of Endings
Jacqueline Holland
The Book of Gothel
Mary McMyne
The Seven-Petaled Shield (The Seven-Petaled Shield, #1)
Deborah J. Ross
Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)
Steven Erikson
The Sword of Kaigen
M.L. Wang
Lifelode
Jo Walton
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro (Chronicles of the Bitch Queen, #1)
K.S. Villoso
Spindle's End
Robin McKinley
A Woman of the Sword
Anna Smith Spark
Kingdoms at War (Dragon Gate, #1)
Lindsay Buroker
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
Brandon Sanderson
Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)
Seanan McGuire
A Vision of Light (Margaret of Ashbury, #1)
Judith Merkle Riley
Queens of the Wyrd (Shieldmothers Saga, #1)
Timandra Whitecastle
A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
Samantha Shannon
Circe
Madeline Miller
The Keeper's Six
Kate Elliott
Brown Girl in the Ring
Nalo Hopkinson
The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)
John Gwynne
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
Shannon Chakraborty
Chouette
Claire Oshetsky
The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey
We Are Satellites
Sarah Pinsker
The Book Eaters (International Edition)
Sunyi Dean
The Scroll of Years (Gaunt and Bone, #1)
Chris Willrich
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men (Gael Song #1)
Shauna Lawless
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