Bestsellers

Your family would kill to see you happy ‘ARE YOU…DEAD?' OH MY GOD. I THINK HE IS. When Meddy Chan accidentally kills her blind date, she turns to her aunties...

A most powerful memoir of how we inherit violence and trauma, but also strength, resilience and joy 'I am from a family of strong women.' Amani Haydar suffered the unimaginable...

The powerful and poignant new novel from the author of the much-loved A Woman is No Man. Raised in a conservative Palestinian family in Brooklyn, Yara thought she would finally...

A powerful, searing account of one woman's struggle with psychosis in the wake of her firstborn child, that strikes at the heart of our preconceptions about what it means to...

Translated by Emily North A hilarious Japanese debut novel, where a young woman, thoroughly fed up with gendered expectations at work, announces she's pregnant. She's not. Thirty-four-year-old Ms Shibata works...

For fans of Black Mirror and The Handmaid’s Tale, in Dark Lullaby a mother desperately tries to keep her family together in a society where parenting standards are strictly monitored....

Shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin AwardFrom one of Australia's most celebrated authors comes a mother-daughter drama exploring the faultlines between love and control.One hundred days. It's no time at...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Frida Liu had fed and changed her toddler Harriet. She had a work deadline - an article to finish, a job hanging by a...

On the choices of being a woman Part memoir and reflective analysis, Pragya Agarwal examines motherhood and fertility and how it shapes all our lives. In a world where women...

Mother. To three small children, their heritage dual like hers. Daughter. To a mother who immigrated to make a better life but has been rejected by her chosen country. Wife....

'Learning to mother at the end of the world is an infinite toggle between wanting to make you feel safe and needing you to know that the earth and its...

An exhilarating tale of one remarkable woman’s journey to find her purpose, and herself, in post-war America. Hailed as ‘whip smart’ by Australian Women’s Weekly. New York, 1954. A Fifth...

Alina and Laura are independent and career-driven women in their mid-thirties, neither of whom have built their future around the prospect of a family. Laura has taken the drastic decision...

For fans of Kevin Kwan, this sharp and tender debut follows a family of estranged Vietnamese women – cursed to never know love or happiness – as they reunite when...

Translated by Zaman StanizaiAn Afghan Mother's Letter to her SonAn exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mother’s unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. How...

When Mika Suzuki reunites with the daughter she gave up for adoption sixteen years ago, can she convince her to stay? At 35, Mika Suzuki is struggling. She's been fired...

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'I gobbled it in one weekend and encourage everyone — mother, or otherwise — to do the same' — Pandora Sykes 'Searing' — Dolly Alderton 'This...

Mothers' StoriesThis is a unique book of Noongar and Yamatji mothers' accounts of their birthing experiences, highlighting the importance of developing respectful, thoughtful, woman-centred care for Aboriginal women and their...

The Water Garden is about family secrets, guilt and redemption. It tells the story of a 30-year old full-time mother who becomes attracted to a troubled teenage boy. Sarah has...

A literary sensation in Mexico — a novel about abduction that asks: is motherhood the greatest crime of all?Empty Houses takes place in the aftermath of a shocking incident: a...

Translated by Chi-Young Kim WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins...

What is motherhood in the midst of uncertainty, buried trauma, and an unraveling America? What it’s always been—a love song. Our narrator is a gifted photographer, an uncertain wife, an...

Marisa de los Santos returns to the world of her beloved, bestselling novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in an enthralling tale of sisterhood, sacrifice, and the enduring power of love. “Bring...

From the New York Times bestselling author comes an evocative family drama and riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women. 'I will find my daughter. No...

A New York Times Editor's Choice A Herald's Best Summer Book French teenager Margot is the illegitimate daughter of a prominent stage actress and an influential politician. The comings and...

A Memoir about a Mother's Loss and Grief Mia St. John, a determined and focused five-time world champion boxer, valiantly fought a string of adversaries outside the ring while desperately...

When a county initiative in the Piedmont of North Carolina forces the students at a mostly Black public school on the east side to move across town to a nearly...

Rule Number One: Family is Everything.New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s. Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of...

The heartbreaking and completely unputdownable instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick about the pain and sacrifice of forbidden love, the lengths a mother will go...

“I think we got off on the wrong foot, with you telling me I had to be killed and then me getting all upset about it. Let’s start again. My...

Inspired by true historical events in the Caribbean, River Sing Me Home will break your heart and then lift you up. A soaring story of courage and sacrifice, this novel...

From the 2014 Caine Prize winner comes an astonishing debut novel, riven through with mystery and magic, about a daughter's quest to save her motherAyosa is a wandering spirit joyous,...

A memoir on race, identity and belonging A powerful memoir exploring race and motherhood What does it mean to be a parent in a space where you are the minority?...

Translated by Geraldine HarcourtNew in Penguin Japanese Classics — an innovative feminist novel about motherhood and girlhoodKoko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes, she has...

Behind every strong woman are the women who raised her. Some are bound by the blood in their veins, some are bound by the love they have to give: this...