20 Books to Give Mom for Mother’s Day

If you’re looking for a great gift for Mom, we have a list of 10 books that are “Mom approved”. I polled a group of Moms to find out about the best books they have recently read. I’m determined to start reading again this summer. In the past 2 years, I’ve read 2 books that weren’t from the children’s department.

So for a Mother’s Day gift this year, I asked my children to get me a book (with the help of Dad ordering them from Amazon). Below is a list of 20 books that would make great Mother’s Day gifts and also great summer beach reads. There was a time when I was an avid reader, but with 4 little ones in the house I’m down to about 1 per year.  Reading is something I really enjoy, so I’m hoping to at least get through a few of these this summer.

20 Books to Give Mom For Mother’s Day:

1. What Remains
2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
3. Three Junes
4. Homegoing
5. Olive Kitteridge
6. Four Seasons in Rome
7. In This House We Will Giggle
8. Becoming Bonnie (brand new book written by a college friend!)
9. Chasing Frances: A Pilgrim’s Tale
10. Anything by Elin Hilderbrand 
11. The Kitchen House (& sequel Glory Over Everything)
12. Brooklyn
13. If you liked Big Little Lies, check out: The Husband’s Secret & Truly Madly Guilty
14. The Nightingale
15. Anything in the Tana French series
16. Coming Clean: A Memoir 
17. The Dinner
18. Devil In The White City (and other Erik Larson books)
19. Ordinary Grace
20. Red Tent

This is the first book list for moms I have posted on the blog, but Julie is an avid reader. For more book recommendations, check out Julie’s list of 12 Books to Read in 2017.