As mothers, our days are often full of activities, leaving little room for the luxury of getting lost in a good book. However, for those precious moments when you can steal away, we've compiled a list of absolute must-reads, and these recommendations come straight from the incredible community of Pop Ya Tot mums!
The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
A Court Of Thorns And Roses - Sarah J. Maas
Where The Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
Verity - Colleen Hoover
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
The Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
Happy Place - Emily Henry
Things We Never Got Over - Lucy Score
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
The Chocolate Lovers Club - Carole Matthews
Sorrow And Bliss - Meg Mason
Did You Get The Memo? Because I F****ing Didn't - Yemi Penn
Bear Town - Fredrik Backman
The Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
Desert Flower - Waris Dirie & Cathleen Miller
The NeverEnding Story - Michael Ende
The Happiest Man On Earth - Eddie Jaku
The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons
The House In The Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune
The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
Hold Onto To Your Kids - Gordon Neufeld & Gabor Mate
How To Raise Girls Who Like Themselves - Kasey Edwards
How To Raise Boys Who Like Themselves - Kasey Edwards
The Magic Cottage - James Herbert
The Color Of Stars - Emma Hesse
Marching Powder - Rusty Young
Daring Greatly - Brene Brown
Real Food For Pregnancy - Lily Nichols
Horse - Geraldine Brooks
Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Myth Of Normal - Gabor Mate
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Everything Is Figureoutable - Marie Forleo
A Thousand Boy Kisses - Tillie Cole
The Things We Keep - Sally Hepworth
Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah
Hopeless - Colleen Hoover
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Daughters Of Cornwall - Fern Britton
Magpie - Elizabeth Day
Daisy Jones And The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Talon Of The Silver Hawk - Raymond Feist
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Sometimes I Lie - Alice Feeney
A Court Of Thorns And Roses - Sarah J Maas
The Covenant Of Water - Abraham Verghese
We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver
If you know any really good books, feel free to post a comment below in the comments. We'll add them to this list so others can check them out. Happy reading!
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