If you’ve been a reader of this blog for a decent amount of time you know that I lost my mom to brain cancer in 2006 when I just shy of 21 years old. My mom was a reader — she devoured John Grisham and just about any other mystery or thriller, memoirs of all kinds, any Oprah book club book and any sort of romance (Danielle Steele was her favorite).  I feel like I definitely got my love for reading at an early age from her. I always think about how our relationship would have changed once I became an adult (things were a bit tumultuous between us when she got sick). One of the things I often think about is if we would have talked books and given each other recommendations. I wonder if she would have branched out in her reading tastes and we could have read books together. I really would have loved to buy her books for Mother’s Day!

So I thought it might be fun to put together some books (and extra non-book goodies at the end) to help you pick out for gifts for YOUR moms for Mother’s Day if they like books! (Or for yourself, let’s be real!).

Mostly everything is going to be more recent releases in hopes that your mom hasn’t read it yet!

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If your mom likes things that fall under the “general fiction” or “contemporary fiction” umbrella…

 

All the Best People by Sonja Yoerg
The Last Days of Cafe Leila by Donia BijanClose Enough To Touch by Colleen Oakley
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
The Mothers by Brit Bennett

 

 

If your mom likes mysteries/thrillers….

The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda
The Finishing School by Joanna Goodman
What’s Become Of Her by Deb Caletti
The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea

 

 

If your mom likes historical fiction….

A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner
The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve
The Fire By Night by Teresa Messineo
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

 

 

If your mom likes romance novels….

An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
The Thing About Love by Julie James
Sweet Lake by Christine Nolfi
What We Find by Robyn Carr
I Dared The Duke by Anna Bennett

 

If your mom likes non-fiction….

At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering The Globe by Tsh Oxenreider

The Foundling: The True Story of A Kidnapping, A Family Secret & My Search For The Real Me

If your mom likes young adult literature…

 

A Psalm For Lost Girls by Katie Bayerl
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

 

If your mom likes fantasy or sci-fi type books….

Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys
The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch

 

Or check out this list full of awesome books if you are looking for 2018 titles!

 

 

Don’t want to buy your book lover mom books for Mother’s Day?

 

• Get her a subscription to a book box like the Book Riot Quarterly box or Book of the Month club
  
• Does she dig audiobooks? A subscription to Audible is a dream come true! Seriously, audiobooks are my savoir for treadmill time or especially in the car on my commute to work.

 

• Maybe mom would love reading on a Kindle? My mother-in-law resisted the idea for a while and now LOVES her Kindle! I’m like seeeeee I told you it’s great! I personally love my Kindle Paperwhite but my mother-in-law loves the Fire because she likes using it for e-reading & as a tablet. Both are great — just depends on preference!

 

• Does mom love candles? Maybe get her a literary inspired one like these one from Hearth & Hammer

 

• If she fancies tea, check out these literary blends!

 

• What about literary inspired jewelry or a library themed scarf?

 

Or what about any of these delightful literary gifts for your book loving mom? Something unique but catered to how important reading is in your mom’s life!

• Or maybe your mom would love bookends? Check out this list of gorgeous and affordable bookends that would make a great Mother’s Day gift for any mom who loves to read!

 

This was fun! My picks were inspired by what I’d get my mom if she were still alive, picks for my mother-in-law and books I think my stepmom would like. Hope you find something you for your mom….or yourself.

What books do you think would make great gifts for moms who read on Mother’s Day? I went with recently released stuff but would love to hear your tried and true picks!

 

PS. A Motherless Daughter On Mother’s Day // A Motherless Daughter on Mother’s Day Pt 2 // On Mother’s Day

 

 

 

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