Giftable Books for Mother’s Day

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a “stunner” (People) of a novel about her friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat.

It was a great love story, one for the ages. The speed of our beginning and the speed of our ending felt like matching bookends. They both came out of nowhere. He wanted it, he wanted me. And then he didn’t … With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Belle Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent.

From Nobel Prize winner Han Kang comes her first work of nonfiction published in English. In this light-filled and multi-faceted book, Han Kang draws together the threads of her work and life, tracing the connections between her interior and exterior worlds through a sequence of essays, poems, photographs, and diaries. Both intimate and illuminating, Light and Thread is a book for all readers of Han Kang’s unique body of work.

A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years — an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss.

A mother bestows a life-changing legacy on her five adult daughters in this profoundly moving novel. Danielle Steel’s new novel is a moving testament to the power of a mother’s love and the importance of fully embracing life.

An important, moving, passionate, and passionately written inquiry — personal and scientific — into what happens — mentally, spiritually, physically during the process of becoming a mother, from pregnancy and childbirth to early motherhood, and what this profound process tells us about the way we live now.

Legendary actress Diane Keaton’s memoir about her mother and herself, “as warm, funny, and self-deprecating as Keaton’s onscreen persona” (Vogue) — featuring an afterword by Anna Quindlen. More than the autobiography of an icon of film and style, Then Again is a book about a very American family with very American dreams. Diane will remind you of yourself, and her bonds with her family will remind you of your own relationships with those you love the most.

A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage — Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy.

The bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait delivers a deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare’s eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, and the years leading up to the production of his great play. Hamnet is mesmerizing, seductive, impossible to put down — a magnificent leap forward from one of our most gifted novelists.

A searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists — the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires. Dream Count is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s searing, unforgettable story of these four women — a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself.

A personal meditation on, examination of, and tribute to Black single motherhood, unapologetically told through poignant essays and candid interviews by a celebrated cultural critic. A long-overdue offering in celebration of the American matriarch most often maligned, Black. Single. Mother. sets out to inspire a new cultural and community dialogue about this powerful figure as one profoundly deserving of love, support, and respect.

On the occasion of his eightieth birthday, one of our great novelists delivers a playful and profound work about memory, love, and the writer’s endgame.

Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as “a cause for celebration” — an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love.

Raised by scientifically minded parents, Margaret Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec: a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood, sometimes isolated but also thrilling and beautiful. From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking key moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape. In pages alive with the natural world, reading and books, major political turning points, and her lifelong love for the charismatic writer Graeme Gibson, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood stars, and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel.

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club. Tracking the natural beauty that surrounds us, The Backyard Bird Chronicles maps the passage of time through daily entries, thoughtful questions, and beautiful original sketches. With boundless charm and wit, author Amy Tan charts her foray into birding and the natural wonders of the world.

A revealing personal life story like no other — enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering — and a testament to the world-making power of Black motherhood. Tina Knowles, the mother of iconic singer-songwriters Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles, and bonus daughter Kelly Rowland, is known the world over as a Matriarch with a capital M: A determined, self-possessed, self-aware, and wise woman who raised and inspired some of the great artists of our time. But this story is about so much more than that.

In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances — a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.

A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: A socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter’s wedding. Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer at the height of her powers.

A guide to the art of journaling — and a meditation on the central questions of life — by the bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms, with contributions from Hanif Abdurraqib, Jon Batiste, Salman Rushdie, Gloria Steinem, George Saunders, and many more. A companion through challenging times, The Book of Alchemy is broken into themes ranging from new beginnings to love, loss, and rebuilding.

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors and award-winning podcasters Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle created We Can Do Hard Things to help fellow travelers find their way through life. They asked each other, their dearest friends, and 118 of the world’s most brilliant wayfinders: As you’ve traveled these roads — marriage, parenting, work, recovery, heartbreak, aging, new beginnings — have you collected any wisdom that might help us find our way? We Can Do Hard Things is the guidebook for being alive.

In researching this book, the authors interviewed the residents of the Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-olds — one of the world’s Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets to their longevity and happiness: How they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, and — their best-kept secret — how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction to their lives. And it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai.

Gift a guide filled with advice and prompts for reflection. Throughout, sage advice from artists to athletes to business leaders along with suggested activities and reflections will help your loved one to be more present and aware.

From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies: These eight stories take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand, as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life.

With her hallmark exuberance and a cast of characters so sassy, resilient, and full of life that they breathe, dream, and shout right off the page, Terry McMillan has given us a tour-de-force novel of family, healing, and redemption. A Day Late and a Dollar Short takes us deep into the hearts, minds, and souls of America — and gives us six more friends we never want to leave.

In Conversations on Love, journalist Natasha Lunn interweaves personal essays and reveals interviews with some of the most sought-after experts on love. Lunn guides us through the paradoxical heart of three key questions about love — How do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do we survive when we lose it? — to deliver a book that is a solace, a beacon, a call to arms, a toolkit. The real-life love stories in these pages will leave you hopeful and validated, while the insights from experts will transform the way you think about your relationships.