Motherhood book series in reading order

Rowan Coleman writes contemporary fiction and children's books, and publishes the Bronte Sisters Mysteries as Bella Ellis. The Ruby Parker novels, about a child actor, run from 2005 to 2007 and take in Ruby Parker Hits the Small Time, Ruby Parker: Soap Star, Ruby Parker: Film Star and Ruby Parker: Hollywood Star. Motherhood carries the adult fiction, in The Accidental Mother (2005), Mommy by Mistake (2007) and The Baby Group (2007), and Sophie Mills is her other series. The 30 catalogued books open with Growing Up Twice (2002) and close with A Gift of Poison (2023).

Jack Canfield, born August 19, 1944, is an American author and motivational speaker. Canfield co-authored the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has more than 250 titles and 500 million copies in print across over 40 languages. The Success Principles, written with Janet Switzer, followed in 2005. The catalogue lists 182 books from Dare to Win (1988) to Everyday Catholicism (2020), with Mark Victor Hansen co-credited on 148 and Amy Newmark on 46. Chicken Soup for the Soul appeared in 1993.

Sara Rosett writes cozy mysteries with women sleuths, 39 catalogued books published between 2006 and 2025. Ellie Avery, an Air Force spouse and mother, solves the earliest cases: Moving is Murder (2006), Staying Home is a Killer (2007), Getting Away is Deadly (2008) and the Magnolias, Mint Juleps and Mimosas titles that followed. High Society Lady Detective, Murder on Location, the 1920s Lady Traveler in Egypt books and Zara Keane extend the catalogue, which reaches Murder on the S.S. Cleopatra.

Erma Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996), born Erma Louise Fiste, was an American humorist whose newspaper column on suburban home life was syndicated from 1965 to 1996. Bombeck filed more than four thousand columns, the last on April 17, 1996, and by the 1970s the column reached 30 million readers in nine hundred newspapers across the United States and Canada. Fifteen humor books were published, most of them bestsellers. The catalogue lists 22 titles, among them If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? (1978), The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank (1981) and Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession (1983).

Legal thrillers about women lawyers form the core of Lisa Scottoline's work. Rosato & Associates, later listed as Rosato & DiNunzio, names the recurring law firm series, and the catalogue runs to 51 titles from Everywhere That Mary Went (1993) to This Changes Everything (2026). Scottoline also writes standalone suspense, non-fiction, and the Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman books, which the subject tags mark as humour. Publication is ongoing.

Jennifer Weiner

32 books• 6 series

Jennifer Weiner is an American novelist, television producer and journalist, born on March 28, 1970, and based in Philadelphia. The catalogue has 32 Weiner books from 2002 to 2025, beginning with Good in Bed and In Her Shoes (both 2002). In Her Shoes was filmed with Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. Female friendship, sisters, motherhood and single women run through the subjects. Weiner also writes the Cannie Shapiro and Littlest Bigfoot series, and The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits (2025) is the newest title.

Isaac Asimov

553 books• 31 series

Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer who also taught biochemistry at Boston University. Hard science fiction is the core of Asimov's reputation, and the Foundation series about a fallen space empire is the most famous work; Asimov ranked with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke as one of the "Big Three" of the genre. The output also covers mysteries, fantasy and popular science, with non-fiction lines such as How Did We Find Out and the Library of the Universe. Asimov wrote or edited more than 500 books. This catalogue opens with the story Marooned Off Vesta (1939) and names Asimov on 400 of the listed books.

Robin Jones Gunn

99 books• 14 series

Robin Jones Gunn is an award-winning Christian author of more than 100 books. Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen are series for teen girls, and Christy Miller's characters carry on in Christy and Todd: College Years, Christy & Todd: The Married Years, Christy & Todd: The Baby Years and Katie Weldon. Glenbrooke and Sisterchicks are further series, and Sisterchicks in Gondolas won the Christy Award in 2007. The site lists 99 books from 1985 to Shortbread in the Highlands (2026), starting with the Billy 'n' Bear titles of 1985.

Rachel Cusk

18 books• 1 series

Rachel Cusk is an English novelist, born in 1967. Motherhood, marriage, families and the inner lives of women are the standing subjects, handled in a psychological register. Cusk's 18 catalogued books run from Saving Agnes (1993) to Life of M (2026), taking in The Country Life (1997), A Life's Work (2001), The Lucky Ones (2003), Arlington Park (2006), The Bradshaw Variations (2009) and Aftermath (2012). Outline is the one named sequence in the catalogue, and the 2000s were Cusk's heaviest decade.

Melanie Benjamin

14 books• 2 series

Melanie Benjamin is the pen name of American writer Melanie Hauser (born Melanie Miller, November 24, 1962). The catalogue lists 14 books from Confessions of Super Mom (2005) to The Windsor Affair (2026), and Jumble Pie (2007) appeared under the name Melanie Lynne Hauser. Super Mom is a series. Later titles include Alice I Have Been (2009), The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb (2011), The Swans of Fifth Avenue (2016) and Mistress of the Ritz (2019). Subjects include historical and biographical fiction, motherhood and humor.

Nancy Moser writes Christian romance and historical fiction, and biography, humour and motherhood also appear among the recorded subjects. The catalogue holds 47 books, opening with The Quest (1999) and reaching A River of Riches (2026). Series include the Sister Circle, the Ladies of History, the Pattern Artist, the Mustard Seed books, Steadfast, Manor House, Time Lottery and Past Times. Mozart's Sister (2000) and The Seat Beside Me (2002) sit among the early titles, and all 47 books are credited to Moser alone.

Marie Ferrarella is an American romance writer, born Marie Rydzynski in Germany on 28 March 1948. Ferrarella has also written as Marie Nicole, Marie Michael and Marie Charles, and the novels have been translated into at least seven languages. The catalogue lists 328 books from 1983 to 2024, beginning with Scenes from the Heart, issued as Marie Charles. Series include Cavanaugh Justice, Matchmaking Mamas, Forever Texas, Baby of the Month Club and ChildFinders, Inc. Subjects include contemporary, western and suspense romance, police, physicians, single fathers and single mothers. Cavanaugh Justice: Cold Case Squad (2024) is the newest title.

Tess Stimson writes about marriage and its failures, with subjects covering adultery, love triangles, motherhood, nannies and sisters. Hard News (1993) opens her catalogue, followed by Soft Focus (1995) and Pole Position (1996), and the later run takes in The Adultery Club (2007), The Infidelity Chain (2008), Who Loves You Best (2010) and The Wife Who Ran Away (2011). Stimson has 18 books, reaching The Perfect Accident in 2026.

Anne Enright

16 books

Anne Enright is an Irish writer whose fiction takes up family, love, identity and motherhood. The Gathering, her fourth novel, won the Man Booker Prize in 2007, and Enright served as the first Laureate for Irish Fiction from 2015 to 2018. Alongside eight novels and several story collections sits Making Babies (2004), a nonfiction account of the birth of her two children. Her essays appear in the London Review of Books and the New York Review of Books, and she writes for the Irish Times and the Guardian. 16 books are catalogued, from The Portable Virgin (1992) to Attention (2025).

Interior design and the art of daily living are the subjects of Alexandra Stoddard, an American designer and nonfiction writer. Her 27 catalogued books span 1974 to 2013, starting with Style for Living (1974) and ending with The Shared Wisdom of Mothers and Daughters (2013). Stoddard's titles cover home decoration, self-improvement, conduct of life and motherhood, including Book of Color (1989), Creating a Beautiful Home (1992) and Grace Notes (1993).

Celeste Ng

3 books

Three novels make up Celeste Ng's catalogue: Everything I Never Told You (2014), Little Fires Everywhere (2017) and Our Missing Hearts (2022). Family secrets, grief, motherhood and adoption are the recurring subjects, worked through daughters and the households around them. Each book stands alone, and no further title has appeared since 2022.