SFF with Moms recs

In response to
“Where have all the SFF Moms Gone?” I got a ton of recs for SFF with moms both in the comments and on twitter. So I thought I’d compile them all in one place for future reference. Most of these recs came with some commentary but I’m just going to list titles here. I’ll put the person who rec’ed the work afterwards in parentheses

Before I get to the fiction I want metion Tiffany Meuret’s great essay “Writing While Woman: Mothering in SFF” if you liked my piece you should go read this one too!

Now to the list!

Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews (capek_kate)
The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan (me)
The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs (kklein1686)
Raven Duology by Patricia Briggs (Sandstone, quartzen)
Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold (me)
Pastwatch by Orson Scott Card (cahn)
Record of a Space Born Few by Becky Chambers (me)
Foreigner Novels by C.J. Cherryh (krait)
"Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang (cahn)
The Jan Xu Adventures by J. Damask (Judith Tarr dancinghorse)
Xuya Universe Series by Aliette de Bodard (dolorosa_12)
The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard (dolorosa_12)
Crown of Stars by Kate Elliott (Katharine Kerr Kit_Kerr)
Court of Fives trilogy by Kate Elliott (dolorosa_12)
“Wild Ones” by Vanessa Fogg (MariaHaskins)
“Firstborn” by Maria Haskins,( FoggWriter)
Armed in Her Fashion by Kate Heartfield (Kate Heartfield kateheartfield)
The Humours of Grub Street by Kate Heartfield (out next year) (Kate Heartfield kateheartfield)
The Rolling Stones/Space Family Stone by Robert Heinlein (fred_mouse)
Dune by Frank Herbert (rosefox)
Quarters books by Tanya Huff (rosefox)
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (kklein1686)
The works of C. Michelle Jefferies (C. Michelle Jefferies)
The works of N.K. Jemisin (MariaHaskins),
Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin (cahn)
Nola O'Grady seriesby Katherine Ker (Katharine Kerr Kit_Kerr)
Tales of Arthur by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison's Arthur .(rosefox)
Provenance by Ann Leckie (anon2)
Minerva Wakesby Holly Lisle (Anon1)
“That only a Mother” by Judith Merril (wissewords)
Shadow on the Heart by Judith Merril (wissewords)
The works of Nnedi Okorafor(MariaHaskins)
The Amelia Peabody Mysteries by Elizabeth Peters (heavenscalyx Not SFF)
Archangel by Marguerite Reed(ZZClaybourne)
Telzey Amberdon stories by James K. Schmitz (stardreamer)
The Witches of Karres by James K. Schmitz (rosefox)
The works of Angela Slatter (MariaHaskins)
Steven Universe created by Rebecca Sugar (me) (note:cartoon)
The Golden Horn by Judith Tarr (Judith Tarr dancinghorse)
The Hounds Of God by Judith Tarr (Judith Tarr dancinghorse)
Alamut by Judith Tarr (Judith Tarr dancinghorse)
The Dagger And The Crossby Judith Tarr (Judith Tarr dancinghorse)
Constantinople Books by Judith Tarr (Katharine Kerr Kit_Kerr)
Tales of the Raksura by Martha Wells(Judith Tarr dancinghorse)
My Real Children by Jo Walton (Kate Heartfield kateheartfield)
Lifelode by Jo Walton(kklein1686)
"And Come from Miles Around" by Connie Willis (cahn)
Caught in Crystal by Patricia Wrede (Sandstone, quartzen)
Great Alta books by Jane Yolen (rosefox)

I also got couple of maybes that I’ll list at the end here:
rosefox said “I don't exactly recommend David and Leigh Eddings's Belgariad/Malloreon series, but Polgara is actually a pretty great mother figure”

And Sandstone said “Sarah Zettel's Fool's War might also have mom MC”

Additionally Anon 2 recommended the romance genre as source of fictional moms, and also mentioned memoirs, citing Catherine Newman as a favorite.

And that’s a the list! Thanks so much to everyone who recommended something! If anyone thinks of other works that could be added please let me know! I love recs. I’ll be reading a bunch of these in nearish future.

One other note: cahn started a post on her journal asking for recs for of books (not necessarily SFF) that feature moms that’s you can check out for even more recs.