Infertility Angst Books | Summaries & Audio

Beyond Oblivion

by Jamie McGuire • 2025

Desperate for a child, a couple's fragile hope meets a woman determined to tear them apart.

4.10

1k+

🍼 Infertility Journey 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👀 Obsessive Stalker 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🩹 Trauma Healing

Beyond Oblivion 89%

Desperate for a child, a couple's fragile hope meets a woman determined to tear them apart.

by Jamie McGuire 2025

4.10

1k+ ratings

🍼 Infertility Journey 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👀 Obsessive Stalker 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant

by Jean M. Twenge • 2012

Ditch the outdated rules. The evidence-based guide to getting pregnant on your own terms.

3.93

2k+

🍼 Trying To Conceive 📅 Fertility Awareness 🥗 Preconception Health 📊 Evidence-Based Pregnancy 🩺 Reproductive Health

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant Summary

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant 89%

Ditch the outdated rules. The evidence-based guide to getting pregnant on your own terms.

by Jean M. Twenge 2012

3.93

2k+ ratings

🍼 Trying To Conceive 📅 Fertility Awareness 🥗 Preconception Health 📊 Evidence-Based Pregnancy 🩺 Reproductive Health

Conquering Infertility

by Alice D. Domar • 2002

Infertility hijacks your body and your mind. The program that helps you take both back.

4.08

193

🩺 Reproductive Health 💔 Infertility Support 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💪 Emotional Resilience

Conquering Infertility 88%

Infertility hijacks your body and your mind. The program that helps you take both back.

by Alice D. Domar 2002

4.08

193 ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 💔 Infertility Support 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💪 Emotional Resilience

It Starts with the Egg

by Rebecca Fett • 2014

The 90 days before ovulation decide egg quality. The exact supplements and rules that improve it.

4.31

7k+

🩺 Reproductive Health 🔬 Evidence-Based Fertility 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 💊 Supplement Protocols ⚡ Mitochondrial Support

It Starts with the Egg 88%

The 90 days before ovulation decide egg quality. The exact supplements and rules that improve it.

by Rebecca Fett 2014

4.31

7k+ ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 🔬 Evidence-Based Fertility 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 💊 Supplement Protocols ⚡ Mitochondrial Support

The Most Important Job In The World

by Gina Rushton • 2022

The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.

4.08

988

❓ Choosing Parenthood ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌍 Climate Anxiety 💭 Emotional Labor 🧬 Generational Trauma

The Most Important Job In The World Summary

The Most Important Job In The World 88%

The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.

by Gina Rushton 2022

4.08

988 ratings

❓ Choosing Parenthood ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌍 Climate Anxiety 💭 Emotional Labor 🧬 Generational Trauma

The Vile Thing We Created

by Robert P. Ottone • 2023

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

3.56

760

🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

The Vile Thing We Created 87%

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

by Robert P. Ottone 2023

3.56

760 ratings

🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

Delicate Condition

by Danielle Valentine • 2023

After IVF, an actress discovers her pregnancy is being sabotaged by forces that aren't human.

3.63

20k+

🗡️ Feminist Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🏥 Medical Gaslighting 🧙‍♀️ Witch Coven 👶 Haunted Pregnancy

Delicate Condition 87%

After IVF, an actress discovers her pregnancy is being sabotaged by forces that aren't human.

by Danielle Valentine 2023

3.63

20k+ ratings

🗡️ Feminist Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🏥 Medical Gaslighting 🧙‍♀️ Witch Coven 👶 Haunted Pregnancy

The Baby Decision

by Merle Bombardieri • 1981

Deciding parenthood or childfree life: the classic guide for the choice no one discusses.

4.19

2k+

🌱 Childfree Living 📋 Family Planning ⚖️ Decision Making 🔍 Self Exploration 💬 Couples Communication

The Baby Decision 87%

Deciding parenthood or childfree life: the classic guide for the choice no one discusses.

by Merle Bombardieri 1981

4.19

2k+ ratings

🌱 Childfree Living 📋 Family Planning ⚖️ Decision Making 🔍 Self Exploration 💬 Couples Communication

Conclave

by Penelope Douglas • 2019

Nine lovers stage a yacht conclave to save a friend, but their secrets could destroy them.

3.82

105k+

🖤 Found Family 🛥️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Ritual Intimacy 🗝️ Secret Society 🌑 Emotional Edgeplay

Conclave 87%

Nine lovers stage a yacht conclave to save a friend, but their secrets could destroy them.

by Penelope Douglas 2019

3.82

105k+ ratings

🖤 Found Family 🛥️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Ritual Intimacy 🗝️ Secret Society 🌑 Emotional Edgeplay

Knocking Myself Up

by Michelle Tea • 2022

Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.

3.98

983

🧬 Fertility Journey 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenthood 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 😏 Irreverent Memoir 👩‍👧 Single Motherhood

Knocking Myself Up 87%

Queer, single, and 40: one woman's irreverent, friend-sperm-assisted quest for a baby.

by Michelle Tea 2022

3.98

983 ratings

🧬 Fertility Journey 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Parenthood 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 😏 Irreverent Memoir 👩‍👧 Single Motherhood

Los seres queridos

by Berta Dávila • 2022

An unexpected pregnancy forces a mother to confront the ambivalence she has never spoken aloud.

4.01

871

🖊️ Autofiction 🔀 Fragmented Narrative 🫂 Ambivalent Motherhood 🌑 Postpartum Depression 👵 Intergenerational Women

Los seres queridos 86%

An unexpected pregnancy forces a mother to confront the ambivalence she has never spoken aloud.

by Berta Dávila 2022

4.01

871 ratings

🖊️ Autofiction 🔀 Fragmented Narrative 🫂 Ambivalent Motherhood 🌑 Postpartum Depression 👵 Intergenerational Women

I'm Sorry for My Loss

by Rebecca Little and Colleen Long • 2024

No shared word for pregnancy loss, and the law can't tell a miscarriage from a crime.

4.34

4k+

💔 Pregnancy Loss ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 📜 Pregnancy History 🫀 Body Politics 🕯️ Grief Rituals

I'm Sorry for My Loss 86%

No shared word for pregnancy loss, and the law can't tell a miscarriage from a crime.

by Rebecca Little and Colleen Long 2024

4.34

4k+ ratings

💔 Pregnancy Loss ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 📜 Pregnancy History 🫀 Body Politics 🕯️ Grief Rituals

High Risk

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky • 2020

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

4.39

803

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🏥 Healthcare Disparities

High Risk 86%

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020

4.39

803 ratings

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📝 Informed Consent 🏥 Healthcare Disparities

Red Clocks

by Leni Zumas • 2018

Four women in coastal Oregon defy laws that ban abortion, IVF, and soon single-parent adoption.

3.66

25k+

🩸 Reproductive Dystopia 🌊 Coastal Small Town 🔥 Witch Hunt Allegory 🌿 Herbal Healing 👧 Teen Pregnancy

Red Clocks 86%

Four women in coastal Oregon defy laws that ban abortion, IVF, and soon single-parent adoption.

by Leni Zumas 2018

3.66

25k+ ratings

🩸 Reproductive Dystopia 🌊 Coastal Small Town 🔥 Witch Hunt Allegory 🌿 Herbal Healing 👧 Teen Pregnancy

Tilt

by Emma Pattee • 2025

Pregnant and trapped in a collapsed IKEA, Annie must cross a ruined city to reach home.

3.55

43k+

🏚️ Disaster Survival 🤰 Pregnancy Fiction 💭 Reluctant Motherhood 🕯️ Grief For A Parent 🎭 Failed Artist

Tilt 86%

Pregnant and trapped in a collapsed IKEA, Annie must cross a ruined city to reach home.

by Emma Pattee 2025

3.55

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Disaster Survival 🤰 Pregnancy Fiction 💭 Reluctant Motherhood 🕯️ Grief For A Parent 🎭 Failed Artist

Rebound

by Sadie Kincaid • 2025

Her marriage is over. So why is she meeting her husband in hotel rooms?

4.13

18k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 💍 Estranged Spouses 🏛️ Wealthy Family Drama 🌧️ Infertility Grief 🤝 Found Family

Rebound 86%

Her marriage is over. So why is she meeting her husband in hotel rooms?

by Sadie Kincaid 2025

4.13

18k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 💍 Estranged Spouses 🏛️ Wealthy Family Drama 🌧️ Infertility Grief 🤝 Found Family

Little Disasters

by Sarah Vaughan • 2020

Her best friend's baby has a skull fracture, and the mother's story doesn't add up.

3.61

18k+

😱 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Psychological Suspense 😰 Postpartum Anxiety 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🤫 Dark Family Secrets

Little Disasters 86%

Her best friend's baby has a skull fracture, and the mother's story doesn't add up.

by Sarah Vaughan 2020

3.61

18k+ ratings

😱 Domestic Thriller 🔍 Psychological Suspense 😰 Postpartum Anxiety 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🤫 Dark Family Secrets

Nestlings

by Nat Cassidy • 2023

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

3.78

28k+

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

Nestlings 86%

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

by Nat Cassidy 2023

3.78

28k+ ratings

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

All Your Perfects

by Colleen Hoover • 2018

When their partners cheated, Quinn and Graham found love. Now infertility is breaking them apart.

3.99

712k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🩺 Infertility Struggle ⏳ Dual Timeline 💍 Second Chance Marriage 😢 Tearjerker Romance

All Your Perfects 86%

When their partners cheated, Quinn and Graham found love. Now infertility is breaking them apart.

by Colleen Hoover 2018

3.99

712k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🩺 Infertility Struggle ⏳ Dual Timeline 💍 Second Chance Marriage 😢 Tearjerker Romance

A Mouthful of Air

by Amy Koppelman • 2022

She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.

3.37

🤱 Postpartum Depression 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Maternal Expectations 🤫 Societal Stigma

A Mouthful of Air 86%

She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.

by Amy Koppelman 2022

3.37

41 ratings

🤱 Postpartum Depression 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Maternal Expectations 🤫 Societal Stigma

Shock

by Robin Cook • 1999

When two friends donate their eggs, the clinic takes far more than they agreed to give.

3.44

5k+

🩺 Medical Thriller 🥚 Fertility Clinic Horror 🕵️ False Identities 🧪 Unethical Experiments 🧬 Cloning Horror

Shock 86%

When two friends donate their eggs, the clinic takes far more than they agreed to give.

by Robin Cook 1999

3.44

5k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Thriller 🥚 Fertility Clinic Horror 🕵️ False Identities 🧪 Unethical Experiments 🧬 Cloning Horror

A Mouthful Of Air

by Amy Koppelman • 2003

The smile of a Manhattan mother hides suicide scars, and a depression intent on finishing the job.

3.57

1k+

🤰 Postpartum Depression 🪞 Generational Trauma 💔 Marriage Under Strain 🏙️ Domestic Fiction 🧠 Psychological Realism

A Mouthful Of Air 86%

The smile of a Manhattan mother hides suicide scars, and a depression intent on finishing the job.

by Amy Koppelman 2003

3.57

1k+ ratings

🤰 Postpartum Depression 🪞 Generational Trauma 💔 Marriage Under Strain 🏙️ Domestic Fiction 🧠 Psychological Realism

A Million Dreams

by Dani Atkins • 2019

A widow's embryo was mistakenly implanted in another woman, and her son is raised by strangers.

4.41

5k+

🎭 Family Drama ⚖️ Custody Battle 🔄 Dual Narrative 😢 Tearjerker 📚 Book Club

A Million Dreams 86%

A widow's embryo was mistakenly implanted in another woman, and her son is raised by strangers.

by Dani Atkins 2019

4.41

5k+ ratings

🎭 Family Drama ⚖️ Custody Battle 🔄 Dual Narrative 😢 Tearjerker 📚 Book Club

Slanting Towards the Sea

by Lidija Hilje • 2025

At forty, she scrolls through her ex-husband's life from the bedroom where her father is dying.

4.11

11k+

🌊 Post-War Croatia 🥀 Infertility Grief 💫 Emotional Infidelity 🏡 Blended Family 🌫️ Melancholy Literary

Slanting Towards the Sea 86%

At forty, she scrolls through her ex-husband's life from the bedroom where her father is dying.

by Lidija Hilje 2025

4.11

11k+ ratings

🌊 Post-War Croatia 🥀 Infertility Grief 💫 Emotional Infidelity 🏡 Blended Family 🌫️ Melancholy Literary

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians

by Rachel Pepper • 1999

You don't get a conception manual. This one covers donors, fertility, and the invisible partner.

3.72

179

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Parenting 📊 Fertility Tracking 🧬 Donor Conception 👥 Non-Birthing Partner 📋 Birth Planning

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians Summary

Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians 86%

You don't get a conception manual. This one covers donors, fertility, and the invisible partner.

by Rachel Pepper 1999

3.72

179 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian Parenting 📊 Fertility Tracking 🧬 Donor Conception 👥 Non-Birthing Partner 📋 Birth Planning

Expecting Better

by Emily Oster • 2013

Pregnancy rules are based on fear, not data. An economist shows which you can safely ignore.

4.29

56k+

🍼 Pregnancy Advice 🤰 Prenatal Care 📊 Data-Driven Pregnancy 💥 Myth-Busting 🤔 Informed Choices

Expecting Better 86%

Pregnancy rules are based on fear, not data. An economist shows which you can safely ignore.

by Emily Oster 2013

4.29

56k+ ratings

🍼 Pregnancy Advice 🤰 Prenatal Care 📊 Data-Driven Pregnancy 💥 Myth-Busting 🤔 Informed Choices

William

by Mason Coile • 2024

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

3.48

18k+

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

William 86%

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

by Mason Coile 2024

3.48

18k+ ratings

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

The Perfect Child

by Lucinda Berry • 2019

A couple adopts a traumatized child whose disturbing behavior threatens to destroy their family.

4.01

224k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Disturbed Child 💔 Crumbling Marriage 📋 Foster Care Trauma

The Perfect Child 86%

A couple adopts a traumatized child whose disturbing behavior threatens to destroy their family.

by Lucinda Berry 2019

4.01

224k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Disturbed Child 💔 Crumbling Marriage 📋 Foster Care Trauma

The Morning Star

by Karl Ove Knausgård • 2020

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

3.96

19k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

The Morning Star 86%

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

by Karl Ove Knausgård 2020

3.96

19k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids

by Bryan Caplan • 2011

Twin studies show parenting effort fades. An economist's case for doing less and having more kids.

3.55

2k+

🧮 Parenting Economics 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌿 Low-Pressure Parenting 💆 Parental Guilt Relief 🤔 Prospective Parents

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids Summary

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids 86%

Twin studies show parenting effort fades. An economist's case for doing less and having more kids.

by Bryan Caplan 2011

3.55

2k+ ratings

🧮 Parenting Economics 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌿 Low-Pressure Parenting 💆 Parental Guilt Relief 🤔 Prospective Parents

For Her Own Good

by Barbara Ehrenreich • 1976

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

3.96

3k+

📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

For Her Own Good 86%

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976

3.96

3k+ ratings

📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

The Half Moon

by Mary Beth Keane • 2023

A failing bar and years of infertility hollow out a marriage in one small town winter.

3.39

29k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕊️ Infertility Grief 💋 Infidelity 🌅 Second Chances 🏘️ Small Town Life

The Half Moon 86%

A failing bar and years of infertility hollow out a marriage in one small town winter.

by Mary Beth Keane 2023

3.39

29k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕊️ Infertility Grief 💋 Infidelity 🌅 Second Chances 🏘️ Small Town Life

Play It As It Lays

by Joan Didion • 1970

A Hollywood actress drives the freeways to escape the silence left by a daughter locked away.

3.90

93k+

🎬 Hollywood Novel 🏚️ Woman On The Verge 💔 Disintegrating Marriage 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 🌴 Los Angeles Fiction

Play It As It Lays 86%

A Hollywood actress drives the freeways to escape the silence left by a daughter locked away.

by Joan Didion 1970

3.90

93k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Novel 🏚️ Woman On The Verge 💔 Disintegrating Marriage 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 🌴 Los Angeles Fiction

Hum

by Helen Phillips • 2024

A mother sells her face to AI for cash. Her children vanish into a watching city.

3.50

13k+

🤖 Near-Future Dystopia 👁️ Surveillance Society 🤱 Maternal Anxiety 😰 Child In Peril 📱 Viral Shaming

Hum 86%

A mother sells her face to AI for cash. Her children vanish into a watching city.

by Helen Phillips 2024

3.50

13k+ ratings

🤖 Near-Future Dystopia 👁️ Surveillance Society 🤱 Maternal Anxiety 😰 Child In Peril 📱 Viral Shaming

The Latecomer

by Jean Hanff Korelitz • 2022

An art collector's guilt haunts his family until his youngest child uncovers what he buried.

4.01

38k+

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Estranged Siblings 🙊 Hidden Family Secrets 🎨 Art World 🩹 Inherited Trauma

The Latecomer 86%

An art collector's guilt haunts his family until his youngest child uncovers what he buried.

by Jean Hanff Korelitz 2022

4.01

38k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Estranged Siblings 🙊 Hidden Family Secrets 🎨 Art World 🩹 Inherited Trauma

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

by Thomas Ligotti • 2011

Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.

4.01

10k+

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🚫 Antinatalism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💀 Death Anxiety 👾 Weird Fiction Criticism

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Summary

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race 86%

Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.

by Thomas Ligotti 2011

4.01

10k+ ratings

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🚫 Antinatalism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💀 Death Anxiety 👾 Weird Fiction Criticism

Sundial

by Catriona Ward • 2022

Her child is dangerous. She returns to a desert compound where her family's violence began.

3.78

26k+

🏜️ Desert Gothic 🩸 Generational Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Dangerous Child

Sundial 86%

Her child is dangerous. She returns to a desert compound where her family's violence began.

by Catriona Ward 2022

3.78

26k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Gothic 🩸 Generational Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Dangerous Child

Long Way Down

by Krista Ritchie • 2015

A sixteen-year-old wild child and her brother's blunt, older best friend risk a forbidden fall.

4.41

39k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 📸 Media Scrutiny

Long Way Down 86%

A sixteen-year-old wild child and her brother's blunt, older best friend risk a forbidden fall.

by Krista Ritchie 2015

4.41

39k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 📸 Media Scrutiny

When the Wolf Comes Home

by Nat Cassidy • 2025

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

4.06

37k+

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

When the Wolf Comes Home 86%

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

by Nat Cassidy 2025

4.06

37k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

Beautiful Sacrifice

by Jamie McGuire • 2015

A waitress with a hidden past meets a hotshot firefighter from the town she's trying to reach.

4.07

35k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👶 Secret Child 🚒 Firefighter Romance 🫂 Found Family 😢 Infertility

Beautiful Sacrifice 86%

A waitress with a hidden past meets a hotshot firefighter from the town she's trying to reach.

by Jamie McGuire 2015

4.07

35k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👶 Secret Child 🚒 Firefighter Romance 🫂 Found Family 😢 Infertility

Single Mothers by Choice

by Jane Mattes • 1994

Becoming a mother alone: donors, adoption, and the practical groundwork that makes it last.

3.68

184

👩‍👧 Solo Motherhood 🧬 Donor Conception 📋 Adoption Guides 🤱 Postpartum Preparation 🤝 Support Networks

Single Mothers by Choice 86%

Becoming a mother alone: donors, adoption, and the practical groundwork that makes it last.

by Jane Mattes 1994

3.68

184 ratings

👩‍👧 Solo Motherhood 🧬 Donor Conception 📋 Adoption Guides 🤱 Postpartum Preparation 🤝 Support Networks

The Life We Almost Had

by Amelia Henley • 2020

A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.

3.81

1k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Infertility Struggle ✨ Alternate Realities 💋 Emotional Infidelity 😭 Tearjerker

The Life We Almost Had 86%

A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.

by Amelia Henley 2020

3.81

1k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Infertility Struggle ✨ Alternate Realities 💋 Emotional Infidelity 😭 Tearjerker

The Farm

by Joanne Ramos • 2019

At a luxury surrogacy retreat, a Filipina mother trades her body for her daughter's future.

3.49

41k+

🍼 Reproductive Dystopia 🌏 Immigrant Fiction 👥 Found Family 🤱 Maternal Sacrifice 💎 Wealth And Servitude

The Farm 86%

At a luxury surrogacy retreat, a Filipina mother trades her body for her daughter's future.

by Joanne Ramos 2019

3.49

41k+ ratings

🍼 Reproductive Dystopia 🌏 Immigrant Fiction 👥 Found Family 🤱 Maternal Sacrifice 💎 Wealth And Servitude

One in a Millennial

by Kate Kennedy • 2024

The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.

3.70

21k+

💿 Millennial Memoir 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 🧠 Mental Health Memoir ⛪ Purity Culture 🕯️ Fertility And Loss

One in a Millennial 86%

The MySpace top eight was a leaderboard, not a friend list, and she played to win.

by Kate Kennedy 2024

3.70

21k+ ratings

💿 Millennial Memoir 📺 Pop Culture Criticism 🧠 Mental Health Memoir ⛪ Purity Culture 🕯️ Fertility And Loss

Ripe

by Sarah Rose Etter • 2023

Her only constant is a black hole. At a Silicon Valley startup, it begins to feed.

3.58

34k+

🖥️ Tech Dystopia 🏢 Corporate Alienation 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Trauma 🩺 Bodily Autonomy 💼 Toxic Workplace

Ripe 86%

Her only constant is a black hole. At a Silicon Valley startup, it begins to feed.

by Sarah Rose Etter 2023

3.58

34k+ ratings

🖥️ Tech Dystopia 🏢 Corporate Alienation 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Trauma 🩺 Bodily Autonomy 💼 Toxic Workplace

Letter to a Child Never Born

by Oriana Fallaci • 1975

Alone and pregnant, a woman writes to the child inside her, weighing existence against nothingness.

4.03

25k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood 🗳️ Reproductive Autonomy 🪞 Female Interiority 😔 Existential Anguish

Letter to a Child Never Born 85%

Alone and pregnant, a woman writes to the child inside her, weighing existence against nothingness.

by Oriana Fallaci 1975

4.03

25k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood 🗳️ Reproductive Autonomy 🪞 Female Interiority 😔 Existential Anguish

The Van Gogh Blues

by Eric Maisel • 2002

Creative people crash for a different reason: they demand meaning from a universe that offers none.

3.99

455

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3.99

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Dearest 85%

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3.50

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A children's author searches for his vanished daughter while time and memory warp around him.

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The Child in Time 85%

A children's author searches for his vanished daughter while time and memory warp around him.

by Ian McEwan 1987

3.58

15k+ ratings

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