Books·Posted on May 8, 201519 Badass Literary Moms Who Need To Be CelebratedDon't mess with moms.by Arianna ReboliniBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Molly Weasley (Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling) 2. Catelyn Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire series, George R.R. Martin) Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. Charley Bordelon (Queen Sugar, Natalie Baszile) View this photo on Instagram 4. Marilla Cuthbert (Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery) 5. Hypatía Belicia Cabral (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz) View this photo on Instagram 6. Jennifer Honey (Matilda, Roald Dahl) Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. Frannie Lancaster (The Fault in Our Stars, John Green) 8. Hattie Shepherd (The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, Ayana Mathis) View this photo on Instagram 9. Dr. Kate Murry (A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle) View this photo on Instagram 10. Bernadette Fox (Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple) View this photo on Instagram 11. Natalie Prior (Divergent, Veronica Roth) 12. Marmee (Little Women, Louisa May Alcott) 13. Bobbi Lambrecht (Wild, Cheryl Strayed) 14. Katie Nolan (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith) 15. Aurora Greenway (Terms of Endearment, Larry McMurtry) 16. Boy Novak (Boy, Snow, Bird; Helen Oyeyemi) View this photo on Instagram 17. Ma (Room, Emma Donoghue) View this photo on Instagram 18. Suyuan Woo (The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan) 19. Irene Reilly (A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole) View this photo on Instagram You're the best, moms. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF