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100 Must-Read Generational and Family Novels - Page 2

Relationships between our family members are often extremely complex. They can be difficult, rewarding, fraught, a source of comfort and joy and even all of these at the same time. It is always interesting to read about the dynamics of other families and relationships.
Here's Bookriot's list of 100 must-read novels of families.
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The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne
42
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
43
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
44
Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Kate Atkinson)
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Kate Atkinson
45
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
Jonathan Safran Foer
46
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
47
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
John Galsworthy
48
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
49
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell
50
Howard's End (E. M. Forster)
Howard's End
E. M. Forster
51
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
Richard Llewellyn
52
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
53
Sour Sweet
Sour Sweet
54
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
55
The Concubine's Children (Denise Chong)
The Concubine's Children
Denise Chong
56
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
57
The Keepers of the House (Shirley Ann Grau)
The Keepers of the House
Shirley Ann Grau
58
Master of the Game
Master of the Game
59
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt
60
Moonglow (Michael Chabon)
Moonglow
Michael Chabon
61
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Amos Oz)
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Amos Oz
62
The Blue Mountain (Meir Shalev)
The Blue Mountain
Meir Shalev
63
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys
Doris Kearns Goodwin
64
Caramelo (Sandra Cisneros)
Caramelo
Sandra Cisneros
65
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
Junichiro Tanizaki
66
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
67
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple
68
Bone China (Roma Tearne)
Bone China
Roma Tearne
69
The End of East (Jen Sookfong Lee)
The End of East
Jen Sookfong Lee
70
Soucouyant (David Chariandy)
Soucouyant
David Chariandy
71
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann
72
The Hakawati (Rabih Alameddine)
The Hakawati
Rabih Alameddine
73
The Turk and My Mother (Mary Helen Stefaniak)
The Turk and My Mother
Mary Helen Stefaniak
74
Been Here a Thousand Years (Mariolina Venezia)
Been Here a Thousand Years
Mariolina Venezia
75
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
76
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
Louise Erdrich
77
Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Garcia)
Dreaming in Cuban
Cristina Garcia
78
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai
79
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
80
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
Helen Oyeyemi
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