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Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Generational and Family Novels - Page 2

Whether famous or fictional, reading about quirky/weird/mysterious kith and kin gives readers the ultimate voyeuristic peek into the secret anatomy of a family. When an author has the opportunity in a novel or a book to paint a cast of characters over a long period of time, they're able to plant family mysteries; unveil flaws that are passed down from ancestors to descendants; and slowly unravel secrets held tight for generations. These things, either combined or on their own, create great plot twists and reveal to us truths about our own dysfunctional families that we are too ashamed to admit.
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The House of Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
44
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
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 Karmazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karmazov (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 (Naguib Mahfouz)
Palace Walk (Naguib Mahfouz)
53
Sour Sweet (Timothy Mo)
Sour Sweet (Timothy Mo)
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 (Sidney Sheldon)
Master of the Game (Sidney Sheldon)
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: An American Saga (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
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Caramelo (Sandra Cisneros)
Caramelo (Sandra Cisneros)
65
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
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)
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North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
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Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
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