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Book Riot's 50 Must-Read Books About Complicated Marriages

"The list below features some of literature's most memorable and complex stories of matrimonial strife. Some couples face personal challenges—betrayal, incompatibility, falling out of love. Some are vexed by circumstances beyond their control. Some are just disasters from the start. But all these must-read books about complicated marriages focus on the myriad ways that couples can go off the rails."
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
1
Leo Tolstoy
What We Were Promised (Lucy Tan)
What We Were Promised
2
Lucy Tan
A Separation (Katie Kitamura)
A Separation
3
Katie Kitamura
The Children Act (Ian McEwan)
The Children Act
4
Ian McEwan
Marriage of a Thousand Lies (S. J. Sindu)
Marriage of a Thousand Lies
5
S. J. Sindu
An Excess Male (Maggie Shen King)
An Excess Male
6
Maggie Shen King
Fates and Furies (Florida) (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies (Florida)
7
Lauren Groff
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
8
Elizabeth Strout
The Pilot's Wife (Anita Shreve)
The Pilot's Wife
9
Anita Shreve
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
10
Tayari Jones
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
11
Audrey Niffenegger
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
12
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Shelter (Jung Yun)
Shelter
13
Jung Yun
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
14
Wallace Stegner
The Wife (Meg Wolitzer)
The Wife
15
Meg Wolitzer
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
16
Zora Neale Hurston
Loving Frank (Nancy Horan)
Loving Frank
17
Nancy Horan
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
18
Celeste Ng
Ahab's Wife (Sena Jeter Naslund)
Ahab's Wife
19
Sena Jeter Naslund
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
20
Gillian Flynn
The Man in the Wooden Hat (Jane Gardam)
The Man in the Wooden Hat
21
Jane Gardam
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
22
Han Kang
Stay With Me (Ayobámi Adébáyo)
Stay With Me
23
Ayobámi Adébáyo
Rebecca (Daphne Dumaurier)
Rebecca
24
Daphne Dumaurier
Us (David Nicholls)
Us
25
David Nicholls
The Husband's Secret (Liane Moriarty)
The Husband's Secret
26
Liane Moriarty
Family Trust (Kathy Wang)
Family Trust
27
Kathy Wang
Heartburn (Nora Ephron)
Heartburn
28
Nora Ephron
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
29
Kate Chopin
Story of a Marriage (Andrew Sean Greer)
Story of a Marriage
30
Andrew Sean Greer
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
31
Richard Yates
Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
Behold the Dreamers
32
Imbolo Mbue
The Mortifications (Derek Palacio)
The Mortifications
33
Derek Palacio
The Amateur Marriage (Anne Tyler)
The Amateur Marriage
34
Anne Tyler
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
35
Edward Albee
Alternate Side (Anna Quindlen)
Alternate Side
36
Anna Quindlen
An Untamed State (Roxane Gay)
An Untamed State
37
Roxane Gay
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
38
Edith Wharton
Landline (Rainbow Rowell)
Landline
39
Rainbow Rowell
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
40
Zadie Smith
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