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Epic, Multi-Generational Family Sagas

The family saga is a genre of literature which chronicles the lives and doings of a family or a number of related or interconnected families over an extended period of time. Basically, this is a list of some of the most famous books that cover the lives of multiple generations, spanning lifetimes and just a crapload of characters.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
2
Louise Erdrich
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
3
Khaled Hosseini
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
4
Alex Haley
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
5
Isabel Allende
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
6
William Faulkner
The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
The Thorn Birds
7
Colleen McCullough
Evergreen (Belva Plain)
Evergreen
8
Belva Plain
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
9
John Steinbeck
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
10
Zadie Smith
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
11
Frank Herbert
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
12
John Galsworthy
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
13
Murasaki Shikibu
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
14
Art Spiegelman
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
15
The Good Earth
The Good Earth
16
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
17
Evelyn Waugh
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
18
William Faulkner
The Covenant
The Covenant
19
Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin)
Dream of the Red Chamber
20
Cao Xueqin
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
21
Jeffrey Eugenides
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
22
Louis Sachar
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
23
Amy Tan
Fall on Your Knees
Fall on Your Knees
24
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
25
Laurence Sterne
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
26
Arundhati Roy
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
27
Fannie Flagg
Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Garcia)
Dreaming in Cuban
28
Cristina Garcia
The Immigrants (Howard Fast)
The Immigrants
29
Howard Fast
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
30
Mario Puzo
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
31
Toni Morrison
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
32
Kiran Desai
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
33
Elizabeth Gaskell
Strangers and Brothers (C. P. Snow)
Strangers and Brothers
34
C. P. Snow
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
35
Betty Smith
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
36
Helen Oyeyemi
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
37
David Mitchell
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
38
Julie Otsuka
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