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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
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
Louise Erdrich
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Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
4
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
Alex Haley
5
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
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The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
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Evergreen (Belva Plain)
Evergreen
Belva Plain
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
10
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
11
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
Frank Herbert
12
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
John Galsworthy
13
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
14
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
Art Spiegelman
15
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
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The Good Earth
The Good Earth
17
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
18
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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The Covenant
The Covenant
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Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber
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Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
22
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
Louis Sachar
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The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
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Fall on Your Knees
Fall on Your Knees
25
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne
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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fannie Flagg
28
Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Garcia)
Dreaming in Cuban
Cristina Garcia
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The Immigrants (Howard Fast)
The Immigrants
Howard Fast
30
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
Mario Puzo
31
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
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The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
33
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
34
Strangers and Brothers (C. P. Snow)
Strangers and Brothers
C. P. Snow
35
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith
36
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
Helen Oyeyemi
37
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
David Mitchell
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The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka
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