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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
41
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
42
Barbara Kingsolver
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
43
William Faulkner
Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Kate Atkinson)
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
44
Kate Atkinson
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
45
Jonathan Safran Foer
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
46
Wallace Stegner
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
47
John Galsworthy
The Brothers Karmazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karmazov
48
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
49
Gerald Durrell
Howard's End (E.M. Forster)
Howard's End
50
E.M. Forster
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
51
Richard Llewellyn
Palace Walk (Naguib Mahfouz)
Palace Walk
52
Naguib Mahfouz
Sour Sweet (Timothy Mo)
Sour Sweet
53
Timothy Mo
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
54
Shirley Jackson
The Concubine's Children (Denise Chong)
The Concubine's Children
55
Denise Chong
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
56
Evelyn Waugh
The Keepers of the House (Shirley Ann Grau)
The Keepers of the House
57
Shirley Ann Grau
Master of the Game (Sidney Sheldon)
Master of the Game
58
Sidney Sheldon
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
59
Frank McCourt
Moonglow (Michael Chabon)
Moonglow
60
Michael Chabon
A Tale of Love and Darkness (Amos Oz)
A Tale of Love and Darkness
61
Amos Oz
The Blue Mountain (Meir Shalev)
The Blue Mountain
62
Meir Shalev
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
63
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Caramelo (Sandra Cisneros)
Caramelo
64
Sandra Cisneros
The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
The Makioka Sisters
65
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
66
Isabel Allende
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Maria Semple)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
67
Maria Semple
Bone China (Roma Tearne)
Bone China
68
Roma Tearne
The End of East (Jen Sookfong Lee)
The End of East
69
Jen Sookfong Lee
Soucouyant (David Chariandy)
Soucouyant
70
David Chariandy
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
71
David Grann
The Hakawati (Rabih Alameddine)
The Hakawati
72
Rabih Alameddine
The Turk and My Mother (Mary Helen Stefaniak)
The Turk and My Mother
73
Mary Helen Stefaniak
Been Here a Thousand Years (Mariolina Venezia)
Been Here a Thousand Years
74
Mariolina Venezia
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
75
Frank Herbert
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
76
Louise Erdrich
Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Garcia)
Dreaming in Cuban
77
Cristina Garcia
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
78
Kiran Desai
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
79
Elizabeth Gaskell
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
80
Helen Oyeyemi
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