Family

For better or worse, for laughs or drama, families are at the heart of these novels.

Haunting Bombay, Shilpa Agarwal

The Peach Keeper, Sarah Addison Allen

Only Time Will Tell, Jeffrey Archer

Pieces of My Sister's Life, Elizabeth Joy Arnold

Girl in a Blue Dress, Gaynor Arnold

One Summer, David Baldacci

The Steep Approach to Garbadale, Iain Banks

Minding Frankie, Maeve Binchy

Breaking the Rules, Barbara Taylor Bradford

Cataloochee, Wayne Caldwell

July and August, Nancy Clark

The Rain Before It Falls, Jonathan Coe

A Whisper of Life, Gloria Cook

While My Sister Sleeps, Barbara Delinsky

Secrets of a Family Album, Isla Dewar

The Wild Rose, Jennifer Donnelly

Undiscovered Country, Lin Enger

Shadow Tag, Louise Erdrich

Souvenir, Therese Fowler

Lowcountry Summer, Dorothea Benton Frank

Freedom, Jonathan Franzen

Secret Keepers, Mindy Friddle

These Hidden Things, Heather Gudenkauf

A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick

Faith, Jennifer Haigh

Hell's Bay, James W. Hall

True Colors, Kristin Hannah

The Dancing Years, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, Beth Hoffman

Too Many Yesterdays, Sara Hylton

The Outcast, Sadie Jones

The Walking People, Mary Beth Keane

Galway Bay, Mary Pat Kelly

A Dog Named Christmas, Gregory D. Kincaid

The Hour I First Believed, Wally Lamb

The Year That Follows, Scott Lasser

Disquiet, Julia Leigh

The Family Man, Elinor Lipman

Family Album, Penelope Lively

Family Sold Separately, Kate Long

Family Planning, Karan Mahajan

The Good Daughters, Joyce Maynard

On the Divinity of Second Chances, Kaya McLaren

An Unexpected Family, Joan Medlicott

The House of Widows: An Oral History, Askold Melnyczuk

When We Were Bad, Charlotte Mendelson

The Distant Hours, Kate Morton

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Walter Mosley

The Fairfax Legacy, Pamela Oldfield

Run, Ann Patchett

Heartwood, Belva Plain

Every Last One, Anna Quindlen

The Silver Boat, Luanne Rice

Home, Marilynne Robinson

Fatal Deduction, Gayle Roper

Rescue, Anita Shreve

So Much for That, Lionel Shriver

Burnt Mountain, Anne Rivers Siddons

Heat Wave, Nancy Thayer

Very Valentine, Adriana Trigiani

Daughters-In-Law, Joanna Trollope

The Toss of a Lemon, Padma Viswanathan

The Favorites, Mary Yukari Waters

The Memory of Water, Karen White

The Wednesday Letters, Jason F. Wright

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