Dysfunctional Families

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dysfunctional families
1
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd
29,393 members
611 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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2
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
23,118 members
846 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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3
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
23,571 members
351 reviews
4
4 Members
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4
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
9,315 members
392 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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5
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
14,123 members
286 reviews
4
4 Members
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6
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
6,642 members
143 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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7
The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
14,357 members
276 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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8
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
26,287 members
523 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
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9
Running with Scissors
by Augusten Burroughs
15,421 members
321 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
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10
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
47,928 members
1,395 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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11
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
33,296 members
576 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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12
The Family of Pascual Duarte
by Camilo José Cela
1,761 members
33 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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13
The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy
6,387 members
114 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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14
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
18,391 members
868 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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15
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
22,614 members
369 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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16
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
6,419 members
241 reviews
4
4 Members
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17
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
10,366 members
503 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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18
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
47,998 members
1,819 reviews
4
4 Members
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19
He Knew He Was Right
by Anthony Trollope
1,065 members
28 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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20
We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver
8,547 members
412 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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21
Naked
by David Sedaris
12,995 members
127 reviews
4
3 Members
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22
Educated: A Memoir
by Tara Westover
13,290 members
609 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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23
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
26,599 members
447 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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24
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
26,252 members
1,636 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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25
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwards
18,596 members
491 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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26
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
19,542 members
247 reviews
4
2 Members
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27
Independent People
by Halldór Laxness
3,415 members
120 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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28
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
9,211 members
125 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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29
Escape
by Carolyn Jessop
1,915 members
113 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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30
White Oleander
by Janet Fitch
12,350 members
177 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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31
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante
4,482 members
173 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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32
The Burning Bed
by Faith McNulty
183 members
½ 4.5
2 Members
dara85, ahef1963
34
Cathedral: Stories
by Raymond Carver
3,426 members
98 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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35
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
6,977 members
160 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
Dilara86, alex68
36
Summer of My German Soldier
by Bette Greene
3,333 members
49 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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37
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius / Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
by Dave Eggers
14,093 members
212 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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38
Fall on Your Knees
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
5,823 members
127 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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39
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
7,834 members
219 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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40
A Spot of Bother
by Mark Haddon
6,060 members
192 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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41
A Head Full of Ghosts
by Paul Tremblay
2,814 members
160 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
42
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith
10,127 members
235 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
43
The Vegetarian
by Kang Han
6,049 members
402 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, alex68
44
Sharp Objects
by Gillian Flynn
12,126 members
581 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, sturlington
45
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
44,109 members
699 reviews
4.1
Member
alex68
46
The Nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
3,733 members
160 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
47
Me and Emma
by Elizabeth Flock
1,309 members
48 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
48
The Misfortunates
by Dimitri Verhulst
1,006 members
40 reviews
3.8
Member
Dilara86
49
Dark Places
by Gillian Flynn
10,639 members
446 reviews
3.8
2 Members
dara85, sturlington
50
We the Animals
by Justin Torres
1,484 members
74 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
51
My Lobotomy
by Howard Dully
1,175 members
51 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
52
Fenrir een lang weekend in de Ardennen
by Hella S. Haasse
119 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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53
The World According to Garp
by John Irving
16,299 members
208 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
54
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
8,860 members
188 reviews
3.9
Member
alex68
55
Keeping the House
by Ellen Baker
392 members
34 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
56
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner
16,879 members
238 reviews
3.9
Member
alex68
57
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
4,365 members
226 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
58
All Families are Psychotic
by Douglas Coupland
2,752 members
36 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
59
Story of a Girl
by Sara Zarr
1,350 members
88 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
60
The End of Eddy
by Édouard Louis
1,074 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
61
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris
13,996 members
212 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
62
Sons and Lovers
by D. H. Lawrence
10,438 members
104 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
alex68
63
Heartburn
by Nora Ephron
2,221 members
89 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
64
The Complete Maus
by Art Spiegelman
10,771 members
286 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
65
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez
2,544 members
64 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
66
Shattered Silence: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer's Daughter
by Melissa G. Moore
188 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
67
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
7,445 members
259 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
68
The Cement Garden
by Ian McEwan
3,899 members
109 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
alex68
69
In My Father's House
by Min S. Yee
34 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
70
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
17,890 members
356 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
71
All Over but the Shoutin'
by Rick Bragg
2,511 members
63 reviews
4
Member
dara85
72
Modern Lovers
by Emma Straub
1,079 members
43 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
73
Old Filth
by Jane Gardam
2,576 members
150 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
74
This Is Where I Leave You: A Novel
by Jonathan Tropper
3,509 members
184 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
75
Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
8,747 members
448 reviews
4.1
Member
sturlington
77
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen
10,708 members
425 reviews
3.8
Member
alex68
78
The Silver Star
by Jeannette Walls
2,088 members
96 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
79
Eligible
by Curtis Sittenfeld
2,197 members
176 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
80
Crazy Rich Asians
by Kevin Kwan
7,316 members
264 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
81
Dark Horse
by Tami Hoag
1,808 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
82
At the Edge of the Orchard
by Tracy Chevalier
1,097 members
69 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
83
The Family Fang
by Kevin Wilson
1,804 members
84 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
84
Flowers in the Attic
by V. C. Andrews
7,277 members
213 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
85
The Spellman Files
by Lisa Lutz
3,029 members
209 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
86
Our Souls at Night
by Kent Haruf
2,688 members
240 reviews
4
Member
alex68
87
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah
7,924 members
337 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
88
The Middlesteins
by Jami Attenberg
992 members
63 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
89
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance
8,883 members
395 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
90
The Great Santini
by Pat Conroy
2,179 members
42 reviews
4
Member
sturlington
91
A Rule Against Murder
by Louise Penny
3,679 members
178 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
92
Like Father Like Son
by Robert Scott
37 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
dara85
93
A Complicated Kindness
by Miriam Toews
2,469 members
73 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
94
Our Endless Numbered Days
by Claire Fuller
893 members
57 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
95
The Secrets She Keeps
by Michael Robotham
742 members
58 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85
96
The Liar's Club: A Memoir
by Mary Karr
4,372 members
90 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
97
Push
by Sapphire
4,129 members
172 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
98
The Flying Troutmans
by Miriam Toews
967 members
79 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
99
The Emperor's Children
by Claire Messud
3,742 members
105 reviews
3.1
Member
sturlington
100
The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets
by Sarah Miller
145 members
7 reviews
4.1
Member
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