No Easy Answers: Top Ten Family Novels to Live In for a While

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If you like to read about households with issues and complicated family dynamics – families not so much in crisis but in a seemingly permanent state of hot mess – try living in one of these top ten family novels for a while. Maybe your own family will look better by comparison!

Listed in alphabetical order, these novels about families are just ones I’ve read within the few years, although some would make my overall Top Ten, too!

All the Children Are Home by Patry Francis

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Christmas in Austin by Benjamin Markovits

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Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard

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Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

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Mum & Dad by Joanna Trollope

The Return by Roland Merullo

Should We Stay or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver

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The Smash-Up by Ali Benjamin

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White Teeth by Zadie Smith

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I’m sharing this with Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, so you’ll find many other Top Ten book lists there!

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Lydia
3 years ago

What an interesting pick for a topic! I didn’t know there were so many contemporary books on this subject. 🙂

My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-gifs/

Greg
3 years ago

What is it about hot mess families that are so fun to read? lol

Big Little Lies and some of Liane Moriarty’s other books sometimes fill that need for me ha

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

I love to read stories about families. For something we consider so normal, families often (always?) behave in odd ways.

Susan
3 years ago

Dysfunctional families are always interesting to read about! I think because we all relate, at least to a certain degree.

I read ALL THE CHILDREN ARE HOME recently and enjoyed it.

Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!

Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

Regine
Regine
3 years ago

Thank you for sharing
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Diane
Diane
3 years ago

I started Count the Ways and am loving it so reading it very slowly. I also want to read the new Lionel Shriver book.

Care
3 years ago

I’m reading Hamnet now – or trying to. I’m in a bit of a too-distracted-to-sit mode.

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