Books About Complex Family Relationships (19 books)

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Example topics: Dysfunctional families, estrangement, dealing with loss of a family member, sibling bond (or lack thereof)

Endings do not matter: You can put books that resolve these issues or leave them unresolved.

Books must focus on family.

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1	Deep Listening: Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends, and Foes by Emily Kasriel (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 313 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 1,410,823 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Educated by Tara Westover (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 1,974,187 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 32,030 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Chosen: How Opening My Home Healed My Heart by Sandra Ellen Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Whiteout by Carola Lovering (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 181 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood by Mark Anthony Neal 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange 4.29 avg rating — 34,956 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 4.22 avg rating — 647,259 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 152,675 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Push by Ashley Audrain (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 470,713 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 363,051 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 1,353,783 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 627,280 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller 3.77 avg rating — 422,710 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 571,679 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Home of the American Circus by Allison Larkin (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 17,244 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 615,060 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott 4.18 avg rating — 2,542,552 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars