Best Dysfunctional Family Novels

1.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating β€” 194,247 ratings
2.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating β€” 906,262 ratings
3.
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant 3.80 avg rating β€” 33,712 ratings
4.
Ordinary People
Ordinary People 3.93 avg rating β€” 22,723 ratings
5.
All Families are Psychotic
All Families are Psychotic 3.70 avg rating β€” 14,621 ratings
6.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating β€” 598,255 ratings
7.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,650,383 ratings
8.
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1)
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 28,024 ratings
9.
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides 4.26 avg rating β€” 213,982 ratings
10.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 3.86 avg rating β€” 565,736 ratings
11.
Remember My Beauties (Switchgrass Books)
Remember My Beauties (Switchgrass Books) 3.85 avg rating β€” 94 ratings
11.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country 4.04 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
13.
Freedom
Freedom 3.79 avg rating β€” 173,391 ratings
14.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating β€” 363,653 ratings
15.
The Little Friend
The Little Friend 3.48 avg rating β€” 79,043 ratings
16.
The Portable Veblen
The Portable Veblen 3.46 avg rating β€” 8,176 ratings
16.
Friction in Motion
Friction in Motion 4.81 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
16.
The Reckless Oath We Made
The Reckless Oath We Made 3.99 avg rating β€” 14,105 ratings
19.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating β€” 78,205 ratings
19.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating β€” 207,211 ratings
21.
Scent of Cloves
Scent of Cloves 3.90 avg rating β€” 358 ratings
22.
I'll Go to Bed at Noon (The Jones Trilogy, #2)
I'll Go to Bed at Noon (The Jones Trilogy, #2) 3.75 avg rating β€” 561 ratings
23.
She’s Come Undone
She’s Come Undone 3.91 avg rating β€” 357,244 ratings
24.
Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge 3.62 avg rating β€” 18,375 ratings
25.
We Were the Mulvaneys
We Were the Mulvaneys 3.75 avg rating β€” 104,198 ratings
25.
We Were Liars (We Were Liars, #1)
We Were Liars (We Were Liars, #1) 3.65 avg rating β€” 1,304,342 ratings
27.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating β€” 62,563 ratings
28.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating β€” 86,075 ratings
29.
Family Pictures
Family Pictures 3.80 avg rating β€” 5,412 ratings
30.
The Man Who Loved Children
The Man Who Loved Children 3.57 avg rating β€” 4,610 ratings
30.
The Struggle of Me
The Struggle of Me 4.72 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
30.
Blind Stitches
Blind Stitches 3.45 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
30.
Our Endless Numbered Days
Our Endless Numbered Days 3.67 avg rating β€” 17,294 ratings
35.
The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs
The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs 3.32 avg rating β€” 522 ratings
36.
Swimming Lessons
Swimming Lessons 3.58 avg rating β€” 25,078 ratings
36.
Raising the Dad
Raising the Dad 3.45 avg rating β€” 112 ratings
36.
Will's Surreal Period
Will's Surreal Period 3.33 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
39.
Swimming to Elba
Swimming to Elba 3.61 avg rating β€” 10,319 ratings
40.
A Spot of Bother
A Spot of Bother 3.50 avg rating β€” 37,433 ratings
41.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake 3.25 avg rating β€” 68,151 ratings
41.
Amy and Isabelle
Amy and Isabelle 3.93 avg rating β€” 31,936 ratings
43.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating β€” 395,320 ratings
44.
Fugitive Blue
Fugitive Blue 3.66 avg rating β€” 105 ratings
44.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating β€” 46,996 ratings
47.
Jassy
Jassy 4.01 avg rating β€” 354 ratings
48.
Rule of the Bone
Rule of the Bone 3.89 avg rating β€” 9,474 ratings
49.
The Pilot's Wife (Fortune's Rocks Quartet, #3)
The Pilot's Wife (Fortune's Rocks Quartet, #3) 3.57 avg rating β€” 101,433 ratings
50.
A Wedding in December
A Wedding in December 3.14 avg rating β€” 21,565 ratings
51.
Fay
Fay 3.99 avg rating β€” 3,106 ratings
52.
Ladder of Years
Ladder of Years 3.73 avg rating β€” 19,191 ratings
53.
Three Wishes
Three Wishes 3.78 avg rating β€” 154,487 ratings
54.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,959,182 ratings
55.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,263,826 ratings
56.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating β€” 361,068 ratings
57.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating β€” 950,502 ratings
58.
Living to Tell: A Novel
Living to Tell: A Novel 3.54 avg rating β€” 216 ratings
59.
Joe
Joe 4.17 avg rating β€” 3,629 ratings
60.
Tully
Tully 3.91 avg rating β€” 11,598 ratings
60.
Anywhere But Here (Mayan Stevenson, #1)
Anywhere But Here (Mayan Stevenson, #1) 3.56 avg rating β€” 3,244 ratings
62.
Ruin Creek
Ruin Creek 3.78 avg rating β€” 255 ratings
62.
Run
Run 3.83 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
62.
Death on the Installment Plan
Death on the Installment Plan 4.21 avg rating β€” 9,038 ratings
62.
Dream Brother
Dream Brother 3.83 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
62.
Spilled Milk
Spilled Milk 4.43 avg rating β€” 69,005 ratings
62.
Stand Alone
Stand Alone 4.28 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
62.
Lookaway, Lookaway
Lookaway, Lookaway 3.17 avg rating β€” 3,297 ratings
62.
The Misadventures of Sulliver Pong
The Misadventures of Sulliver Pong 4.24 avg rating β€” 67 ratings
62.
Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu
Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu 4.01 avg rating β€” 139 ratings
62.
The Descendants
The Descendants 3.84 avg rating β€” 23,047 ratings
62.
Bulbul or An Unsung Song
Bulbul or An Unsung Song 3.57 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
62.
The News from the End of the World
The News from the End of the World 3.44 avg rating β€” 576 ratings
62.
Beneath the Skin
Beneath the Skin 4.20 avg rating β€” 1,068 ratings
62.
Without Merit
Without Merit 3.66 avg rating β€” 312,648 ratings
62.
Birds of Passage
Birds of Passage 4.38 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
62.
Hard Laughter
Hard Laughter 3.68 avg rating β€” 2,466 ratings
62.
A Blank Canvas
A Blank Canvas 3.52 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
62.
Girl in Translation
Girl in Translation
by: Jean Kwok
3.99 avg rating β€” 58,177 ratings
62.
My Sister, My Love
My Sister, My Love 3.55 avg rating β€” 4,255 ratings
62.
Loose Gravel
Loose Gravel 4.15 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
62.
The Precious Jules
The Precious Jules 4.43 avg rating β€” 620 ratings
62.
Heat Wave
Heat Wave 3.87 avg rating β€” 2,161 ratings
85.
First Light
First Light 3.69 avg rating β€” 646 ratings
85.
Lullabies for Little Criminals
Lullabies for Little Criminals 4.04 avg rating β€” 29,069 ratings
85.
Family Interrupted
Family Interrupted 3.92 avg rating β€” 621 ratings
85.
This is Where I Leave You
This is Where I Leave You 3.88 avg rating β€” 147,533 ratings
85.
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen 3.78 avg rating β€” 14,254 ratings
85.
Before You Break
Before You Break 4.02 avg rating β€” 235 ratings
85.
Searching for Sylvie Lee
Searching for Sylvie Lee
by: Jean Kwok
3.64 avg rating β€” 39,826 ratings
85.
Twisted Family Values
Twisted Family Values 3.57 avg rating β€” 261 ratings
85.
What It Seems
What It Seems 3.97 avg rating β€” 5,904 ratings
85.
Family Album
Family Album 3.45 avg rating β€” 3,815 ratings
85.
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 3.45 avg rating β€” 36,194 ratings
97.
My Father's Geisha
My Father's Geisha 3.07 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
97.
Every Family Has One (All Things D #2)
Every Family Has One (All Things D #2) 3.95 avg rating β€” 245 ratings
97.
Butterfly
Butterfly 3.21 avg rating β€” 1,194 ratings
97.
Last Ragged Breath (Bell Elkins, #4)
Last Ragged Breath (Bell Elkins, #4) 3.91 avg rating β€” 1,723 ratings