Abusive fathers in fiction

1.
Dear Mr. Ted
Dear Mr. Ted 3.66 avg rating — 954 ratings
2.
Dear Teddy
Dear Teddy 3.73 avg rating — 1,306 ratings
3.
Telling Teddy
Telling Teddy 3.79 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
4.
Goodbye Teddy
Goodbye Teddy 3.72 avg rating — 959 ratings
5.
Stupid Boy
Stupid Boy 3.71 avg rating — 980 ratings
6.
October Snow
October Snow 3.90 avg rating — 412 ratings
7.
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides 4.26 avg rating — 213,982 ratings
8.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,218 ratings
9.
The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #1)
The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 117,139 ratings
10.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,118 ratings
11.
You Don't Know Me
You Don't Know Me 3.90 avg rating — 9,239 ratings
11.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
13.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,517 ratings
13.
What She Left Behind
What She Left Behind 3.84 avg rating — 2,477 ratings
13.
Don't Forget Steven
Don't Forget Steven 3.81 avg rating — 86 ratings
13.
Stony Kill
Stony Kill 3.86 avg rating — 58 ratings
17.
Down by the River
Down by the River 3.84 avg rating — 728 ratings
17.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,196 ratings
19.
A Map of Home
A Map of Home 3.78 avg rating — 1,835 ratings
19.
An Early Frost
An Early Frost 4.34 avg rating — 58 ratings
21.
What Night Brings
What Night Brings 4.18 avg rating — 773 ratings
21.
Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne 3.94 avg rating — 166,126 ratings
23.
Crank (Crank, #1)
Crank (Crank, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 153,364 ratings
24.
The Redemption of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #2)
The Redemption of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 59,703 ratings
24.
A Step from Heaven
A Step from Heaven
by: An Na
3.81 avg rating — 8,461 ratings
26.
Coronado: Stories
Coronado: Stories 3.40 avg rating — 4,176 ratings
27.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,423 ratings
28.
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
Caraval (Caraval, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 794,149 ratings
29.
Ondskan
Ondskan 3.80 avg rating — 11,734 ratings
29.
Turtle: The American Contrition of Franz Ferdinand
Turtle: The American Contrition of Franz Ferdinand 3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings
29.
Hidden Wives
Hidden Wives 3.72 avg rating — 2,271 ratings
29.
Made of Stars
Made of Stars 3.85 avg rating — 1,305 ratings
29.
I'll Be There
I'll Be There 3.99 avg rating — 9,041 ratings
29.
Unbearable Girl
Unbearable Girl 3.72 avg rating — 160 ratings
29.
Seasons of Darkness
Seasons of Darkness 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings
29.
The Winter Calf (Maple Gap #1)
The Winter Calf (Maple Gap #1) 4.18 avg rating — 68 ratings
29.
Spilled Milk
Spilled Milk 4.43 avg rating — 69,005 ratings
29.
Betrayal: Brianna's Secret (Betrayal, #2)
Betrayal: Brianna's Secret (Betrayal, #2) 3.32 avg rating — 60 ratings
29.
The Earthquake Machine
The Earthquake Machine 3.74 avg rating — 124 ratings
29.
Broken Sleep (The Widening Gyre #1)
Broken Sleep (The Widening Gyre #1) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
29.
Leaving Montana
Leaving Montana 4.22 avg rating — 204 ratings
29.
Wild Geese
Wild Geese 3.58 avg rating — 834 ratings
29.
Mommy's Heart
Mommy's Heart 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
29.
Catharsis
Catharsis 2.89 avg rating — 44 ratings
29.
Broken & Damaged Love
Broken & Damaged Love 3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings
29.
As One Door Closes
As One Door Closes 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings
29.
Beneath the Skin
Beneath the Skin 4.20 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
29.
Kept: It was the only existence she knew how to live.
Kept: It was the only existence she knew how to live.
by: L.B. Plum
4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
29.
Jasper Jones
Jasper Jones 4.09 avg rating — 42,327 ratings
29.
No Fourth River. A Novel Based on a True Story. A profoundly moving read about a woman's fight for survival.
No Fourth River. A Novel Based on a True Story. A profoundly moving read about a woman's fight for survival. 4.01 avg rating — 573 ratings
29.
Finding Frances
Finding Frances 4.27 avg rating — 55 ratings
29.
The Wake Up
The Wake Up 4.28 avg rating — 12,269 ratings
29.
Moon-Uncle, Moon-Uncle: Rhymes from India
Moon-Uncle, Moon-Uncle: Rhymes from India did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating
54.
La Chiripa (The Widening Gyre #2)
La Chiripa (The Widening Gyre #2) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
54.
Ruby (Between the Cracks, #1)
Ruby (Between the Cracks, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 123 ratings
54.
In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings
54.
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 455,048 ratings
54.
The Widow of Ballarat
The Widow of Ballarat 3.86 avg rating — 759 ratings
54.
Creepy Mouse Coming to Get You
Creepy Mouse Coming to Get You it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
60.
Mouthing the Words
Mouthing the Words 3.69 avg rating — 886 ratings
60.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 968,932 ratings
60.
June & Justin (Between the Cracks, #2)
June & Justin (Between the Cracks, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings
60.
The Kiss
The Kiss 3.57 avg rating — 6,496 ratings
60.
Me & Emma
Me & Emma 3.91 avg rating — 22,122 ratings
65.
Dark Places
Dark Places 3.94 avg rating — 816,061 ratings
65.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,104 ratings
67.
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes 3.94 avg rating — 14,311 ratings
67.
Little Bird of Heaven
Little Bird of Heaven 3.33 avg rating — 3,137 ratings
67.
Deerskin
Deerskin 3.94 avg rating — 24,047 ratings
70.
Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)
Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 12,949 ratings
70.
Island of Lost Girls
Island of Lost Girls 3.52 avg rating — 12,912 ratings
70.
The Price Of Desire
The Price Of Desire 3.87 avg rating — 1,138 ratings
70.
Cul-de-sac
Cul-de-sac 3.92 avg rating — 10,536 ratings
74.
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 50,907 ratings
74.
Ruby
Ruby
by: Rosa Guy
3.89 avg rating — 201 ratings
76.
Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8)
Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8) 3.96 avg rating — 15,141 ratings
76.
Nora and Liz
Nora and Liz 3.45 avg rating — 154 ratings
78.
Beauty of the Broken
Beauty of the Broken 3.92 avg rating — 673 ratings
79.
A Good Hiding
A Good Hiding 3.78 avg rating — 111 ratings