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Quiz: What Literary Family Would You Be a Part of?

Would you be a Buendía or a Bridgerton? Take this quiz to find out what literary family is the perfect fit for you.

QUIZ: Choose Your Favorite Fictional Families and Get a Book Recommendation About Family

Pick your favorite fictional families from movies, TV, and literature to get a book recommendation about family.

7 Books for Fans of THIS IS US

If you've been marathoning the talked-about epic family saga, then you might want to check out these books like This Is Us, including The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri.

15 Books About Family Secrets

If you're looking for eye-opening revelations, emotional catharsis, and sprawling histories, these are the best books about family secrets.

5 Books About Complicated Families by BIPOC Authors

Here are five books written by BIPOC authors that each detail the intricacies of different complicated families, including His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie.

7 Fictional Families of Romance You’ll Want To Be a Part Of

Swoon for the romance, stay for the family. These endearing fictional families in romance novels will make you wish you could live with them on the page.

What Dani Shapiro’s INHERITANCE Taught Me About How I View Family

One reader on struggling to connect with the themes of biological identity and family in INHERITANCE.

The Family is Present in This One: 5 Books That Tackle Familial Relationships

Although many great stories begin with characters who have no family or are far away from them, there are stories where family takes center stage.

YA Books About Family and Self Discovery

These YA books about family may be very different from each other, but they all deal with the trials and worries that come with complicated families.

24 Poems About Family And Its Utterly Unique Bonds

Family sees the best and worst in us. What better art form can we find that examines the complicated nature of family than poems about family?