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Forbidden by Tabitha SuzumaLIAM by R. Janet WalravenWe Were Liars by E. LockhartThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Books that punch life and happiness in the gut, and make the reader want to go to the nearest bridge over water and jump (but they don't, because that would be horrible)
234 books — 165 voters
Vicious by L.J. ShenLethal by K.H. KateThe Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana ZapataPaper Princess by Erin WattKulti by Mariana Zapata
Hero's We Love To Hate in Romance
57 books — 76 voters

Captive Prince by C.S. PacatCaptive Prince by C.S. PacatKings Rising by C.S. PacatCaptive by Jex LaneRescue Me by Scarlet Blackwell
M/M Books with Dysfunctional Relationships
62 books — 71 voters
So Below by Julie ManninoAs Above by Julie ManninoCaptive Prince by C.S. PacatCaptive Prince by C.S. PacatPrince of Pain I by Julie Mannino
M/M Romance - So you love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
69 books — 54 voters

The Matters of Friendship by Rona D. DrinkardHorn-Horn by A.D.T. McLellanFun Home by Alison BechdelEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLet's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Modern Family
38 books — 39 voters
Uprooted by Peter J. BoniWhen Love Is Not Enough by Nancy L. ThomasStand Alone by P.D. WorkmanDetachment by Maurice MierauSearched the World Over for Elie by Sherilyn Olsen
Attachment Disorder
14 books — 36 voters

Horn-Horn by A.D.T. McLellanFriction in Motion by Sy KadellaConflict of Intrigues by ML YostBeneath the Skin by Kyla StoneThe Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Fiction Books About SERIOUSLY DYSFUNCTIONAL Families
54 books — 35 voters
Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeAutistic blessings and Bipolar me. by E.J. PlowsSeparate Things by Ashley Marie BerryLove Has Its Ups and Downs by Bonnie RiceBoundaries by Henry Cloud
Best BIpolar in the Family Books
24 books — 31 voters

Coinman by Pawan MishraLug, Dawn of the Ice Age by David ZeltserKnock It Off! by Madeleine GasperiBorn This Way by Tammy Ferebee8 Notes to a Nobody by Cynthia T. Toney
Best Fiction About Bullying
55 books — 28 voters
Goodnight, and Thanks for the Vodka [2002] by Harpie2004 - Thanks for the Vodka by Harpie2003 - Thanks for the Vodka by Harpie2005 - Thanks for the Vodka by HarpieThe Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Your Family's Not That Fucked Up
39 books — 23 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainI'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip. by John DonovanA Door Near Here by Heather QuarlesRules of the Road by Joan BauerFrancesca, Baby by Joan L. Oppenheimer
Alcoholic Parent
196 books — 21 voters
Perfect Peace by Daniel BlackThe Darkest Child by Delores PhillipsBefore I Forget by Leonard Pitts Jr.Silver Sparrow by Tayari JonesThe Untelling by Tayari Jones
The Best African-American Dysfunctional Family Novels
24 books — 12 voters

Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickSweet Evil by Wendy HigginsCircle In the Sand by Andrew James PritchardLevel 2 by Lenore AppelhansChain Reaction by Simone Elkeles
YA Dysfunctional Relationships
7 books — 7 voters
Perish by LaToya WatkinsBlack Cake by Charmaine WilkersonThe Kindest Lie by Nancy JohnsonThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne JeffersWhen Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown
Generational and Family Novels by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2020s
7 books — 3 voters

The Taste of Salt by Martha SouthgateThe Turner House by Angela FlournoyThe Wide Circumference of Love by Marita GoldenThe Talented Ribkins by Ladee HubbardAn American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Generational and Family Novels by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2010s
12 books — 1 voter
The Known World by Edward P. JonesDominion by Calvin BakerThe Untelling by Tayari JonesTrading Dreams at Midnight by Diane McKinney-WhetstoneAll I Need to Get By by Sophfronia Scott
Generational and Family Novels by African-Americans Published in Decade: 2000s
10 books — 1 voter

Good Fences by Erika EllisRing around the Moon by Mary Burnett SmithClover by Dori SandersHer Own Place by Dori SandersTumbling by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Generational and Family Novels by African-Americans Published in Decade: 1990s
6 books — 1 voter

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