Dysfunctional Family Books

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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,386,024 ratings — published 2012
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Dark Places Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.94 — 824,761 ratings — published 2009
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The Glass Castle The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,337,542 ratings — published 2005
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This is Where I Leave You This is Where I Leave You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.88 — 147,942 ratings — published 2003
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,800,173 ratings — published 2018
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.87 — 594,997 ratings — published 2012
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Faithful Place Faithful Place (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.00 — 130,722 ratings — published 2010
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Everything I Never Told You Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.83 — 602,984 ratings — published 2014
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The Nest The Nest (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.41 — 180,920 ratings — published 2016
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The Corrections The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.84 — 195,622 ratings — published 2001
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Sharp Objects Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,193,791 ratings — published 2006
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The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.11 — 784,667 ratings — published 1998
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,389,403 ratings — published 2017
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The Silver Star The Silver Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.76 — 72,625 ratings — published 2013
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The Dutch House The Dutch House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.10 — 537,052 ratings — published 2019
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I’m Glad My Mom Died I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,385,850 ratings — published 2022
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 26 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,524,818 ratings — published 2018
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Eleanor & Park Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,246,491 ratings — published 2012
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The Great Alone The Great Alone (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,111,594 ratings — published 2018
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Little Fires Everywhere Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,292,422 ratings — published 2017
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.92 — 279,142 ratings — published 1962
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Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.85 — 234,117 ratings — published 1979
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.07 — 198,877 ratings — published 2006
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.70 — 610,222 ratings — published 2005
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Freedom Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.79 — 174,089 ratings — published 2010
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I Know This Much Is True I Know This Much Is True (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.21 — 322,517 ratings — published 1998
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Nothing to See Here Nothing to See Here (ebook)
by (shelved 17 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.96 — 217,898 ratings — published 2019
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The Prince of Tides The Prince of Tides (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.26 — 214,740 ratings — published 1986
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The Dinner The Dinner (ebook)
by (shelved 17 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.21 — 173,637 ratings — published 2009
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Stitches: A Memoir Stitches: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.06 — 27,801 ratings — published 2009
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Ask Again, Yes Ask Again, Yes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.93 — 202,923 ratings — published 2019
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.84 — 493,947 ratings — published 2016
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Commonwealth Commonwealth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.83 — 201,081 ratings — published 2016
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Big Little Lies Big Little Lies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,099,524 ratings — published 2014
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.71 — 126,137 ratings — published 2013
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We Were Liars We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,345,944 ratings — published 2014
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The Almost Moon The Almost Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 2.73 — 40,035 ratings — published 2007
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We Need to Talk About Kevin We Need to Talk About Kevin (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.08 — 208,671 ratings — published 2003
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Running with Scissors Running with Scissors (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.77 — 401,627 ratings — published 2002
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The God of the Woods The God of the Woods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.12 — 662,973 ratings — published 2024
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The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1) The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.96 — 542,638 ratings — published 2019
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Normal People Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,795,998 ratings — published 2018
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Sing, Unburied, Sing Sing, Unburied, Sing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.00 — 146,745 ratings — published 2017
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My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash, #1) My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.60 — 184,892 ratings — published 2016
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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.51 — 41,000 ratings — published 2012
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These Things Hidden These Things Hidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.88 — 40,693 ratings — published 2011
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The Family Fang The Family Fang (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.62 — 32,375 ratings — published 2011
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The Only One Left The Only One Left (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 4.13 — 549,572 ratings — published 2023
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Daisy Darker Daisy Darker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.76 — 257,155 ratings — published 2022
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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as dysfunctional-family)
avg rating 3.98 — 200,481 ratings — published 2016
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Jeannette Walls
“Our blood up, we searched the streets for hours, but we never did find the guy. I asked Mom and Dad if we should close the doors and windows when we went to sleep. They wouldn't consider it. We needed the fresh air, they said, and it was essential that we refuse to surrender to fear. So the windows stayed open. Maureen kept having nightmares of men in Halloween masks. And every now and then, when Brian and I were feeling revved up, he'd get a machete and I'd get a baseball bat and we'd go Pervert Hunting, clearing the streets of the creeps who preyed on kids.”
Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

Erin Merryn
“She was so upset about a blog that maybe a total of six people read yet had no compassion for her granddaughters who had suffered the physical and emotional pains of sexual abuse and whose lives were changed forever. The two cannot even be compared, yet when someone is in denial about what happened, they cannot perceive what is true. It seemed too hard for her to let her mind go there and believe her grandson could do such terrible things.”
Erin Merryn, Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness

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