Intergenerational Family Sagas
Check out these sweeping stories of families across time and place. (Created July 2025)
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No One Prayed Over Their Graves
An elegantly written multigenerational novel set in 19th- and early-20th-century Syria...A small epic that blends magic realism with grim realities, always memorably. (Kirkus)
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The Sisters
Khemiri follows three sisters and their childhood friend, a fellow Swedish Tunisian named Jonas, over decades in this wondrous novel. (Publishers Weekly)
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Real Americans
A sweeping exploration of choice, chance, class, race, and genetic engineering in three generations of a Chinese American family. (Kirkus)
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This Strange Eventful History
Messud draws from her own family history for this exquisite multigenerational saga of the Cassars, a pied-noir clan exiled from Algeria by the country’s 1954–62 war of independence. (Publishers Weekly)
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Wandering Stars
A lyrical, multigenerational exploration of Native American oppression...A searing study of the consequences of a genocide. (Kirkus)
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A History of Burning
Oza’s impressive debut spans four continents and five generations of an Indian family as they’re forced to migrate again and again for political and economic reasons. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Sicilian Inheritance
In this multigenerational novel inspired by Piazza’s own family, two women tell a story that begins in Sicily a hundred years ago and leads to a return in the present day. (Kirkus)
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A Grandmother Begins the Story
Many points of view come together in this haunting, gorgeous tale that traces the roots of an indigenous Canadian family through several generations. (Booklist)
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Wild and Distant Seas
Roberts' sweeping debut novel, a reimagining of Moby-Dick, tells the story of four generations of women. (Booklist)
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When I Sing, Mountains Dance
Set in the Pyrenees, award-winning Catalan author Solà's second novel draws on history, myth, geology, and folklore while telling the story of a family struck by tragedy but persevering. (Kirkus)
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