Intergenerational Family Sagas
Check out these sweeping stories of families across time and place. (Created July 2025)
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Walk the Vanished Earth
Swan's ambitious debut spans two centuries, following one family over generations as Earth undergoes massive, catastrophic climate change. (Booklist)
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A Thousand Times Before
Thanki debuts with a gorgeous fantastical tale of family history and political strife, spanning from the 1947 Partition of India to the present. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Covenant of Water
Three generations of a South Indian family are marked by passions and peccadillos, conditions and ambitions, interventions both medical and divine. (Kirkus)
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We Are A Haunting
A hyperkinetic...debut novel about three generations of a Black family in New York City, spanning the last four decades. (Kirkus)
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Black Cake
Siblings called together after their mother's death learn that almost everything they know about their Caribbean-born parents is a lie. (Kirkus)
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