Multigenerational Family Sagas
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Anonymous
| I'm halfway through The Love Songs of W.E.B.Dubois and it is excellent. I was intimidated by the length and assumed it would be too literary for me, but I have been surprised by how accessible it is. The subject matter is heavy but it isn't a difficult read, if that makes sense. I highly recommend it. |
Anonymous
| The Murmur of Bees. It’s a great listen if you like audio books too. |
Anonymous
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Moonglow
Barkskins The O'Briens Crossroads lots of Anne Tyler - A Spool of Blue Thread is a good one Middlesex The Immortalists |
Anonymous
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Another vote for Edward Rutherford. Some of Michener's books are good too, like The Source.
If you like historical fiction, OP, Sharon Kay Penman's books on British kings are excellent. She has a Plantagenet and a Welsh Princes series, both several books each, that follow those families and they're definitely dramatic without a need for fiction! Very gripping. |
Anonymous
| Roots by Alex Haley. |
Anonymous
| OP here, Thornbirds is one of my favorites. So many great suggestions here. Keep ‘em coming! |
Anonymous
| The Godfather |
Anonymous
| Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly (six generations) |
Anonymous
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Homegoing, Red at the Bone
+1 to Packinko |
Anonymous
| The Palliser series by Anthony Trollope |
Anonymous
I wonder sometimes how those Michener books hold up-- the Source and Centennial were my favorites (or Hawaii once you got past the islands actually forming)-- or the Tai-Pan and Shogun books. |
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Free Food For Millionaires
Downstairs Girl Island Of Sea Women A Long Petal Of The Sea Homecoming by Yaa Gyasi The Vanishing Half |
Anonymous
| This was James Michener's bread and butter. Many of his books were hit or miss, but I *loved* Hawaii, and liked Texas. |
Anonymous
| Annie Proulx, Barkskins |
Anonymous
| East of Eden by Steinbeck |