Anonymous
Post 11/02/2022 15:23     Subject: Re:Multigenerational Family Sagas
East of Eden by Steinbeck
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2022 11:51     Subject: Re:Multigenerational Family Sagas
Annie Proulx, Barkskins
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2022 11:49     Subject: Re:Multigenerational Family Sagas
This was James Michener's bread and butter. Many of his books were hit or miss, but I *loved* Hawaii, and liked Texas.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2022 19:21     Subject: Multigenerational Family Sagas
Free Food For Millionaires

Downstairs Girl

Island Of Sea Women

A Long Petal Of The Sea

Homecoming by Yaa Gyasi

The Vanishing Half

Anonymous
Post 10/31/2022 19:12     Subject: Multigenerational Family Sagas
Anonymous wrote: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.


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.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2022 17:47     Subject: Re:Multigenerational Family Sagas
The Palliser series by Anthony Trollope
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2022 11:27     Subject: Re:Multigenerational Family Sagas
Homegoing, Red at the Bone

+1 to Packinko
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2022 10:30     Subject: Multigenerational Family Sagas
Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly (six generations)
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2022 00:59     Subject: Multigenerational Family Sagas
The Godfather
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2022 00:15     Subject: Multigenerational Family Sagas
OP here, Thornbirds is one of my favorites. So many great suggestions here. Keep ‘em coming!
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2022 20:21     Subject: Multigenerational Family Sagas
Roots by Alex Haley.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2022 15:20     Subject: Multigenerational Family Sagas
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
Post 10/27/2022 15:15     Subject: Multigenerational Family Sagas
Moonglow
Barkskins
The O'Briens
Crossroads
lots of Anne Tyler - A Spool of Blue Thread is a good one
Middlesex
The Immortalists

Anonymous
Post 10/27/2022 14:52     Subject: Multigenerational Family Sagas
The Murmur of Bees. It’s a great listen if you like audio books too.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2022 14:46     Subject: Multigenerational Family Sagas
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.