Editors Reads

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Family

10 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.

10 posts

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Where to Start with Alice Sebold: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Alice Sebold — how to approach The Lovely Bones, her essential debut novel narrated from heaven. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Jeannette Walls: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Jeannette Walls — how to approach The Glass Castle, her essential memoir about an extraordinary nomadic childhood. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Lindsay C. Gibson: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Lindsay C. Gibson — how to approach Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, her essential framework for recognising and healing from emotionally unavailable parenting. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with M.L. Wang: A Reading Guide

Where to start with M.L. Wang — how to approach The Sword of Kaigen, her acclaimed self-published fantasy about a warrior's wife confronting lies about family, nation, and identity. A complete reading guide.

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Where to Start with Tara Westover: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Tara Westover — how to approach Educated, her essential memoir about self-transformation and the power of learning. A complete reading guide.

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Best Books About Family: Essential Reading List

The best books about family — from East of Eden and One Hundred Years of Solitude to The Corrections and Homegoing. Family novels that reveal how we are shaped by where we come from.

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Best Books About Fathers and Fatherhood

The best books about fathers and fatherhood — from The Road and To Kill a Mockingbird to East of Eden and Stoner. Essential fiction about what it means to be a father.

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Best Books About Marriage and Relationships: Essential Fiction and Non-Fiction

The best books about marriage and relationships — from Anna Karenina and The Corrections to Normal People and The Golden Notebook. Love, partnership, and their difficulties.

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Best Books About Motherhood: Fiction and Memoir

The best books about motherhood — from We Need to Talk About Kevin and Beloved to Little Fires Everywhere and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Fiction and memoir.

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Where to Start with David Sheff: A Reading Guide

Where to start with David Sheff — how to approach Beautiful Boy, his memoir about watching his son's methamphetamine addiction through years of relapse and recovery, told from the parent's perspective with a journalist's precision. A complete reading guide.

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