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• Little Women

  Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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  You want to read the inspiration: Hello Beautiful is a modern novel drawing on the classic Little Women. Read the book that inspired Ann Napolitano's Padavano family.

• Commonwealth

  a Novel

  Patchett, Ann

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  You like character-driven family sagas: Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how a chance encounter - a kiss at a christening - reverberates through the lives of two families.

• The Berry Pickers

  a Novel

  Peters, Amanda,

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  You like character-driven family sagas: Follows a Mi'kmaq family through decades after their four-year-old daughter goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine. A riveting novel about the search for truth, the shadow of trauma, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Immortalists

  Benjamin, Chloe

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  You like character-driven family sagas: In 1969, the four Gold children sneak out to hear their fortunes from a traveling psychic. The prophecies inform their next five decades, exploring the line between destiny and choice and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything I Never Told You

  Ng, Celeste

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  You want more of families in the '70s: In 1970s small-town Ohio, Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee. But when Lydia's body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the family together…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ask Again, Yes

  a Novel

  Keane, Mary Beth

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  You want more of families in the '70s: Two rookie cops in the NYPD live next door to each other outside the city. What happens behind closed doors in both houses sets the stage for explosive events that will affect both families for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saints for All Occasions

  a Novel

  Sullivan, J. Courtney

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  You like stories about sisters: Nora and Theresa Flynn leave their small village in Ireland as young women and journey to America. There, Theresa ends up pregnant and the two sisters make a choice with lasting repercussions. 50 years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Vanishing Half

  Bennett, Brit

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  You like stories about sisters: The Vignes twins are identical but make radically different choices when they leave their small, southern black community at 16. Weaving together multiple generations of family, Brit Bennett's novel explores…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Most Fun We Ever Had

  a Novel

  Lombardo, Claire, 1988-

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  You like stories about sisters: The four radically different daughters of a "perfect" couple share the lingering fear that they will never find a love quite like their parents'. When a son given up by one of the daughters in a closed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Last Summer on State Street

  a Novel

  Wolfe, Toya,

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  You want more of Chicago: In the summer of 1999, Felicia Stevens, living with her mother and older brother, discovers her housing project is set to be torn down by the Chicago Housing Authority. Decades later, Felicia remembers that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Believers

  Makkai, Rebecca

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  You want more of Chicago: A dual narrative set in 1980s Chicago and modern-day Paris as a director of an art gallery and a mother searching for her daughter grapple with the lasting impacts of the AIDs crisis.

• The Spring Girls

  a Modern-day Retelling of Little Women

  Todd, Anna

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  You're looking for another modern Little Women: The Spring girls are a force of nature on the New Orleans military base where they live. Struggling to build lives they can be proud of, one year will determine all that their futures can…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Meg & Jo

  Kantra, Virginia

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  You're looking for another modern Little Women: The first in a duology, this novel follows Jo as her journalistic ambitions in New York City fall apart, while Meg appears to have the life she always wanted: a husband, adorable children,…Read moreRead more of this annotation