FOR ADULTS 8

Novels with Dysfunctional Families for Fans of Succession

The Heirs

by Susan Rieger

After the death of their wealthy, Manhattanite father, the five adult of Rupert Falkes are faced with revelation about the man they knew.

The Family Game

by Catherine Steadman

In this psychological thriller, a writer meets her fiancé’s intimidating, blood relatives, and a ‘dangerous their own devising begins.

Rich People Problems

by Kevin Kwan

The third installation in the Crazy Asians series finds the Shang-Young grappling with the news of matriarch illness (as well as each other).

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

Virgina Woolf’s classic novel is much like her own – wealthy, dealing with the impacts of the War. Summer scenes on the Isle remind you of the Roy family’s vacation locales.

wealthy, adult sons with a major they thought they a burgeoning intimidating, blue‘dangerous game’ of Crazy Rich Shang-Young family matriarch Su Yi’s

Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh

Written with witty and poetic prose, this classic from Evelyn Waugh follows Charles Ryder as he’s drawn into the mixed-up, affluent world of an aristocratic family by the magnetic Sebastian Flyte.

The Bookshop on the Shore

by Jenny Colgan

A more light-hearted take on things, Bookshop centres on single mother Zoe and her move to Scotland – Loch Ness to be exact – to escape the dysfunction of family life in London.

My Sister, the Serial Killer

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Those who appreciate a darkly comedic tone will enjoy this story set in Nigeria about an older sister who cleans up after her younger sister in an unexpected way.

The Sweet Remnants of Summer

is about a family British, and the First World Isle of Skye may family’s beautiful

by Alexander McCall Smith

The 14th novel in this prolific author’s Isabel Dalhousie series sees the philosopher of morality embedded in heated family arguments after she joins the Scottish National Portrait Gallery’s advisory committee.