family + literary fiction

15 books tagged both “family” and “literary fiction”.

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The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver · 1998

A missionary drags his wife and four daughters to the Congo in 1959, and Africa remakes each of them.

2,227-word summary · 10 min read

Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng · 2017

In planned Shaker Heights, Elena Richardson rents to drifting artist Mia Warren, and a custody fight over baby May Ling splits friends and teens.

1,911-word summary · 8 min read