The most popular dysfunctional families books of 2025

These books are about families that do not work. Cruel or absent parents, favoritism, addiction and long silences leave their mark on the children, who spend years trying to understand or escape. Some of these stories are painfully funny and some are simply painful. All of them ring true. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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Not My Child
Cover of Not My Child

Not My Child

Kitty Neale

Published 2025

320 pages

Black Sheep
Cover of Black Sheep

Black Sheep

Donna Scuvotti

Published 2025

388 pages