The most popular French dysfunctional families books

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. Only books in French are listed.

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La Voleuse de livres
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La Voleuse de livres

Markus Zusak, Маркус Зусак

1998 · 2007 edition

527 pages

Scarlett
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Scarlett

Margaret Mitchell

1973 · 1993 edition

890 pages

Persuasion
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Persuasion

Jane Austen

1971 · 2014 edition

138 pages

Franny et Zooey
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Franny et Zooey

J. D. Salinger

1970 · 1991 edition

263 pages

Les Corrections
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Les Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

2001 · 2003 edition

694 pages

Freedom
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Freedom

Jonathan Franzen

2010 · 2023 edition

792 pages

L'ado Perdu
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L'ado Perdu

Dave Pelzer

1994 · 2004 edition

256 pages

Never Again
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Never Again

Sarah Dessen

2013 · 2018 edition

476 pages