The most popular family secrets books of 2021

Every family has something it does not talk about. In these books a letter, a photograph or a deathbed confession brings the past into the open, and nothing looks the same afterward. Expect stories that move between generations and reveal, piece by piece, what really happened. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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The Final Gambit
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The Final Gambit

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

2021 · 2026 edition

384 pages

Oh William!
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Oh William!

Elizabeth Strout

2021 · 2022 edition

256 pages

China Room
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China Room

Sunjeev Sahota

Published 2021

256 pages

The Fiancée
Cover of The Fiancée

The Fiancée

Kate White

Published 2021

357 pages

Revelator
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Revelator

Daryl Gregory

Published 2021

337 pages

Caul Baby
Cover of Caul Baby

Caul Baby

Morgan Jerkins

2021 · 2022 edition

352 pages

Revival Season
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Revival Season

Monica West

2021 · 2022 edition

304 pages

Belle Greene
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Belle Greene

Alexandra Lapierre

2021 · 2023 edition

496 pages

Raceless
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Raceless

Georgina Lawton

Published 2021

304 pages