The most popular family books of 2022

Books about family explore the people we never chose and can never quite leave. Parents and children, brothers and sisters, old wounds and deep loyalty are at the heart of these stories. Whether warm or painful, they show how a family shapes everyone in it, across years and generations. This list shows the ones first published in 2022.

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Mad Honey
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Mad Honey

Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

Published 2022

464 pages

The Bodyguard
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The Bodyguard

Katherine Center

Published 2022

302 pages

The Measure
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The Measure

Nikki Erlick

Published 2022

353 pages

The It Girl
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The It Girl

Ruth Ware

Published 2022

432 pages

When in Rome
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When in Rome

Sarah Adams

2022 · 2026 edition

352 pages

Our Missing Hearts
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Our Missing Hearts

Celeste Ng, Селеста Инг

Published 2022

335 pages

Trust
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Trust

Hernán Díaz, 埃尔南·迪亚斯

2022 · 2023 edition

402 pages

Gallant
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Gallant

V. E. Schwab, В. Е. Шваб

Published 2022

320 pages

The No-Show
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The No-Show

Beth O'Leary

Published 2022

400 pages

Violeta
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Violeta

Isabel Allende, Svenja Becker

2022 · 2023 edition

368 pages

Dreamland
Cover of Dreamland

Dreamland

Nicholas Sparks

Published 2022

367 pages