The most popular family books of 2023

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 2023.

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Happy Place
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Happy Place

Emily Henry

Published 2023

400 pages

The Coworker
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The Coworker

Freida McFadden

Published 2023

362 pages

Tom Lake
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Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

Published 2023

320 pages

Wildfire
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Wildfire

Hannah Grace

Published 2023

387 pages

Meet Me at the Lake
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Meet Me at the Lake

Carley Fortune, كارلي فورتشن, نهى الشاذلي

Published 2023

313 pages

Big Swiss
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Big Swiss

Jen Beagin

Published 2023

352 pages

Same Time Next Summer
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Same Time Next Summer

Annabel Monaghan, Аннабель Монаган

Published 2023

336 pages