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Book List: Family Dysfunction
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The characters in these books let us in on the inner workings of their dysfunctional families. Some are true stories, others are fictional, and can be humorous, redemptive, disturbing, fascinating, or tragic.


 

Nonfiction

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Cherry by Mary Karr

Chinese Cinderella: the Story of an Unwanted Daughterby Adeline Yen Mah

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Me Talk Pretty One Day by Dave Sedaris

Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Kids are All Right by Diana and Liz Welch


Fiction

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

Split by Swati Avasthi

Scrambled Eggs at Midnight by Brad Barkley and Heather Hepler

Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer

Notes on a Near-Life Experience by Olivia Birdsall

Hate List by Jennifer Brown

Almost Home by Jessica  Blank

The Compound by S. A. Bodeen

The Nature of Jade by Deb Caletti

St. Michael's Scales by Neil Connelly

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

Drawing a Blank, or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of my Dreams by Dan Ehrenhaft

Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin

Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen

Endgame by Nancy Garden

Dark Song by Gail Giles

St. Iggy by K. L. Going

Skate or The Chamber of Five by Michael Harmon

How to Steal a Car by Pete Hautman

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Please Ignore Vera Dietz or Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Angry Young Man by Chris Lynch

I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan

Angels on the Roof by Martha Moore

Break by Hannah Moskowitz

Dairy Queen and sequels by Catherine Murdock

The Possibility of Fireflies by Dominique Paul

A Room on Lorelei Street by Mary E. Pearson

Hick by Andrea Portes

A Door Near Here by Heather Quarles

Joker by Ranulfo

Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

Unwind or Bruiser by Neal Shusterman

I'll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones

Boot Camp by Todd Strasser

Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas

Cruise Control by Terry Trueman

Skin by Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Claws by Will Weaver

The Rules of Survival or The Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin

Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess

Castration Celebration by Jake Wizner

Sweethearts by Sarah Zarr

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