Genre Study – Relationship Fiction: Family Gatherings
October 3 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Our 2024-2025 genre study provides an overview of relationship fiction by looking at key authors, tropes, and themes. The study will also explore crossover appeal with various genres.
Relationship Fiction Genre Study: Family Gatherings
The meeting will be on Thursday, October 3 from 2-4pm in-person at the Lisle Library District. We will be discussing Relationship Fiction with the theme Family Relationships. Read two books with this theme. Below is a list of suggestions of titles and authors; feel free to choose your own as well.
Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu
The Tiger Mom’s Tale by Lyn Liao Butler
Big Chicas Don’t Cry by Annette Chavez Macias
EIght Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev
The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder
Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris
The Sweetest Remedy by Jane Igharo
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery
The Darlings by Hannah McKinnon
Pride and Joy by Louisa Onome
If We’re Being Honest by Cat Shook
The Whittiers by Danielle Steel
This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
Lovers and Liars by Amanda Eyre Ward
The Moonglow Sisters by Lori Wilde