10 Books to Read If You Love This Is Us

By Isabella Biedenharn
November 01, 2017 at 10:30 AM EDT
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10 Books to Read If You Love This Is Us

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If you can't get enough of the Pearson family's mix of heartwrenching drama and unconditional love every Tuesday, we have the perfect books for you. Click through for what to read to get your fix on the six other days of the week.

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Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler

Penguin Random House

Tyler's 1982 novel chronicles the reunion of three adult siblings who were raised by their single mother, Pearl — a fact that shaped their lives in wildly different ways. Order it here.

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The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell

Atria Books

Tragedy strikes the home of a seemingly perfect family one Easter weekend in Jewell's novel, turning their whimsical mother into a recluse and a hoarder. Years later, the family — children now grown — comes back together to try to figure out what went wrong. Order it here.

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Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

Harper Collins

Patchett's gorgeous novel charts the way a single kiss affects two families across five decades. Order it here.

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The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Picador

The Corrections, for which Franzen won the National Book Award in 2001, follows the Lambert family: The father, Alfred, is suffering from Parkinson's, oldest son Gary is suffering from both depression and denial of his depression, middle son Chip is a grade-A screw-up, and youngest daughter Denise might be having an affair. All the while, Enid, the matron of the family, feels just fine — and is determined to reunite the group for one last family Christmas. Order it here.

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Golden Age by Jane Smiley

Anchor

Pulitzer Prize winner Smiley concludes her Last Hundred Years Trilogy with Golden Age, where the saga of the Langdon family has reached modern times: In 1987, they deal with the finance industry, deployment to Iraq, and as always, the fate of the Iowa farm, now threatened by the ravages of climate change. Order it here.

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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Penguin Press

Set in 1970s Ohio, Ng's debut explores the secrets that emerge after the beloved daughter of a Chinese-American family is found dead in a lake. Order it here.

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The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

Random House

Set in both South Carolina and New York City and spanning four decades, Conroy's novel follows twins Tom and Savannah as they attempt to crawl out from underneath their family's unfortunate legacy. Order it here.

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This Is My Daughter by Roxana Robinson

Open Road Media

Two young girls who become stepsisters when their parents marry have trouble adjusting to the new normal. As they both crave a return to their previous lives, tensions rise to a boiling point. Order it here.

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This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Dutton Books

Adapted into a movie starring Jane Fonda, Tina Fey, and Adam Driver, Tropper's novel centers on the dysfunctional Foxman family who reluctantly reunite after their father's death, bringing long-held (and more recent) issues to light. Order it here.

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The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg

Grand Central Publishing

When Richard Middlestein leaves his wife of 30 years, Edie, over her ever-expanding figure and obsession with food, it's up to their adult children to decide the next course of action, whether it's revenge against Richard or, perhaps more crucially, saving Edie's life. Order it here.

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