Most stories have a family aspect to them, but there are only a few that really feature family as the central relationship. Always a good reminder to appreciate the bonds that I have.
Series
- Billy Thunder and the Night Gate by Isobelle Carmody (The Gateway Trilogy #1)
- Drake Sisters series by Christine Feehan
- Sisters of the Heart series by Christine Feehan
- Have Mercy by Lori Foster (Jardines #1)
- Total Control by Lori Foster (Jardines #2)
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables #1)
- Sea Swept by Nora Roberts (Chesapeake Bay Saga #1)
Short story collections
Standalones – Novels
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- Pet Sematary by Stephen King
- The French Gift by Kirsty Manning
- Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- The Switch by Beth O’Leary
- Reaching One Thousand by Rachel Robertson
- The Bad Mothers’ Book Club by Keris Stainton
- The Southern Education of a Jersey Girl by Jaime Primak Sullivan
- Otherhood by William Sutcliffe
Standalones – Novellas
Standalones – Short stories
- Amulet and Feathers by Leila Aboulela
- We Eat Our Daughters by Alexia Arthurs
- Spellbound by L.A. Banks
- The Governess by Elizabeth Bear
- The Little Dog Ohori by Anatoly Belilovsky
- A Reversal of Fortune by Holly Black
- Kissingate Magic by Annette Blair
- A Tale for the Short Days by Richard Bowes
- Picking Up the Pieces by Pat Cadigan
- One Letter Different by Joanna Cannon
- Lily-White & the Thief of Lesser Night by C. S. E. Cooney
- Ripper Familias by Terry Davis & Patrick Jones
- Eternal Strife by Dara England
- Sisters by Brian Evenson
- Miss Ill-Kept Runt by Glen Hirshberg
- Close Knit by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- Catching Flies by Carole Johnstone
- Dirtmouth by Stephen Graham Jones
- A Flicker of Light on Devil’s Night by Kate Jonez
- The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces by Ellen Kushner
- A Choice of Accommodations by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Hell-Heaven by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Once in a Lifetime by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Only Goodness by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Year’s End by Jhumpa Lahiri
- The Cinderella Game by Kelly Link
- Light Through Fog by Holly Lisle
- A Child of the Darkness by Brett McBean
- We’re Never Inviting Amber Again by S.P. Miskowski
- Nothing Will Hurt You by David Morrell
- The Houndmaster by Sandra Newgent
- Home from America by Sharan Newman
- Collect Call by Sarah Pinborough
- Jack’s Back by Vanessa de Sade
- A World Done In by Great Granny’s Grateful Pie by Ken Scholes
- The Crow Palace by Priya Sharma
- Mercury by Priya Sharma
- Night Vision by Maria V. Snyder
- The Monster Makers by Steve Rasnic Tem
- Icebreaker by E. Catherine Tobler
- Laura Nyro at the Wedding by Christos Tsiolkas
- Moon, and Memory, and Muchness by Katherine Vaz
- The Midday Mangler Meets his Match by Rachel Vincent
- For the Briar Rose by Elizabeth E. Wein
- Godson by Roger Zelazny
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