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

• Unaccustomed Earth Collection by Jhumpa Lahiri

Standalones – Novels

• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• Pet Sematary by Stephen King
• Bad Bridesmaid by Portia MacIntosh
• 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

• Till Death by Maggie Shayne

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
• Kings and Queens by Elsie Chapman
• Sugar and Spite by Rin Chupeco
• 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
• Rain by Sangu Mandanna
• 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