Novels featuring Fathers

Description
Books that depict the father-child relationship, whether in a positive or negative light.
1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
78,938 members
1,434 reviews
½ 4.4
6 Members
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2
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
44,519 members
1,334 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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3
The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
13,480 members
250 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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4
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
36,387 members
744 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
39,771 members
963 reviews
4
3 Members
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Emma
by Jane Austen
38,275 members
506 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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7
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
33,050 members
308 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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Matilda
by Roald Dahl
22,265 members
480 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
20,204 members
466 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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10
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
14,945 members
966 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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11
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
11,447 members
297 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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12
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
10,868 members
364 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
8,797 members
184 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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14
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
8,211 members
368 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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15
The Chosen
by Chaim Potok
6,614 members
93 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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16
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
8,342 members
114 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary
8,109 members
147 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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18
Doctor Sleep
by Stephen King
7,845 members
326 reviews
4
2 Members
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19
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
6,191 members
137 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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20
Peace Like a River
by Leif Enger
5,731 members
164 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
4,390 members
131 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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An Artist of the Floating World
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,891 members
103 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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23
Home
by Marilynne Robinson
3,824 members
150 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Library at Mount Char
by Scott Hawkins
2,983 members
249 reviews
4
2 Members
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The Cabin at the End of the World
by Paul Tremblay
1,863 members
100 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
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Hangsaman
by Shirley Jackson
802 members
23 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
34,611 members
1,407 reviews
4.1
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28
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
23,551 members
425 reviews
½ 4.4
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29
The Shining
by Stephen King
23,322 members
453 reviews
4.1
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30
The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss
8,850 members
90 reviews
½ 3.5
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31
Plainsong
by Kent Haruf
5,608 members
207 reviews
4
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32
Tinkers
by Paul Harding
3,683 members
230 reviews
½ 3.5
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33
The Emperor's Children
by Claire Messud
3,536 members
104 reviews
3.1
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34
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
3,113 members
112 reviews
½ 3.6
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35
The Optimist's Daughter
by Eudora Welty
2,651 members
92 reviews
½ 3.6
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36
Romola
by George Eliot
1,463 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
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37
The Bone Shard Daughter
by Andrea Stewart
1,342 members
22 reviews
4
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38
How High We Go in the Dark
by Sequoia Nagamatsu
1,142 members
51 reviews
½ 3.7
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39
The Mouse and His Child
by Russell Hoban
1,059 members
30 reviews
4.2
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40
Fourth of July Creek
by Smith Henderson
927 members
52 reviews
3.9
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41
The Marsh King's Daughter
by Karen Dionne
786 members
70 reviews
3.9
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42
The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May
by Mark Z. Danielewski
744 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
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43
The Extraordinaries
by TJ Klune
725 members
32 reviews
4
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44
Small Spaces
by Katherine Arden
716 members
49 reviews
4.1
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45
Wakenhyrst
by Michelle Paver
524 members
23 reviews
3.9
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46
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
by George Meredith
496 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
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47
Mapping the Interior
by Stephen Graham Jones
448 members
24 reviews
3.8
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48
The Strangers in the House
by Georges Simenon
422 members
15 reviews
3.8
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49
The Devil Takes You Home
by Gabino Iglesias
381 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
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50
Death of an Ordinary Man
by Glen Duncan
334 members
10 reviews
½ 3.3
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51
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
by Fred Chappell
241 members
7 reviews
4
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52
Telephone
by Percival Everett
224 members
24 reviews
3.9
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53
The Afterlives
by Thomas Pierce
150 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
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Summer Switch
by Mary Rodgers
125 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
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Ghost Abbey
by Robert Westall
124 members
1 review
½ 3.6
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