9 Books About Dysfunctional Families

Think your family's bad?

Your family may drive you crazy at times, but chances are they aren't as bad as these clans

1. The Island Beneath the Sea

Isabel Allende

2. The Bottomless Belly Button

Dash Shaw

3. The Slap

Christos Tsiolkas

4. American Pastoral

Philip Roth

5. Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Kate Atkinson

6. The Ice Storm

Rick Moody

7. Freedom

Jonathan Franzen

8. This is Not About Me

Janice Galloway

9. The Wasp Factory

Iain Banks