🖤 Incestuous Family

Dark family narratives where sexual boundaries have been violated, examining the devastating ripple effects of abuse, secrecy, and distorted intimacy across generations.

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

3.54

4k+

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🧪 Government Experiment 🎭 Lost Identity

Sick Bastards 88%

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.54

4k+ ratings

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🧪 Government Experiment 🎭 Lost Identity

Sutton Asylum

by Kinsley Kincaid • 2023

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

3.21

2k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond 💘 Obsessive Love 👥 Twisted Family

Sutton Asylum 87%

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

by Kinsley Kincaid 2023

3.21

2k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond 💘 Obsessive Love 👥 Twisted Family

Gifted & Talented

by Olivie Blake • 2025

Three estranged prodigies inherit their father's empire and a biblical apocalypse.

3.50

13k+

🪄 Magical Family Saga 🖤 Dysfunctional Siblings 😮‍💨 Prodigy Burnout 👹 Internal Monster 🌑 Darkly Comic

Gifted & Talented 87%

Three estranged prodigies inherit their father's empire and a biblical apocalypse.

by Olivie Blake 2025

3.50

13k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Family Saga 🖤 Dysfunctional Siblings 😮‍💨 Prodigy Burnout 👹 Internal Monster 🌑 Darkly Comic

El ancho mundo

by Pierre Lemaitre • 2022

Four siblings, two continents, one deadly secret: a family saga of love, crime, and corruption.

4.08

6k+

🏠 Family Saga 🌴 Colonial Indochina 💔 Forbidden Love 🏛️ Corrupt Institutions 🔥 Dysfunctional Family

El ancho mundo 87%

Four siblings, two continents, one deadly secret: a family saga of love, crime, and corruption.

by Pierre Lemaitre 2022

4.08

6k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 🌴 Colonial Indochina 💔 Forbidden Love 🏛️ Corrupt Institutions 🔥 Dysfunctional Family

Bitter Blood

by Jerry Bledsoe • 1988

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

4.04

10k+

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Bitter Blood 87%

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

by Jerry Bledsoe 1988

4.04

10k+ ratings

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Long Island Compromise

by Taffy Brodesser-Akner • 2024

A Long Island father survives a kidnapping, but his family pays the ransom for decades.

3.74

50k+

📜 Family Saga 🧬 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Dynamics 😂 Dark Comedy 💰 Wealth Satire

Long Island Compromise 86%

A Long Island father survives a kidnapping, but his family pays the ransom for decades.

by Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2024

3.74

50k+ ratings

📜 Family Saga 🧬 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Dynamics 😂 Dark Comedy 💰 Wealth Satire

Immoral Ties

by Marissa Farrar • 2023

After a crash, she and her stepfamily share a forbidden intimacy the world cannot discover.

3.89

2k+

🔥 Stepfamily Taboo 🌲 Wilderness Survival 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 📰 Media Scandal 🔗 Trauma Bonded

Immoral Ties 86%

After a crash, she and her stepfamily share a forbidden intimacy the world cannot discover.

by Marissa Farrar 2023

3.89

2k+ ratings

🔥 Stepfamily Taboo 🌲 Wilderness Survival 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 📰 Media Scandal 🔗 Trauma Bonded

Secrets in the Cellar

by John Glatt • 2009

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

Secrets in the Cellar 86%

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

by John Glatt 2009

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

Kushner, Inc.

by Vicky Ward • 2019

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

3.53

2k+

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

Kushner, Inc. 86%

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

by Vicky Ward 2019

3.53

2k+ ratings

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

The Kindly Ones

by Jonathan Littell • 2009

An intellectual SS officer recounts his role in the Holocaust, insisting it was just a job.

4.03

15k+

🕯️ Holocaust 🗣️ Perpetrator Narrator 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Incestuous Obsession ✒️ Confessional Fiction

The Kindly Ones 86%

An intellectual SS officer recounts his role in the Holocaust, insisting it was just a job.

by Jonathan Littell 2009

4.03

15k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust 🗣️ Perpetrator Narrator 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Incestuous Obsession ✒️ Confessional Fiction

The Children

by Melissa Albert • 2026

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

3.54

7k+

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond 🎭 Cursed Artists 🏚️ Magical House

The Children 86%

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

by Melissa Albert 2026

3.54

7k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond 🎭 Cursed Artists 🏚️ Magical House

Forbidden

by Tabitha Suzuma • 2010

Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.

3.95

76k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings 😰 Social Anxiety 🍷 Neglectful Parent 💔 Tragic Romance

Forbidden 86%

Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.

by Tabitha Suzuma 2010

3.95

76k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings 😰 Social Anxiety 🍷 Neglectful Parent 💔 Tragic Romance

Fiend

by Alma Katsu • 2025

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

3.38

3k+

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🏙️ Modern Gothic 📖 Literary Horror

Fiend 86%

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

by Alma Katsu 2025

3.38

3k+ ratings

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🏙️ Modern Gothic 📖 Literary Horror

Flowers in the Attic

by V.C. Andrews • 1979

Four siblings locked in an attic for years discover their mother chose money over their lives.

3.86

241k+

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 💔 Mother As Villain 👩‍👦 Sibling Caretakers ☠️ Arsenic Poisoning 🔥 Forbidden Desire

Flowers in the Attic 86%

Four siblings locked in an attic for years discover their mother chose money over their lives.

by V.C. Andrews 1979

3.86

241k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 💔 Mother As Villain 👩‍👦 Sibling Caretakers ☠️ Arsenic Poisoning 🔥 Forbidden Desire

La Dernière Allumette

by Marie Vareille • 2024

Zoé loves a man haunted by his father's violence. Her sister marries it.

4.61

7k+

👻 Posthumous Narrator 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🏚️ Domestic Violence 🧬 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Trauma

La Dernière Allumette 86%

Zoé loves a man haunted by his father's violence. Her sister marries it.

by Marie Vareille 2024

4.61

7k+ ratings

👻 Posthumous Narrator 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🏚️ Domestic Violence 🧬 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Trauma

The Family Secret

by Mikayla Davids • 2023

Three sisters flee a murder to a remote Alpine chalet, where their secrets have already arrived.

3.89

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔐 Family Secrets ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

The Family Secret 86%

Three sisters flee a murder to a remote Alpine chalet, where their secrets have already arrived.

by Mikayla Davids 2023

3.89

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔐 Family Secrets ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Little Cruelties

by Liz Nugent • 2020

Two brothers bury the third, each knowing the other could have saved him.

3.76

17k+

🍀 Irish Family Drama 💔 Sibling Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⭐ Fame And Downfall 🔗 Generational Trauma

Little Cruelties 86%

Two brothers bury the third, each knowing the other could have saved him.

by Liz Nugent 2020

3.76

17k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Family Drama 💔 Sibling Rivalry 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⭐ Fame And Downfall 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Elements

by John Boyne • 2025

On a remote Irish island, a disgraced woman searches for the truth behind her daughter's drowning.

4.43

26k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔄 Cycles Of Abuse 💔 Estranged Parent 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🏝️ Island Isolation

The Elements 86%

On a remote Irish island, a disgraced woman searches for the truth behind her daughter's drowning.

by John Boyne 2025

4.43

26k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔄 Cycles Of Abuse 💔 Estranged Parent 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🏝️ Island Isolation

Tarnished Embers

by Rosa Lee • 2023

A grieving girl falls for her four stepbrothers as their stepmother turns home into a cage.

3.76

10k+

🖤 Dark Cinderella Retelling 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔥 Stepbrother Taboo 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏠 Found Family

Tarnished Embers 86%

A grieving girl falls for her four stepbrothers as their stepmother turns home into a cage.

by Rosa Lee 2023

3.76

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Cinderella Retelling 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔥 Stepbrother Taboo 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏠 Found Family

The Conditions of Will

by Jessa Hastings • 2025

Exiled for a decade, Georgia comes home to her father's funeral and her brother's magnetic sponsor.

4.26

105k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎭 Family Scapegoat 💔 Forbidden Romance 🤝 Chosen Family 💪 Sexual Assault Survivor

The Conditions of Will 86%

Exiled for a decade, Georgia comes home to her father's funeral and her brother's magnetic sponsor.

by Jessa Hastings 2025

4.26

105k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎭 Family Scapegoat 💔 Forbidden Romance 🤝 Chosen Family 💪 Sexual Assault Survivor

Booth

by Karen Joy Fowler • 2022

Six Booth siblings grow up among Shakespeare, scandal, and ghosts. One will assassinate a president.

3.82

15k+

🎭 Family Saga 🎪 Theater Family 🏛️ Antebellum America 👻 Haunted By The Past ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Booth 86%

Six Booth siblings grow up among Shakespeare, scandal, and ghosts. One will assassinate a president.

by Karen Joy Fowler 2022

3.82

15k+ ratings

🎭 Family Saga 🎪 Theater Family 🏛️ Antebellum America 👻 Haunted By The Past ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Brothers, Sisters, Strangers

by Fern Schumer Chapman • 2021

A sibling cut-off hurts like a death. The repair guide from a woman who rebuilt hers.

4.20

211

💔 Family Estrangement 👥 Sibling Relationships 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧠 Family Trauma 🌫️ Ambiguous Loss

Brothers, Sisters, Strangers 86%

A sibling cut-off hurts like a death. The repair guide from a woman who rebuilt hers.

by Fern Schumer Chapman 2021

4.20

211 ratings

💔 Family Estrangement 👥 Sibling Relationships 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧠 Family Trauma 🌫️ Ambiguous Loss

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls

by Anissa Gray • 2019

Their sister's imprisonment forces two women to raise her daughters and face their unspoken wounds.

3.62

21k+

🖤 Black Family Drama 🔒 Incarcerated Parent 👯 Sisterly Bonds 🍽️ Eating Disorder 🏘️ Small Town Scandal

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls Summary

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls 86%

Their sister's imprisonment forces two women to raise her daughters and face their unspoken wounds.

by Anissa Gray 2019

3.62

21k+ ratings

🖤 Black Family Drama 🔒 Incarcerated Parent 👯 Sisterly Bonds 🍽️ Eating Disorder 🏘️ Small Town Scandal

One Night Seduction

by Katelyn Taylor • 2025

A masquerade club night leaves a student bound to a dominant stranger: her mother's ex-husband.

3.79

4k+

🎭 Secret Sex Club 💋 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap 👪 Stepfamily Taboo ⛓️ BDSM Dynamics

One Night Seduction 86%

A masquerade club night leaves a student bound to a dominant stranger: her mother's ex-husband.

by Katelyn Taylor 2025

3.79

4k+ ratings

🎭 Secret Sex Club 💋 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap 👪 Stepfamily Taboo ⛓️ BDSM Dynamics

Drama Free

by Nedra Glover Tawwab • 2023

Family dysfunction isn't just abuse. Name it, set boundaries, break the cycle.

4.26

7k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧬 Generational Trauma 👥 Difficult Relatives 💔 Family Estrangement

Drama Free 86%

Family dysfunction isn't just abuse. Name it, set boundaries, break the cycle.

by Nedra Glover Tawwab 2023

4.26

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🚧 Boundary Setting 🧬 Generational Trauma 👥 Difficult Relatives 💔 Family Estrangement

Climax

by Lauren Smith • 2016

An American student and a future earl share a forbidden kiss. Their parents are marrying each other.

4.04

496

🚫 Step-Sibling Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 💎 Class Difference 🤫 Secret Relationship 😢 High Angst

Climax 86%

An American student and a future earl share a forbidden kiss. Their parents are marrying each other.

by Lauren Smith 2016

4.04

496 ratings

🚫 Step-Sibling Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 💎 Class Difference 🤫 Secret Relationship 😢 High Angst

The Inheritance

by Trisha Sakhlecha • 2025

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

3.65

16k+

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

The Inheritance 86%

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

by Trisha Sakhlecha 2025

3.65

16k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

The Cuck

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

3.38

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

The Cuck 86%

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.38

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

Huge Dare

by Stephanie Brother • 2022

Blindfolded in a dark closet with three stepbrothers, one touch dares her to want them all.

4.23

2k+

🔥 Step-Sibling Taboo 💢 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Power Exchange 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Huge Dare 86%

Blindfolded in a dark closet with three stepbrothers, one touch dares her to want them all.

by Stephanie Brother 2022

4.23

2k+ ratings

🔥 Step-Sibling Taboo 💢 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Power Exchange 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Rich Man, Poor Man

by Irwin Shaw • 1970

Immigrant baker's three children chase success from a gritty Hudson town, but violence haunts them.

4.19

39k+

📖 Family Saga 🧬 Generational Trauma 🗽 American Dream 🔄 Cycles Of Violence 💔 Dysfunctional Family

Rich Man, Poor Man 86%

Immigrant baker's three children chase success from a gritty Hudson town, but violence haunts them.

by Irwin Shaw 1970

4.19

39k+ ratings

📖 Family Saga 🧬 Generational Trauma 🗽 American Dream 🔄 Cycles Of Violence 💔 Dysfunctional Family

The Ancestor Syndrome

by Anne Ancelin Schützenberger • 1998

Your fears and illnesses may not be your own: how unspoken family secrets echo across generations.

3.78

737

🛋️ Family Systems Therapy 🔁 Generational Trauma 🧠 Somatic Psychology 🤫 Family Secrets 📜 Psychodynamic

The Ancestor Syndrome 86%

Your fears and illnesses may not be your own: how unspoken family secrets echo across generations.

by Anne Ancelin Schützenberger 1998

3.78

737 ratings

🛋️ Family Systems Therapy 🔁 Generational Trauma 🧠 Somatic Psychology 🤫 Family Secrets 📜 Psychodynamic

Twilight

by Mark Cotta Vaz • 2008

Behind every media empire is a family at war. Lessons in power, loyalty, and survival.

4.20

451k+

🏢 Corporate Dynasties 📺 Media Empires 💔 Family Dysfunction 📋 Corporate Governance 📰 Media Manipulation

Twilight 86%

Behind every media empire is a family at war. Lessons in power, loyalty, and survival.

by Mark Cotta Vaz 2008

4.20

451k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Dynasties 📺 Media Empires 💔 Family Dysfunction 📋 Corporate Governance 📰 Media Manipulation

The Dead Husband

by Carter Wilson • 2021

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

3.67

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

The Dead Husband 86%

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

by Carter Wilson 2021

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

The Truth Is a Lie

by CherAnn Wright • 2025

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

4.22

235

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

The Truth Is a Lie 86%

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

by CherAnn Wright 2025

4.22

235 ratings

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

What Big Teeth

by Rose Szabo • 2021

Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.

3.36

7k+

🐺 Werewolf Family 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion 🕯️ Dark Family Secret 🕸️ Manipulative Matriarch

What Big Teeth 86%

Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.

by Rose Szabo 2021

3.36

7k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Family 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion 🕯️ Dark Family Secret 🕸️ Manipulative Matriarch

The Heiress

by Rachel Hawkins • 2024

He inherited the estate of a mother who married four times and buried every husband.

3.83

185k+

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕷️ Deadly Matriarch 💰 Inheritance Battle 🖤 Toxic Family Legacy

The Heiress 86%

He inherited the estate of a mother who married four times and buried every husband.

by Rachel Hawkins 2024

3.83

185k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕷️ Deadly Matriarch 💰 Inheritance Battle 🖤 Toxic Family Legacy

Nowhere Girl

by Cheryl Diamond • 2021

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

4.04

9k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 False Identities ✂️ Breaking Family Cycles

Nowhere Girl 86%

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

by Cheryl Diamond 2021

4.04

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 False Identities ✂️ Breaking Family Cycles

Woom

by Duncan Ralston • 2016

A motel room. A hired woman. Confessions that turn a body into a doorway.

3.23

38k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⚠️ Transgressive Fiction 🔗 Cycle Of Trauma 🏨 Roadside Motel

Woom 86%

A motel room. A hired woman. Confessions that turn a body into a doorway.

by Duncan Ralston 2016

3.23

38k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⚠️ Transgressive Fiction 🔗 Cycle Of Trauma 🏨 Roadside Motel

The Irish Goodbye

by Heather Aimee O'Neill • 2025

Three sisters, one Thanksgiving, and a secret that sank a family twenty-five years ago.

3.72

51k+

🦃 Thanksgiving Reunion 👩‍👩‍👧 Three Sisters 🤫 Buried Family Secrets 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Homecoming ✝️ Catholic Guilt

The Irish Goodbye 86%

Three sisters, one Thanksgiving, and a secret that sank a family twenty-five years ago.

by Heather Aimee O'Neill 2025

3.72

51k+ ratings

🦃 Thanksgiving Reunion 👩‍👩‍👧 Three Sisters 🤫 Buried Family Secrets 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Homecoming ✝️ Catholic Guilt

Mothers and Daughters

by Erica James • 2022

A seaside widow falls in love again while her daughters wrestle infertility and a controlling man.

4.29

6k+

📖 Family Saga 👭 Sibling Rivalry 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🔗 Generational Trauma 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

Mothers and Daughters 86%

A seaside widow falls in love again while her daughters wrestle infertility and a controlling man.

by Erica James 2022

4.29

6k+ ratings

📖 Family Saga 👭 Sibling Rivalry 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🔗 Generational Trauma 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

Not My Father's Son

by Alan Cumming • 2014

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

4.06

48k+

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

Not My Father's Son 86%

A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.

by Alan Cumming 2014

4.06

48k+ ratings

🎭 Celebrity Memoir 📜 Family Secrets 🧬 Family History 💔 Childhood Abuse 🪖 War Trauma

This is Where I Leave You

by Jonathan Tropper • 2003

Seven days of shiva. Four squabbling siblings. One marriage in ashes. Judd Foxman's week from hell.

3.88

149k+

🎭 Family Dramedy 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🏡 Returning Home

This is Where I Leave You 86%

Seven days of shiva. Four squabbling siblings. One marriage in ashes. Judd Foxman's week from hell.

by Jonathan Tropper 2003

3.88

149k+ ratings

🎭 Family Dramedy 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🏡 Returning Home

Playground

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

3.43

20k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

Playground 86%

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.43

20k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

Sons of Wichita

by Daniel Schulman • 2014

Four Kansas brothers, a billion-dollar feud, and the political machine that remade the GOP.

3.85

2k+

🏛️ Family Dynasties 💰 American Oligarchy ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🗳️ Campaign Finance 🗽 Libertarian Politics

Sons of Wichita 86%

Four Kansas brothers, a billion-dollar feud, and the political machine that remade the GOP.

by Daniel Schulman 2014

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Family Dynasties 💰 American Oligarchy ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🗳️ Campaign Finance 🗽 Libertarian Politics

El brillo de las luciérnagas

by Paul Pen • 2013

A boy born in a basement uncovers the crime that keeps his family underground.

3.72

46k+

🏚️ Basement Captivity 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Horror 📦 Claustrophobic 🌑 Dark Coming-Of-Age

El brillo de las luciérnagas 86%

A boy born in a basement uncovers the crime that keeps his family underground.

by Paul Pen 2013

3.72

46k+ ratings

🏚️ Basement Captivity 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Horror 📦 Claustrophobic 🌑 Dark Coming-Of-Age

Bowen Family Systems Theory

by Daniel V. Papero • 1990

Anxiety organizes your family more than love does. The theory that reveals the hidden patterns.

4.15

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Hermit 86%

A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.

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4.01

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4.12

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Fault Lines 85%

67 million Americans estranged from family: the research on why, and a path back.

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4.12

612 ratings

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