The 15 Best Family Books to Read Right Now

Looking for the best family books? We rounded up 15 essential family books worth your time — with a quick take on each and where to dive in. Tap any title for the full guide.

1. Little Town on the Prairie

Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

2. Ramona the Pest

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

3. Angela's Ashes

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

4. Navigating Night

Navigating Night by Julie Leung — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

5. In Our Mothers' House

In Our Mothers' House by Patricia Polacco — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

6. Can you sue your parents for malpractice?

Can you sue your parents for malpractice? by Paula Danziger — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

7. The Magical Fantastical Fridge

The Magical Fantastical Fridge by Harlan Coben — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

8. Tisha and the Blossoms

Tisha and the Blossoms by Wendy Meddour — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

9. Gospoda Golovlevy

Gospoda Golovlevy by Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

10. Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

11. Eggs

Eggs by Jerry Spinelli — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

12. My Dad

My Dad by Susan Quinn — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

13. Mistaco

Mistaco by Eliza Kinkz — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

14. Hold the dream

Hold the dream by Barbara Taylor Bradford — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

15. Finding Junie Kim

Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

This list is curated from Pop Culture Files guides and refreshed regularly.