Generational sagas books

Sweeping in scope and epic in vision, a good generational saga can provide an immersive, engrossing reading experience that will stay with you long after you finish the final chapter. Spanning generations and crossing decades, centuries and continents, generational sagas introduce you to characters who welcome you into their families and let you become part of their lives, their hopes and struggles, heartaches and dreams. With tens of thousands of new and used sagas to pick from, Awesome Books is the perfect place to look for your next literary family to fall in love with. 

Whether you’re interested in a specific period in history or the everyday intrigues of family life, a generational saga has much to offer. Bringing several narratives together, each offering unique perspectives, you can enjoy a vast story that allows you to see how each generation evolves from the one before, and how the past guides the future with invisible fingers that reach through time. 

Classic generational sagas such as John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga, Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex and Mario Puzo’s The Godfather Trilogy follow families in the early part of the 20th century as they navigate tradition and snobbery, immigration and identity, and crime and morality. For a more modern generational saga, try Zadie Smith’s White Teeth, which follows the fortunes of two families from the Second World War to 2000, as they deal with racism, privilege and belonging, or Damon Galgut’s The Promise, which follows the gradual diminishing of a once prominent white family in South Africa as society changes around them. 

At AwesomeBooks, our collection of new and secondhand generational sagas covers the whole gamut of family experience, from conflict and migration to health, wealth, birth, death and everything in between. With free delivery and a promise to donate a book to someone in need for every one you buy, there’s no better time to browse our range, find your next fictional family and immerse yourself in the wisdom of the past, the hope of youth and the dreams that connect all generations.