Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy a long read in this special Sunday edition of Today in Books featuring Book Riot’s director of content and longtime fan of generational sagas, S. Zainab Williams. A great generational saga is immersive and rich in family history. For Williams, these books inspired a deeply personal genealogy journey.
Generational sagas are as niche a readerly passion as historical fiction, and it’s no wonder these books are so popular. We’re all questing in the dark for connections and good fiction immerses us in the making of our world, our civilizations, ourselves. It doesn’t always have to be personal and the benefits of casting the net far from our lived experiences, to understand the makings of others, are innumerable. But sometimes it is personal. Sometimes we seek out generational stories that hover among the vestiges of our roots. We scarf these holograms to momentarily calm our hunger pangs. After turning the last page of Nikesha Elise Williams’
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