Family gatherings have a way of bringing out the dysfunction in all of us. Our columnist and writer Alicia Cox Thomson recommends two wild family dramas to read this fall. Also, CBC Books producer Daphné Santos-Vieira talks about feeling the love at the Toronto Public Library event BookCrush and recommends a romance novel to an apprehensive Antonio Michael Downing.

Books discussed on this week's show include:

Favourite Daughter by Morgan Dick

Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker

Revolve by Bal Khabra

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston