Found Family Book Recommendations

[@MrGniknoraa]

Found family video? *looks over at One Piece* She's gonna call you get ready.

[@heyarnold7256]

Haven't watched it yet but I'm certain she brings up One Piece.

[@iamdivan7368]

I mean, fair

[@Arkhestra]

One piece community achieves apotheosis everytime someone enjoys it

[@nairadoctor9040]

Six of crows is another book with a beautiful found family dynamic

[@banjotiki3910]

Yess!! I'm reading that right now 😀

[@sotomayorsofwv4381]

This is always my first thought with found family.

[@kingofkeys93]

Katara had said. "I will never turn my back on people who need me." And sokka replied with. "And your my sister, and I'll never turn my back on you."

[@atharvadeshpande4749]

Of Course One Piece and Gentlemen Basterds are in there.

[@sciencystuff2106]

I just watched Avatar and now am obsessed with it.

[@HyDrOpYrO777]

Welcome to the Fandom. I love seeing people adore this Series. I watched Avatar since the first episode. Are you going to watch Korra?

[@sciencystuff2106]

@@HyDrOpYrO777 after finishing the graphic novel yeah

[@roeybason6659]

Just finished vol 9 of One Piece and that’s the first time I ever cried reading a book. Was not expecting it but it got very emotional.

[@heyarnold7256]

You're only on Vol 9 and you cried already? Oh man. Better buy a box of tissues just in case.

[@commentslol6549]

Get ready with a box of tissues

[@norsyfna]

Glad to have you onboard!

[@thefriesofLockeLamora]

Haven't even watched the video but I know Locke Lamora and Ove will be there.

[@haley7266]

One of my first favorite 'found family' books was The Outsiders. I read it when I was a kid and I've been obsessed with the trope since. Thanks for the recommendations!

[@tali5065]

I was going to ask you a video rec like “If you like one piece, check out these books”. But the found family trope is fine! Thanks for your suggestions!

[@Lynn-CA]

The two that came to mind for me were in your list; Ove and Hug Book (House in the Cerulean Sea)! 🙂

[@rivwilson9330]

Hug book

[@proxy287]

It's not for everyone but I'd probably recommend the unconventional heroes series it's a fantasy comedy the MC is a necromancer that uses shovels as his melee weapon and his apprentice that should be the MC/chosen one she's a genius prodigy that wants to be the most powerful evil necromancer ever but she's also just an 10 year old girl that likes pink and giving her zombies cute names

[@valhatan3907]

THE TITLEEEE I NEED THE TITLEEEE

[@proxy287]

@@valhatan3907 the series is called the unconventional heroes but if you want specific title the first book is called *two necromancers, a bureaucrat, and an elf* . Hmm 40 likes didn't think it was that well known of a series

[@valhatan3907]

@@proxy287 thank you, i thought "unconventional heroes" was the trope non the title

[@raitorino7520]

Excuse me while i make a comment to possibly remind me to read this book. Maybe

[@proxy287]

@@valhatan3907 np

[@duser]

For some reason this reminded me of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. The family in the series are so close nit because they have nobody else in the world to depend on. However, its possibly the furthest you can get from found family lol. ah man, Lemony Snicket may just be my favorite author. It's been so long but i remember he writes without words sometimes! And his humor!

[@bookandart371]

Same ! I love that series so much ❤️❤️💖

[@duser]

​@@bookandart371 I remember he made himself a character in the books as well didn't he?

[@nooz797]

I just paused my book (Percy Jackson) to watch your video and I was so happy to ser it in your video ! You described it perfectly !

[@lavanya1372]

You need to read A Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet!!! The core of that book is finding your place and your people!! Just a lovely, comforting sci-fi with so many great discussions and diversity!!

[@ju-shi-san]

Yes! Not enough is said about this book

[@random4546]

The problem for me was that I only started caring at the end of the novel. And the end of that book was effectively the end of their story.

[@lavanya1372]

@@ju-shi-san Ikr!! I just re-read the book and I love all these characters so much!

[@lavanya1372]

@@random4546 I can understand, it's not for everyone. It's quite different from usual sci-fi's , as it is really really character driven. And if you don't get attached to the characters quite early, you won't enjoy it that much.😅

[@random4546]

@@lavanya1372 I've actually read barely any scifi and am a highly character driven reader. I just thought that the story didn't give me enough about the different characters. We dealt with the issue of one character and than the story went on to the next crewmember. Like checking off a to do list. The companion A Closed and Common Orbit had a different approach which worked way better for me.

[@litlbucky]

Those are some amazing covers in the square space ad- surprised Daniel did not have you design covers for his series!

[@professorpop4905]

One of the biggest terms in the One Piece fandom is nakama (knock-ah-ma) which I’ve seen interchangeably translated as crew-member and friendship-family. This is definitely the concept that made One Piece go from good to great for me in Arlong Park

[@natasham6510]

My favorite trope too! It's just so beautiful whenever anyone does it and loyalty is so important to me so I totally agree!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Love you !!

[@_samaa]

OMG the title made me so happy! Thank you for this video❤

[@nasiaamin312]

Miss peregrine's home for peculiar children has a great found family too. It's so good to know all those children and their peculiarities and how they live together.

[@mfbond13]

I watched the movie while ago and it was eh, I'm guessing the book is better, but how much better is it? Do you think it's worth checking out?

[@nasiaamin312]

@@mfbond13 they combined the three books in one movie somehow. The movie is a disaster. I think you should give book a try and continued with the series if you like the first book :)

[@mfbond13]

@@nasiaamin312 wowow adopting 1 book is difficult, adopting three in one movie what the heck that's crazy!! Thanks for letting me know that no wonder the movie was so terrible and weirdly paced haha I think I'll check it out sometime since I'm interested in the original concept, and I love found families, thanks for the recommendation! :D

[@nasiaamin312]

@@mfbond13 mostly the movie is from book 1 and they had to do some changes in the ending so that they don't have to adopt book 2 or 3. And they did a terrible job at it. Anyways, do check out the book sometime :)

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Howls moving castle? Actually, that makes sense thinking about it.... WAIT THERE'S A BOOK VERSION?

[@reyhanehalizadeh3354]

Yeah and it's quite different from the gibli adaptation. It's the only adaptation that both the book and the movie are really good and you can't really decide which one is better.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

@@reyhanehalizadeh3354 shouldn't be surprised. Good to hear it also is quality

[@cybersketcher1130]

the movie is better

[@immy829]

Yup. It's pretty good

[@nottherey4333]

In my case I adore the movie but I like book bit better.

[@magnoknight1242]

The pictures of your books are so so pretty. And the add was very funny.

[@TheBookishMom]

Thanks for recommending my video! That's so sweet of you. Found family is one of my favorites as well! Im actually going to start the Percy Jackson books with my 8 year old soon so I'm very excited. Another good one that I feel like no one talks about is the Disasters by Mk England, highly recommend for found family in space

[@leighgolem]

I love found family so much! It’s a very personal reason for why but it’s so difficult to find some surrounding them I’m glad you decided to talk about them!

[@daniellefaith47]

I started watching/ reading one piece last August. It has taken over my life too 😅 As someone who is a fan of found family, world building, and absurdism, I never stood a chance.

[@NarutoUzumaki-dg9gn]

One Piece is seriously taking over you. Calling team/group of friends crew. Finally completed the Avatar and I do remember the episode. {SPOILER} It's the one where Katara helps the small village by destroying the fire nation factory and cleaning the lake, right? Also thanks for the recommendations.

[@nandacamposv]

since you looove found family, i recommend Chaos Walking. The friendship between the main characters is so strong. The fact that they're two kids that lost everything and are all they have left and in order to survive they have to really trust each other is so great! :)

[@allisonkrapf5605]

Fun Fact: Oda has actually stated what members of a family the Strawhats are. Brook: Grandfather (obviously) Franky: Father Robin: Mother Zoro: 1st Son Sanji: 2nd Son Nami: Daugther Usopp: 3rd Son Luffy: 4th Son Chopper: Youngest Son Edit: I can't believe I forgot to put in Usopp the 1st time.

[@starandeath4735]

Jinbei : that one uncle lmao

[@stacymccaskill-lilja2944]

I love the found family trope. 🥰

[@Zeet1]

Thanks for all the recommendations! Can't wait to read Gentleman Bastards soon!

[@xKlaus22]

Full metal alchemist would be perfect for you specially because the two main characters are brothers who look for each other above everything.

[@ianfant8065]

My favorite work with found family trope is "Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun", a manga where MC gets sold to a demon by his horrible parents. The demon takes the boy to the demon world... and adopts him. Because he wants a grandkid to dot on XD It's an absurd world, not unlike One Piece, but with a specific Halloween-ish vibe, like Tim Burton's works. The boy makes friends with demons, faces challenges, both serious and not, but always hilarious, and grows to love this strange, absurd world.

[@edsgirl9290]

LOVE the found family trope but recently I've been looking for the found father trope. where a man is put in a father figure position. do you have any recommendations similar to that? thanks!

[@alysonserenastone2917]

Avatar is what came to my mind the moment I saw the title of this video. I'm kind of surprised that Harry Potter didn't make the list.

[@LeonardoMartins-md9xn]

There is a Brazilian book named something like "Sand captains" (I don't know the English name but in Portuguese is Capitães da areia) that you may like

[@RottenBen]

Technically in the second series of Percy Jackson, you could refer to the found family as a crew.

[@gamerbros13579]

Found you from your one piece videos and now I'm staying for everthing else. Just ordered ove, super excited to read it!

[@jenniferjoy3908]

I know you don‘t watch a lot of TV, but I think you would really love Stranger Things (if you haven’t watched it already). It has so many of your favorite tropes, among them found family, creepy small town where everyone knows each other, the big guy, extreme loyalty and friendship, biological family that fights for each other, portal into another world… I could really see you enjoying this show :)

[@Rishain]

found family to the max, i would recommend The land chaos seed. yes its a lit rpg book but omg does it do found family sooooooo well

[@kinahthecat]

I love books with well written character relations. My favorite new discovery in the found family trope is The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It's a story about the Underground Railroad, but with some magic. A lot of the story was about characters finding new family belonging and doing everything they can to stay or get back together. Not sure I am doing it justice with that description, but it was a beautiful book.

[@kirbythebookishnurse2814]

I'm about halfway through Nimona and absolutely love it for its little found family ❤

[@fabiolafaddoul2504]

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini. I read this book a long time ago but I remember enjoying it A LOT, and the MC becomes part of an awesome family. It's a modern book about greek mythology and has the enemies to lovers trope. It's a fun book

[@Neverrgreen]

The circle of magic series by Tamora Pierce is the quintessential found family series. The culmination to the will of the empress is perfection.

[@silentcookie7261]

So... I don't know if anyone will read this comment, but if you're up for a historical fantasy manga series, then I want to recommend Akatsuki no Yona. I love this series with their characters and relationships so much it's not even funny anymore.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

My sister is obsessed with it! Unfortunately my adhd brain have anxiety over diving into anything that feels too worthy (lol) but from some storylines my sister told me, I enjoy it.

[@evelinepieternella8088]

I just finished the Lies of Locke Lamora after your recommendation and IT WAS SOO GOOD!! I'm currently listening to the second book while going on runs and I'm loving every second. So glad you recommended it! Also, I'm definitely gonna read more of your recommendations because your tastes seem to very much align with mine!

[@bogih21]

I hope you will like book 2 just as much! Honestly, it's my favourite series ever

[@evelinepieternella8088]

@@bogih21 So far it's been great!!!

[@cheyannelencioni1389]

The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner has a great found family that comes together throughout the 6 books. It’s similar to the Gentleman Bastard series since it follows a thief, but the found family coming together is strung out more throughout the story.

[@aliaibrahim4517]

I’ve never quite thought of Queens Thief fitting this trope but this series is one of my favourites and I need more people to read it!!

[@ashisawsome621]

If you can get your hands on the translations Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint and Baccano! are really good at the found family trope! I love them soooo much!

[@gabisarcanum2022]

Uf, If you want to vibe with brotherly love, you should read Full Metal Alchemist manga ♥️ it gets me every time!

[@rebeccaransomart]

Cannot recommend the film 'My Life as a Zucchini' enough to those who love found family. Its an animated film from france, and is as quirky, charming and wonderful as its title, yet even more heartbraking and adorable too. Young kids in a foster home who find kinship together. I watched it a few years ago and still recall it so fondly. Love love love

[@Varshamohanta]

Oh My God! Found Family is my favourite trope and I've been wanting to read something with it and then you upload this video. 🤩😍 Thank you so much! ❤️

[@noutsakh.2135]

I can't it with these SquareSpace ads XD these are too funny. And those cover arts are just spectacular >.

[@melodydiagames]

Glad to see we have similar tastes. Found family has to be my number 1 favorite trope, though most of my favorite found family stories are from TV shows and not books, unfortunately. One book series I WOULD recommend though is the Underrealm series by Garret Robinson. The Nightblade Epic (and it's spinoffs, The Academy Journals & Tales of The Wanderer) is chock-full if found family goodness. I feel like if you like Lord of the Rings you'll like Nightblade. Or, if your more of a Harry Potter fan, The Academy Journals. P.S. the first book in the series can be downloaded from his website for free, so uh, while it looks like Merphy may be more into physical books (judging from the bookshelf) if anyone else in the comments is interested.... now you know.

[@sarafina1263]

Ahhh this is also my favorite trope. Saving all these recs

[@blank3914]

Coz of her reviews Friday is my new favorite day ahaha

[@thefairylibrarian3282]

If you like the found family in Percy Jackson you should definitely continue with the heroes of olympus. The found family dynamics are so great!

[@theballadofidioticbones2597]

I love family dynamics myself. That's why the two books I'm writing are very family focused. The first a big family is trying to save their youngest from a mysterious illness. Then the second an Aunt and her Nephew go on a quest to save their town. As you can see, family focused. Seriously family and loyalty is just the best.

[@skizzit]

100% believe the idea of found family is the very core of One Piece. It's by far the most important ideal in the series.

[@bethanygreenwood8259]

Ooh, popping those fairy-tale adaptations on my TBR! :)

[@vihashah5975]

Surprised no Harry Potter. But great list! Naruto is also a very found family and loyalty oriented anime, if you are interested in checking it out.

[@TheWordN3rd]

I love that the MGs on this list are two of my favorites 😍

[@TimRG]

I just finished the Lies of Locke Lamora. It was better than I thought. I wasn't too into it in the first few chapters. Glad I stuck with it.

[@wingracer1614]

First time I actually stopped reading just a few chapters in. It just wasn't working for me for some reason. About a year later I came back to it and it finally clicked. Love the whole series now.

[@MrSean24601]

I will watch any video where The Lies of Locke Lamora is involved! I’m so excited for your read-along!

[@brandenharris8742]

I did know. I will read along. Thanks for hosting. I'm on book 2

[@westmanpl]

One series that you would definitely enjoy that has a very strong family dynamic would be "Chronicles of an Urban Druid" It is a series written by Auburn Tempest and Michael Anderle. There are currently 9 books in the series and it can be found on Kindle Unlimited. I do not know if there are print versions.

[@pratikahire806]

After hearing your favourite tropes I'd like to recommend another manga to you called 'Kaguya sama love is war'. It's a high school rom com with both main characters too egoistic to confess to each other. After one piece, kaguya sama has my favourite characters and their chemistry.

[@coffeepenspaper7193]

yeeees, Lunar Chronicles 🥳 Renegades does this found family aspect very well as well, Marissa Meyer definitely has a thing for it! As well as TJ Klune, the few books I read of him all have found family!

[@imnotsoberallthetime]

Relationship dynamics are also my favorite thing :’) ugh, i relate a lot to your words on this video, made me smile big.

[@alextaylor7476]

I thought of A Thousand Splendid Suns. The book broke my heart but the relationship between the two main characters was so touching to me.

[@dawnnika4421]

Howl's moving castle is great. Miyazaki actually rushed the story and changed the ending.

[@maicahalfonso2988]

I also love these stories with a found-family plot. If you love A Man Called Ove (which is something i'm so excited to read), i recommend "Anxious People" also bg Frederik Backman.

[@bookswithike3256]

I love found family. My favourite found family of all time is from The Tarot Sequence by K. D. Edwards. It starts out with these two guys who are just absolute disasters because they've never recovered from some pretty intense trauma from their youth. So they're about 30 but they act like immature teenagers. And they get tricked into agreeing to safeguard a kid until he turns 21, so they're basically forced to raise him, and while raising him they're forced to grow up. And the found family just gets bigger as the series goes along. The original two employ this housekeeper (again, because they're complete messes who can't take care of themselves) who is just great. The main character's boyfriend, and his nephew who is like the heart of the family imo. An old soldier of the main character's dad basically becomes the sensible aunt figure, and her grandkids get added to the family too and they're all precious. And then there's Ciaran who is like their cool uncle who takes three of the kids under his wing because they have unique or powerful magic that he knows how to help them develop while no one else does. It's all completely adorable. I'm sure the family will get bigger in future books, because Rune, the main character, has a habit of giving outcasts a place to stay. There's also City of Spires by Claudie Arseneault, where the found family centres around this man called Larryn who runs a homeless shelter in the slums of the city. And by the beginning of the book there's a firmly established dynamic between him and his two closest friends, who live at his shelter. Then the main character arrives at the shelter and they gradually become super close. And then in the second book, Larryn reluctantly allows someone to stay there who'll bring danger down on them, and he forms a friendship with a child at the homeless shelter, and like teaches her to read. And there's also a (mostly) biological family who have really strong bonds, and at the end of the second book all of the characters meet up for reasons, and it seems like they're going to merge into one big found family. Also The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater and The Diviners by Libba Bray, which are both pretty popular so I'm sure I don't need to say anything about them.

[@taylorpence2403]

Found family is my favorite trope as well! I would recommend Shielded by Kaylynn Flanders and The Queen's Rising by Rebecca Ross. Both of these have amazing found family tropes ❤

[@tiantuatara]

I don't know if you've ever checked out the Expanse (Leviathan Wakes is the first one) , but the crew of the Rocinante is definitely family.

[@marianaamoedo5942]

I found "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" in Spanish at a local supermarket in my country and bought it as a Children's Day present for my daughter. I'll let you know how it goes in a month. Thank you for the recommendation.

[@christianvelasquez9198]

Really looking forward to the time Ove will finally be there permanently on Merphy's shelf!

[@Magni87]

You know, I already had this thought after you talked about the "Brute but soft at heart" character trope being your favourite. Talking about how that character is almost always a supporting character and you'd like to see a story with them as the main character. Now again with you talking about found family in stories. I think it's possible that the manga "Berserk" would impact you greatly and that you would love the character "Guts".

[@Desilou18]

I 3/4 through The Lies of Locke Lamora and I LOVE it. Another series I just finished that does found family well is Fruits Basket. Tohru finding a family in the Soma's after the death of her monther and supporting each other through hardships it just so well done.

[@braedenmahar597]

Out of curiosity is there anyone here who got into One Piece because of her videos?

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

I haven’t gotten into one piece but it’s a series i plan to pick up because of her. I heard about it first from her channel. Funny little story, I went to my library and checked if there One Piece was available (it was) so I saved volumes 1-20 so I could come back when I’m ready to dedicate my time to it. Heheh, all this because of Merph :)

[@cybersketcher1130]

fun fact, they didn't change a single line of Calcifer's dialogue in the movie adaptation.

[@surenderbeniwal8578]

Hehe! I took double take🙃. I was watching an old vid of Merph, and this came below in recs, i was like yay!! this is my one of my fav. tropes (that of Merph too) & was thinking how come I've not seen this by now...and duh! Saw it's uploaded 15 min ago😅. Hope u're doing well, Merph! Good wishes to u Nd ur loved ones :)

[@JennFaeAge]

I can't quite explain why without spoilers for 3 different books that...maybe one day Merphy will read (I hold a vain hope still lol)...but pretty much Martin's entire arc in Redwall (Martin the Warrior, Mossflower, Legend of Luke). Although boy does it have some depressing moments

[@abeautifullybookishlife7525]

I just finished A Man Called Ove and I adored it. I want to reread it already. On the hunt for more books like it.

[@stevenbennett5004]

Really recommend Raybearer for this trope. I’ve never seen the trope so engaged in the plot and main character. I feel like this trope is usually fairly passive and straightforward in its implementation. Look into it if you haven’t already.

[@aqsajameel.2930]

merphy's adds are just amazing

[@eliholmes1548]

I've watched all your reviews of the Percy Jackson books from 1-4, but I couldn't find your review for the 5th one? Are you currently reading it?

[@RedsliverN]

I love Locke and Jean. So many of these found families you mentioned are criminal gangs, thieves, pirates. Seems being outside of the law and norms goes really well with the trope. Mulling on this and thinking up my favorite examples for about an hour has lead me to need to watch Farscape a seventh time. Lost astronaut joins escaped prisoners who have to run away together creating in a crazy muppet action comedy space opera. A lot of interfamily squabbling all of the way through. They are not an easy family to live with, but still a great found family example.

[@allyson.m]

the Shadow of the Fox trilogy has a great found family! It's YA fantasy centered around Japanese history and mythology and it's one of my favorites. Also a manga with a good found family is Attack on Titan, it's really gruesome but I just love the amount of loyalty you get from the characters, especially the main three, and you see how their family grows and gets stronger and stronger.

[@nehapanwar20]

I didn't know that I needed these recommendations. Thanks Merphy

[@michellecamacho1428]

My God Merphy has to read Spy x Family as soon as she "ends" One Piece I mean FOUND FAMILY

[@sarahferris7892]

One of my favorite tropes too!

[@bookandart371]

I'm currently reading A man called Ove and I have already cried twice so 😭

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

I’m not picking this up yet. But I’m picking a Backman book this month. My Grandmother asked me to tell you she’s sorry is the one I’m picking up. Have you read it?

[@bookandart371]

@@ohohnenyeoo2654 I haven't read it . I just finished man called Ove and I loved it so I ll probably pick it sometime in the future

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

@@bookandart371 ok. Hope when you do, you enjoy it.

[@kitreadsbooks7718]

A Man Called Ove has found family? OK now I'm definitely reading it!

[@tammyhein5723]

I love this trope!! Thanks for the recs!

[@AnakinTheWeird]

Merphy, I keep telling you, you NEED to watch/read A Place Further than the Universe. It's a found family adventure story about how friends help you through hard times and do impossible things. It would easily make it in your top 5 works of art.

[@DankAlighieri]

I love Merphy SO MUCH i came for One Piece and stayed for her lol. That ad really got me!

[@doodlesnghosts]

I really recommend Magnus Chase, I think that from all of Rick's books, this found family is the best. It's just simply amazing when it comes to this trope, and they're just amazing books in general

[@marshwiggle8364]

I was a bit confused by the title. I thought at first this was a video on your family members favorite books.

[@playlistkiddo5654]

I really liked the found family aspect in Harry Potter. Not only are the friendships Harry forges with Ron and Hermione super strong , there are so many adults who function as Harry's found family: Hagrid, Ron's parents, Remus, Sirius, Dumbledore (even though that relationship wasn't the healthiest).

[@Montag451]

Another good one is Shogun*. I recommend Shogun. Weren't you reading Shogun? I hope you finish it someday. Shogun! *Shogun isn't really found family, I'm just continuing to wonder what happened to it...