The relevance of this article is the process of comparing the work of two American writers of the XIX-XX centuries, L.M. Alcott and A. Tyler, which highlights the common problem of humanism and its role in preserving family traditions. The article aims to compare novels in the genre of family chronicles of American writers of different eras. The article has an analytical and historical approach to the study of these novels. The scientific novelty of the research work lies in the fact that the works of American writers of different eras in the genre of family chronicles are compared for the first time. The article examines the question posed in world literary studies about the genre of family chronicle, the peculiarities of its principles in general, and individual families in particular. The study reveals this topic of family relations fully and in detail, which is reflected in their works that have come down to our days. The aspects forming family values of American families who lived in the period under review are compared. It is important to mention that the family brought up not only general views on society and achieved success in it, but also gradually developed family traditions.