A Pulitzer winner, a Booker shortlistee and a quiet debut about a mother and daughter: some of these Maine and Illinois stories run through the same characters for decades.
1Amy and IsabelleStrout's 1998 debut novel about a mother and her teenage daughter in a small New England mill town, shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
2Abide with MeA 2006 novel about a grieving minister and his small Maine congregation in the late 1950s.
3Olive KitteridgeA 2008 novel in thirteen linked stories centred on a retired Maine schoolteacher, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
4The Burgess BoysA 2013 novel about two lawyer brothers from Maine drawn home when their nephew gets into trouble.
5My Name Is Lucy BartonA 2016 novel narrated by a writer recalling her mother's visit to her hospital bed, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
6Anything Is PossibleA 2017 book of linked stories set in Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton.
7Olive, AgainThe 2019 sequel to Olive Kitteridge, following Olive into her second marriage and old age.
8Oh William!A 2021 novel in which Lucy Barton travels with her ex-husband William to uncover his family's past, shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.
9Lucy by the SeaA 2022 novel in which Lucy Barton leaves New York for coastal Maine with William at the start of the pandemic.
10Tell Me EverythingA 2024 novel that brings Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton together in the town of Crosby, Maine.
11The Things We Never SayA 2026 novel about Artie Dam, a schoolteacher living with the secrets he and others keep, shortlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize.
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- Amy and Isabelle — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
- Abide with Me — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
- Olive Kitteridge — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
- The Burgess Boys — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
- My Name Is Lucy Barton — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
- Anything Is Possible — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
- Olive, Again — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
- Oh William! — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
- Lucy by the Sea — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
- Tell Me Everything — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
- The Things We Never Say — Cover art © the book's publisher, rights holder
