Author guide
Elizabeth Strout Books in Order
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist and short-story writer who grew up in small towns in Maine and New Hampshire. Her fiction often returns to New England and examines the hidden emotional lives of families and communities. She is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge, as well as the Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge sequences. Strout studied English at Bates College and law at Syracuse University, and lives in Maine.
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Elizabeth Strout's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
My Name Is Lucy Barton
Best entry to the Amgash sequence; it introduces Lucy Barton and her childhood in Amgash, Illinois.
Olive Kitteridge
Best entry to the Olive Kitteridge sequence; it establishes Olive and the community of Crosby, Maine.
Amy and Isabelle
Chronological starting point for Strout's standalone fiction.
Read in order
Books by series
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Amgash
A linked sequence centered on Lucy Barton and the people connected to her childhood in Amgash, Illinois, expanding across family, memory, and later life.
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Olive Kitteridge
A sequence of linked stories centered on Olive Kitteridge and the community of Crosby, Maine.
Outside the series
