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Elizabeth Strout

American
1956 - Present
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. She was born and raised in Portland, Maine, and her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels—the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her ten novels.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed 3 of Elizabeth Strout's books, including The Things We Never Say, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, and Tell Me Everything.
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The Things We Never Say: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout
The Things We Never Say: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout

4.4/5

Elizabeth Strout's eleventh novel, published by Random House on May 5, 2026, marks a deliberate departure from her celebrated interconnected Maine universe, introducing a new protagonist — 57-year-old Artie Dam — and exploring male loneliness, the weight of secrets, and the slow, painful work of honest self-knowledge in a compact, scene-driven narrative set in Massachusetts.

Reviewed Jun 28, 2026

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

4.2/5

Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge is a structurally inventive work of fiction — thirteen interrelated but narratively discontinuous stories set in the fictional coastal Maine town of Crosby — held together by one of American literature's most indelible characters. Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award, it was named a Best Book of 2008 by a wide range of publications including People, USA Today, The Atlantic, The Washington Post Book World, and the Chicago Tribune, among others. Strout's novel in stories offers, as the publisher's synopsis frames it, "profound insights into the human condition — its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires."

Reviewed Jun 20, 2026

Tell Me Everything: Oprah's Book Club: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout
Tell Me Everything: Oprah's Book Club: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout

4.3/5

Tell Me Everything is a New York Times bestseller, an Oprah's Book Club pick, and a Women's Prize for Fiction shortlistee in which Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout reunites readers with Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, and Bob Burgess in autumn-drenched Crosby, Maine — weaving a murder investigation, a profound new friendship, and meditations on memory and meaning into what the publisher describes as Strout operating at the height of her powers.

Reviewed Apr 12, 2026