Character guide · 8 books · 2008 to 2024 · Mostly set in the fictional Crosby, Maine

Elizabeth Strout

Literary and generalLiterary fiction Family and book club

Elizabeth Strout writes linked novels and stories about ordinary lives in small towns. Olive Kitteridge is a prickly retired teacher in Crosby, Maine; Lucy Barton is a novelist who grew up poor in Illinois. In Tell Me Everything, their worlds meet.

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Olive Kitteridge

2 books · Set in the fictional Crosby, MaineLiterary fictionFamily and book club

1Olive Kitteridge2008With Olive KitteridgeBuy on Amazon
2Olive, Again2019With Olive KitteridgeBuy on Amazon

Lucy Barton

5 booksLiterary fictionFamily and book club

1My Name Is Lucy Barton2016With Lucy Barton · Set in New YorkBuy on Amazon
2Anything Is Possible2017Set in the fictional Amgash, IllinoisBuy on Amazon
3Oh William!2021With Lucy Barton · Set in New YorkBuy on Amazon
4Lucy by the Sea2022With Lucy Barton · Set in the fictional Crosby, MaineBuy on Amazon
5Tell Me Everything2024With Bob Burgess · Set in the fictional Crosby, MaineBuy on Amazon