Books like Olive Kitteridge
If you liked Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Storyteller
Because shares tags: fiction, family.
Baker Sage Singer is asked by old Josef Weber to kill him for his SS past, while her grandmother Minka's war story weighs on her.
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The Measure
Because shares tags: fiction, family.
Small wooden boxes arrive for every adult, each holding a string that shows life length. Eight people decide if they will open theirs.
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My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
Because shares tags: fiction, family.
Seven-year-old Elsa loses her granny and best friend, then delivers apology letters to neighbours while holding onto fairy tales of Miamas…
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Girl, Woman, Other
Because shares tags: fiction, stories.
Twelve Black British women and girls link across years and cities, anchored by playwright Amma on her National Theatre premiere night.
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To Sir Phillip, With Love
Because shares tags: marriage, family.
Outspoken Eloise writes a grieving botanist, visits unchaperoned, and stays for twins.
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Truly Madly Guilty
Because shares tags: family, marriage.
A Sydney barbecue turns when two-year-old Ruby falls in a fountain. Three couples face guilt, marriage strain, and repair.
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The Pact
Because shares tags: fiction, family.
After Emily Gold dies from a gunshot, her boyfriend Chris Harte says it was a suicide pact and faces trial for murder.
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Terms and Conditions
Because shares tags: marriage, family.
Declan must marry to inherit, so he offers his assistant a deal with rules.
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Still Alice
Because shares tags: fiction, family.
Harvard professor Alice Howland faces early onset Alzheimer's and her family must adapt as memory fades.
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Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Because shares tags: family, marriage.
Colin Bridgerton returns and discovers Penelope Featherington is Lady Whistledown.
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Nineteen Minutes
Because shares tags: fiction, family.
Sterling High student Peter Haddon commits a school shooting and lawyer Jordan McAfee defends him while Josie Cormier hides truth.
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Apples Never Fall
Because shares tags: family, marriage.
A retired tennis coach vanishes, and her four children rethink their family story.
