Tell Me EverythingTell Me Everything
What it's about
Elizabeth Strout returns to Crosby, Maine, and her beloved characters, Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess and more, as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy puts it: what does anyone's life mean?
Why it's worth reading
It was a finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Goodreads Choice Awards. Strout writes about ordinary lives with extraordinary insight.
You'll love it if you liked
Olive Kitteridge
My Name Is Lucy Barton
The Things We Never SayGood to know
It brings together characters from several earlier Strout books; it's richer if you've read them.
By the numbers
- Readers30 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics25 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller42 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 10%
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
Where it ranks
- #190 of the 309 literary novels we rank
- #272 of the 481 new books we rank
- #1586 of the 2,816 books we rank
Why it made the list
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Quick answers
Is Tell Me Everything worth reading?
Yes. It was a finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Goodreads Choice Awards. It ranks #1,586 of the 2,816 books in our ranking, with a Must-Read Score of 67.5 (the best book we found scores 99).
What is Tell Me Everything about?
Elizabeth Strout returns to Crosby, Maine, and her beloved characters, Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess and more, as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy puts it: what does anyone's life mean?
How long does it take to read Tell Me Everything?
About 8 hours (326 pages), or about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day.
What should I read after Tell Me Everything?
If you liked it, try Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout or The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout.