The Things We Never Say

Name: The Things We Never Say
ISBN: 9798217154746

by Elizabeth Strout

Booker · 2026 · Longlist

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VikingMay 5, 2026Literary Fiction224 pagesISBN 9798217154746

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Booker Prize	2026	Longlist	“A devastating look at the dangerous cracks in family life and in the contemporary world at large. Strout’s prose is brilliantly understated and all the more powerful for that.”

About This Book

A standalone novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, departing from the Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton series. A chance incident sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher's life as Strout examines the cracks in family life and in contemporary America.

About the Author

Elizabeth StroutAmerican

Elizabeth Strout was born on January 6, 1956, in Portland, Maine, and raised in small towns in Maine and New Hampshire. She graduated from Bates College and earned a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law in 1982. Read more →