The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout | Booker Prize 2026 Longlisted | Contemporary Literary Fiction Novel

The Things We Never Say is a novel by Elizabeth Strout. It is contemporary literary fiction, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026.

Key details

• Novel by Elizabeth Strout
• Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026
• Contemporary literary fiction
• Character-driven storytelling

Synopsis

Written with emotional insight and compassionate characterisation, this novel turns its attention to the complicated inner lives of ordinary people and the words, memories and feelings that remain unspoken between them. It examines family and relationships alongside love, loneliness, regret, memory and human connection, showing how small moments can carry lasting emotional weight.

A considered choice for readers of contemporary literary fiction, and well suited to book clubs or as a gift.

Rackhams Reference : B24BN6P2TD