10 Books To Read Next If You Loved Little Fires Everywhere By Celeste Ng

Read the book, seen the show, what next?

Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon on set with Celeste Ng

by Rhiannon Evans |
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If you've started watching Little Fires Everywhere on Amazon Prime, it might have reminded you how much you loved the original novel, by Celeste Ng. Or it might've made you decide to pick it up for the first time - and now you're looking for your next literary fix.

So, with that in mind, here are 10 of the best books (one suggested by the author herself!) that you should read next...

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Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

A mother who doesn't fit in – and a daughter desperate to get to the bottom of what is going on… it's also being made into a film with Cate Blanchett.

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Normal People by Sally Rooney

Not just because they're our lockdown telly obsessions – but because so much of the intense relationships between the teenage characters hinges on where they've come from and how it's impacted their lives.

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Where The Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens

Another Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, it surely won't be long before this worldwide publishing hit is on your screens.

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Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Women with a secret in a tight-knit US community – the similarities between Reese Witherspoon's roles (Elena Richardson in Little Fires Everywhere and Madeline Mackenie in Big Little Lies) are stark.

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A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

A gripping novel from the master of the dilemma, based during an attack on a US abortion clinic.

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Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Race, motherhood and our relationships with the women we hire to take care of us in our homes – almost all of Little Fires is here, but taking place in the 2010s.

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Lullaby by Leila Slimani

Exploring a much darker side of motherhood and what it means to invite someone into our home to take care of our family.

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All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung

Celeste Ng herself recommends Nicole's memoir about adoption and race.

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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

The first book by the Little Fires Everywhere author, Everything I Never Told You focuses on the Lee family, who are torn apart by the death of their daughter, Lydia.

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Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

If you're talking about clashes of culture and privilege in an American school, you can't do much better than this.

READ MORE: Little Fires Everywhere Author Celeste Ng On How Her Bestselling Novel Became A Reese Witherspoon TV Series

READ MORE: Reese Witherspoon's Book Club: The Reads That Come Tried And Tested By Reese Herself

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