Books like Ask Again, Yes
Loved Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane? Here are 8 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Ask Again, Yes: A Novel →8 books
- 1Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Ann PatchettA family story that moves across decades and shows how one event split two households apart.
- 2The Dutch House
The Dutch House
Ann PatchettA long look at a family, its house and its secrets, told by someone who grows up inside the story.
- 3Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste NgA suburban novel where neighbouring families are drawn into each other's lives and secrets.
- 4Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste NgA family drama about a household in which a central loss leaves each member keeping their own silences.
- 5The Interestings
The Interestings
Meg WolitzerA story of friends who grow up together and drift apart over many years, with close attention to their ambitions and resentments.
- 6Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth StroutLinked chapters about a small-town community that show how people's private lives unfold over time.
- 7Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies
Lauren GroffA marriage examined across its whole length, with the partners' inner lives revealed slowly.
- 8Our Souls at Night
Our Souls at Night
Kent HarufA quiet, plain-spoken novel about two older people in a small town whose friendship changes both their lives.
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