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Curtis Sittenfeld books in order: A complete list
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It doesn't take very long in a bookshop before you come across a story by Curtis Sittenfeld. The New York Times best-selling author is best known for her coming-of-age and politically charged stories that are a must read for every book worm.
Whether you want to delve into the lives of identical twins with psychic abilities or imagine a world where Hillary Clinton never married Bill, Curtis Sittenfeld has a story for every mood you might be in. So, get ready for your reading list to get a lot longer as from her first novel to latest release, here is a complete guide to Curtis Sittenfeld's books in order.
Curtis' first book, released almost 20 years ago, follows the story of 14-year-old Lee Fiora, a shy schoolgirl who leaves her family behind to attend a prestigious boarding school.
Over the next four years at Ault school, Lee faces complicated relationships with teachers, shaky friendships with other girls, intense crushes and much more, all while trying to find and maintain her place in the school's pecking order.
Next up is The Man Of My Dreams, where we meet teenager Hannah Gavener who lives life in the magazines she reads and celebrities she loves, while her her parents’ marriage falls apart.
As she grows up, relationships become tricky and Hannah has to deal with her past to discover what she wants for her future. By the time she’s in her late twenties, Hannah might have just figured things out, but will she find the courage to go after what she wants?
In Curtis' third book, we go back to the 1940s to meet, Alice Blackwell, who later becomes America's First Lady. When a tragic accident turns her life upside down at just 17, her trajectory changes and more than a decade later, she meets the charismatic son of a powerful Republican family who sweeps her off her feet.
When her husband unexpectedly becomes governor and then president, she has to question whether love is enough and faces the tough choice between her family, country and herself.
Family, identity, loyalty, deception and truth are the themes in Curtis' fourth novel, Sisterland. Here, we follow the story of Kate and her identical twin sister, Violet, who were born with psychic abilities that allow them to see future events and other people’s secrets.
Though Violet embraced her visions, Kate did her best to hide them and many years later, the sisters must come together again to save their community from a potentially deadly earthquake that only they could know about.
If you're a Jane Austen fan, then this has to be on your reading list as this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice sees Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy as you've never seen them before.
Here, Liz and Jane Bennet come home to look after their father after a health scare, but old patterns return fast and their mother questions their single status, that is, until neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy comes along.
In her first collection of fictional short stories, Curtis explores themes of class, relationships, and gender roles in America. From a honeymoon gone wrong to a suburban mother of two who has something to hide, You Think It, I'll Say It won the Sunday Times short story award and been on the reading list of Reese Witherspoon. It must be good then!
This novel asks the simple question, what if Hillary Clinton hadn't married Bill?
In Curtis's seventh story, she brings together fact and fictional as we see the presidential candidate blaze her own trail which leaves us questioning how might things have turned out for them, for America, for the world itself, if Hillary had really turned down Bill. A must read!
Curtis's latest story is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, Romantic Comedy. Here, we meet TV script writer Sally Milz who thinks she's over romance, until she meets an unlikely love interest in the form of Noah Brewster, a successful musician with a reputation for dating models, until Sally comes around. Another one of Reese Witherspoon's faves!
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