#8 in Contemporary fiction
Little Fires Everywhere
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 81 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
- Reese's Book Club
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Our view
“Little Fires Everywhere” is a careful study of motherhood in its many forms, told through two families in suburban Ohio in the 1990s. Some readers find the first hundred pages or so slow and heavy with detail before the story catches; others feel the message is pressed a little hard and that one of the mothers edges towards caricature. The characters’ choices divide opinion, which makes it a natural pick for a reading group.
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About the book
Little Fires Everywhere is the second novel by the American author Celeste Ng. It was published in 2017 by Penguin Press. The novel takes place in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where Ng grew up. The novel focuses on two families living in 1990s Shaker Heights who are brought together through their children. Ng described writing about her hometown as "a little bit like writing about a relative. You see all of the great things about them, you love them dearly, and yet, you also know all of their quirks and their foibles."
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 1,211 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 89% of the weight and the score stays at 7.9 — the Contemporary fiction average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 49 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 1.2K | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is Little Fires Everywhere?
It has 384 pages — longer than 60% of the ranked books in Contemporary fiction.
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