Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Weird Sisters | 2011 | Eleanor Brown | Buy |
| 2 | The Light of Paris | 2016 | Eleanor Brown | Buy |
| 3 | Any Other Family | 2022 | Eleanor Brown | Buy |
Eleanor Brown’s three novels span a decade of literary fiction about family bonds. The Weird Sisters (2011) was a New York Times bestseller, and her later books continued exploring how women navigate family ties and personal identity.
The Weird Sisters follows three sisters named after Shakespeare characters who return to their childhood home and confront old rivalries and disappointments. The Light of Paris (2016) tells a dual-timeline story where a modern woman discovers her grandmother’s Paris diary from the 1920s and finds the courage to change her own life. Any Other Family (2022) takes on adoption from multiple perspectives within a single blended family.
Brown publishes at a deliberate pace, with five or six years between each book. That gap shows in the care she takes with character and setting. All three novels are standalones with no shared characters, so readers can start with whichever premise interests them most.