The Lies That Started It All

Big Little Lies introduced Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Bonnie, and Renata through the competitive world of parents at an Australian elementary school, gradually building toward a death that exposed abuse, secrets, fractured marriages, and complicated friendships.

Published in 2014, the novel became an international bestseller and inspired HBO’s acclaimed television adaptation. Big Little Truths returns to the same families roughly a decade later, turning what was originally a standalone story into a continuing series centered on how those earlier choices still shape the women and their children.

The Kids Grew Up, So Did the Secrets

Ten years have passed, and the children of Big Little Lies are now teenagers facing high school, relationships, alcohol, drugs, and the increasingly complicated independence that comes with growing up.

When a disturbing package arrives for the school principal and a stranger begins asking questions around campus, anxiety spreads through the community. At the same time, Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Bonnie, and Renata are dealing with their own family crises.

The secrets that once belonged largely to the adults now collide with what their children know, what they have been told, and what has deliberately been kept from them.

Reese’s Book Club

Reese’s Book Club was founded by Reese Witherspoon in 2017 and selects a new title each month with a woman at the center of the story. Big Little Truths was chosen as the club’s September 2026 pick, making it an especially natural selection given Witherspoon’s long connection to Big Little Lies through the HBO adaptation, where she starred as Madeline and served as an executive producer.

The choice brings the franchise back into Witherspoon’s orbit while introducing Moriarty’s sequel to the book club’s large international readership.