I am so excited that Where the Crawdads Sing has been chosen by Reese Witherspoon as the September book of the month for Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine!

“I can’t even express how much I love this book! My September pick is “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens. It’s about a young woman named Kya, who’s left to raise herself in the marshes of North Carolina when her family abandons her at a young age. There is so much to her story: romance, mystery, and a murder… and it takes place in the breathtaking backdrop of the South. I didn’t want this story to end!”

— x Reese

I'm grateful for Reese's very kind words about Kya and thrilled her story was chosen for Reese's club pick.

Anyone can join! Pick up a copy of CRAWDADS, then follow Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine on Instagram or Facebook to read and discuss it together throughout the month.

Called "an exquisite and heartbreaking novel," Where the Crawdads Sing appeared on IndieBound's weekly Indie Bestsellers list today for the second week running. It was also an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.

I am excited to share that CRAWDADS is now officially a National Bestseller! It debuted last week at #13 on Indie Bound's Indie Bestsellers List, based on the book sales of independent bookstores across America, and it remains for a second week on the list released today.

I couldn't be more grateful for the support of readers and editors everywhere!

IndieBound puts CRAWDADS on their August Indie Next List, featuring recommendations from independent booksellers of new and forthcoming books.

Independent bookstores are such a wonderful part of our communities, I'm honored by this recognition.

Entertainment Weekly has called Where the Crawdads Sing one of "August's hottest reads," in its list of "20 new books to read in August." Thank you, EW!

Where the Crawdads Sing has been selected by Amazon editors' for their Editors' Picks list, as one of the top ten best books for August. It's a great honor finding Crawdads on this list! Many thanks to Amazon's editors.

SIBA, the Southern Independent Book Alliance, has selected CRAWDADS as an OKRA Pick, their seasonal lineup of the Best Southern Literature.

This is such an honor. My thanks to SIBA's editors.

BookPage, one of the premier print and online publications of book reviews, has chosen CRAWDADS as one of its top titles for August and is featuring CRAWDADS on the cover.

Online, CRAWDADS appears in their list of  “First Fiction: 11 best debuts of 2018 (so far!).”

Publisher's Weekly has named Where the Crawdads Sing one of its top literary fiction titles for Fall!

It is an honor to be included on this list alongside novels by authors J.D. Barker, Dacre Stoker, and John Sandford.

Jonathan Segura, "Fall 2018 Adult Announcements: The big titles of autumn," Publisher's Weekly,
June 22, 2018.

I was thrilled to be invited to the American Library Association conference where I spoke to 200 librarians and signed advanced copies of my new novel. Grateful for the honor!