Elizabeth Strout's Blog
November 13, 2024
TIME: Tell Me Everything, in The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024
September 20, 2024
Oprah Daily: Elizabeth Strout’s Universe, Explained
“In Oprah’s most recent Book Club pick, Tell Me Everything, Olive � returns � and she is not alone. Throughout Strout’s work, 25 characters appear in more than one of her novels; Tell Me Everything features 23 of them. For an author renowned for her ability to capture the overlapping histories and rich particularities of each and every character, bringing so many of them together is an ecstatic gift to her readers: a literary fantasy fulfilled.�� Oprah Daily
Charley Burlock, � Oprah Daily, Sep 18, 2024.
September 11, 2024
Tell Me Everything: Oprah's Book Club Pick!
I’m absolutely thrilled that Tell Me Everything was chosen to be !
It was where we had a warm, fun chat. Oprah is amazing.
How can you participate? Get the book, follow the schedule below, and join the weekly Oprah’s Book Club discussions on , , and ! by following and posting: #ReadWithUs.
September 9, 2024
NY Times: An abundance of insights

““Tell Me Everything� offers readers an abundance of the searing and plain-spoken insights for which Strout is beloved.... Strout looks, she sees. And when we read her books � oh! � so do we.�� New York Times
Alexis Schaitkin, �,� New York Times, Sept 9, 2024.
September 7, 2024
Guardian Interview: ‘All ordinary people are extraordinary�
“I’ve always been fascinated with this sense that every single person walking down the street has a whole story. …And nobody ever really knows it, because we only tell parts of our story to different people, and oh, I just want to know it so much! I always have, so I make it up.�� Elizabeth Strout
Hephzibah Anderson, �,’� The Guardian, Sept 7, 2024.
September 6, 2024
TELL ME EVERYTHING comes out soon!

My new book, TELL ME EVERYTHING, comes out soon in both the US and the UK. Both covers are just lovely, I couldn’t be happier with them.
I’ll be , so please check the tour schedule and come say hello if you’re in the area!
September 4, 2024
Boston Globe: A rich tapestry, intricately wrought yet effortlessly realized

“‘Tell Me Everything� � brings together Strout’s most indelible characters in a rich tapestry, intricately wrought yet effortlessly realized, both suspenseful and meditative.�� Boston Globe
Priscilla Gilman, �,� Boston Globe, Sept 4, 2024.
FT: A book with a big heart
“Strout delivers that most terrible and yet important of literary clichés: a book with heart.� Like all the best literary landscapes, [the town of] Crosby is everywhere, its people are all of us and their stories matter. �� The Financial Times
Alice Fishburn, �,� The Financial Times, Sept 4, 2024.
August 30, 2024
SF Chronicle: A generous, compassionate novel
“Set in Maine, Elizabeth Strout’s “Tell Me Everything� is a generous, compassionate novel about the human need for connection, understanding and love, and the damage that occurs when those things are denied. The story brings together Strout’s most beloved characters from previous books � Olive Kitteridge, Lucy Barton and the Burgess Boys � in a series of episodes that span a year, a time of great change.�� San Francisco Chronicle
Laurie Hertzel, �,� Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle, Aug 30, 2024.
August 28, 2024
TELL ME EVERYTHING out soon!

My new book, TELL ME EVERYTHING, comes out soon in both the US and the UK. Both covers are just lovely, I couldn’t be happier with them.
I’ll be , so please check the tour schedule and come say hello if you’re in the area!