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, “Elizabeth Strout’s Universe, Explained Oprah Daily, Sep 18, 2024.

Tell Me Everything: Oprah's Book Club Pick!

I’m absolutely thrilled that Tell Me Everything was chosen to be the next Oprah’s Book Club pick!

It was announced on CBS Mornings 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 Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok! by following and posting: #ReadWithUs.

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, “Elizabeth Strout Gets the Gang Back Together for a Murder Mystery,” New York Times, Sept 9, 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, “Books interview: Elizabeth Strout: ‘All ordinary people are extraordinary,’” The Guardian, Sept 7, 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, “In ‘Tell Me Everything,’ Elizabeth Strout finds the big hearts behind some of New England’s most tight-lipped townspeople,” Boston Globe, Sept 4, 2024.