Where the Crawdads Sing Reading Guide
Where the Crawdads Sing is author Delia Owens’ debut novel (but not her first book). Since its release in August 2018, Where the Crawdads Sing has become a #1 New York Times bestseller. It was also a book club pick for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine book club. If it’s good enough for Reese’s book club, it’s good enough for yours, right? But what is the book about? Part murder mystery, part coming-of-age story, part romance, part courtroom drama, Where the Crawdads Sing is a lot of things. It’s the story of Kya, a young girl who is abandoned by her family and forced to raise herself alone in the marshes of North Carolina. When a well-liked man from the nearby town of Barkley Cove is murdered, the townspeople suspect Kya, the weird “marsh girl.” By the time you get to the end of this novel, you’ll likely be dying to discuss this book as much as I was. Where the Crawdads Sing tackles issues of prejudice, isolation and loneliness, love, animal and human nature, and so much more. But with so much going on in this book, where to start? Here are just a few book club questions for Where the Crawdads Sing to jumpstart your group’s discussion.
10 Where the Crawdads Sing Book Club Questions
These ten questions for your book club’s discussion of Where the Crawdads Sing are just a starting off point. There are so many things to talk about in this novel. For more ideas, read Book Riot’s Book Club Discussion Questions, which includes 40 questions that work for nearly any book. Want more book club guides? Read my post about Book Club Discussion Questions for An American Marriage. Maybe this will be your next book club pick!
