Sue Monk Kidd

  Hundreds of readers across the U.S. and in other countries joined Sue’s virtual book club, engaging in a month of enlightening and inspiring discussions of The Book of Longings. Sue and her publisher, Viking, compiled a treasure trove of book club resources that are available to any book group that chooses to read The…

Sue ‘s new novel, The Book of Longings, debuted April 21, 2020 to widespread critical acclaim and immediately landed at the top of the bestseller lists, reaching #5 on The New York Times Hardcover Fiction list, #1 on the IndieBound bestseller list, and #2 on the Associated Press bestseller List. The novel was a Book-of-the-Month Selection,…

The Secret Life of Bees Off-Broadway musical was celebrated with seven Outer Critics Circle Awards Honorees on Monday, including Most Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. The category of Most Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical included 3 individual nominations for Eisa Davis, LaChanze and Saycon Sengbloh. Remaining nominations include: Lynn Nottage for Outstanding Book of a…

The Secret Life of Bees was nominated for Outstanding Musical as part of The 65th Annual Drama Desk Award nominations that were announced on April 21, 2020. ‘Bees’ picked up a total of seven nominations.  The list includes: Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Outstanding Music, Outstanding Lyrics, Outstanding Book of…

Sue Monk Kidd released her fourth novel, The Book of Longings on Tuesday and simultaneously announced a new virtual book club created to discuss it live with readers. Moderated by four independent booksellers over four weeks in May, the talks will focus on reader submitted questions via social media by using the hashtag #thebookoflongingsbookclub. To view…

The 35th annual Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced recently and The Secret Life of Bees picked up 3 nominations. ‘Bees’ was nominated for Outstanding Musical while LaChanze and Eisa Davis were nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical. The awards will be presented live online on May 3 at www.lortelawards.org. Read the…

  UPDATED 4/15: Virtual and live social media events are being announced – see the Events page for updates as they are confirmed!   A personal message from Sue Monk Kidd: All book tour events for The Book of Longings have been postponed indefinitely. I’m heartsick about this. But of course, the most important thing…

This introductory piece by Sue Monk Kidd describes the day she wrote the first lines of The Book of Longings, followed by a link to the full excerpt…   “I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus ben Joseph of Nazareth. I called him Beloved and he, laughing, called me Little Thunder.”   These…

Headline Books revealed a beautiful cover for the UK and Ireland edition of Sue’s forthcoming novel, The Book of Longings in a stunning video. Click the picture below. Tinder Press UK Pre-Order

Sue Monk Kidd’s new novel, The Book of Longings, begins to show up in 2020 ‘Most Anticipated’ lists.