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Delia Owens Books in Order

Delia Owens has written 4 books, published between 1984 and 2018. The first book is Cry of the Kalahari (1984) and the newest is Where the Crawdads Sing (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
1984–2018
Confirmed
1 of 4 titles
Pages on record
725 in 2 of 4 books
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Delia Owens is an American zoologist, conservationist and author, born on April 4, 1949, and raised in southern Georgia. Owens earned a zoology degree at the University of Georgia and a PhD in animal behavior from the University of California, Davis. After marrying Mark Owens in 1973, the pair moved to southern Africa in 1974 to study animals in the Kalahari Desert and Zambia. The catalogue lists 4 books: Cry of the Kalahari (1984), The Eye of the Elephant (1992), Secrets of the Savanna (2006) and the 2018 novel Where the Crawdads Sing, the book Owens is best known for.

Where the Crawdads Sing blends mystery and coming-of-age elements, alongside its depiction of the natural world.

How many Delia Owens books are there?

Delia Owens has 4 books, released between 1984 and 2018.

Delia Owens Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Delia Owens books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Cry of the Kalahari by Delia Owens (1984)
  2. Cover of Secrets of the Savanna by Delia Owens (2006)
  3. Cover of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018)
  1. 1
    Cry of the Kalahari1984 · 341 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984341
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  2. 2
    The Eye of the Elephant / Survivor's Song1992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  3. 3
    Secrets of the Savanna2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  4. 4
    Where the Crawdads Sing2018 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018384
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Delia Owens books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

4 books

4 Delia Owens titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Delia Owens books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 4 Delia Owens books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Delia Owens

Start with Cry of the Kalahari (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Delia Owens book?

Where the Crawdads Sing (2018) is the newest Delia Owens book released so far.

Is there a new Delia Owens book coming?

No next Delia Owens book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Delia Owens at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Delia Owens title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Delia Owens books have appeared about one every 11 years on average.
Length
725 pages across the 2 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 362 pages each.

What the Delia Owens books are about

2 of the 4 Delia Owens books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.