Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction!
WE BURN DAYLIGHT has won the 2025 Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters!
The Rumpus!
Acree Graham Macam has written a beautiful and deeply personal review of We Burn Daylight! Read the whole heartfelt piece here!
The New York Times Editors’ Choice!
The New York Times has named We Burn Daylight as one of its Editors’ Choice books! Click here to read more about the editors’ recommendation!
Amazon Best Book of the Month!
Amazon has named We Burn Daylight as one of the 10 Best Books of the Month! In a rave review, Amazon editor Al Woodworth writes, “Johnston brilliantly captures the frightening and elusive allure of cult leaders, unspeakable violence, and the inexorable pull of love—no matter the age. A lightning bolt of a read that, once you finish, you’ll want to begin again to understand just how seamlessly Johnston links all the pieces together.” To read the full review or buy the novel at a special Best of the Month discount, click here!