What are book clubs reading this month? Explore the latest celebrity book club books and see which books belong on your to-read list.
What Are Book Clubs Reading This Month?
I hear it all the time. To be honest, I think it all the time. What are book clubs reading now?
It’s natural to be curious about what other book clubs are reading. Every book club is always looking for the best book club recommendations and you are no exception.
While I can’t tell you what your neighborhood book club is reading this month, here are the latest picks from the top celebrity book clubs.
Compiled together all in one place and updated each month, now you don’t have to wonder What are book clubs reading this month? and then search around social media for the various announcements.
All you have to do is save this post and return to it each month!
Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club
In 2017, Reese Witherspoon announced the start of Reese’s Book Club through her media company Hello Sunshine. Soon the well-known actress had amassed a loyal following with her thought-provoking choices every month.
Currently, Reese’s Book Club runs solely through a mobile app, with forums to discuss the books and prizes if you correctly guess the next pick.
What are book clubs reading this month?
Here is Reese’s book club pick in November. Or you can always explore the complete Reese’s Book Club list.
The Great Wherever
Shannon Sanders
When Aubrey’s father leaves her a stake in a sizable Tennessee farm, she sees a chance to leave her underpaid work in DC and start over. As Aubrey reconnects with her family, she is watched over by four ghosts – ancestors who are not afraid to pass judgment on the living. Thomas purchased the land as one of the first Black landowners, but the burdensome inheritance eventually tore the family apart. As the farm comes up for sale, the ghosts are afraid of being expelled and Aubrey must decide between the hope of her ancestors and her present-day needs.
Read With Jenna’s Book Club
Jumping on the celebrity book club bandwagon, in March 2019, Jenna Bush Hager announced the start of her Read With Jenna book club on the Today show. Quickly the former first daughter became a competitor to Reese’s Book Club, choosing intriguing discussion-worthy books every month.
What are book clubs reading this month?
Here is Jenna’s book club picks in November. Or you can always explore the complete Read with Jenna Book Club list.
Read with Jenna’s November 2026 Book Club Pick
Sweet Pea
Kit De Waal
Paulette life is on track to be perfect until tragedy strikes. Turning to her fiancé’s best friend, they end up having a son named Bird. After that relationship falls apart, Paulette is left a single mother as she works as an assistant nurse. Until one day Paulette feels drawn to a little boy the same age as Bird. Being drawn into their family dynamics, Paulette must navigate friendship, motherhood and connections in unexpected places.
GMA Book Club
Not to be outdone, in the fall of 2019, Good Morning America announced the start of its GMA book club. Wanting to compete with Jenna Bush Hager’s book club on the Today show, the GMA book club has a strong selection of contemporary fiction titles for readers to choose from.
What are book clubs reading this month?
Here is the November GMA book club pick. Or you can always explore the complete GMA Book Club list.
Whale Harbor
Mary Beth Keane
In the 1960s, an Irish father must make a heartbreaking decision for his eleven grieving sons. The older ones will have to emigrate to England while the younger ones will stay in Ireland. When Macden is offered a job on a Montana cattle ranch, he heads to American and promises his little brother Rian that he can join him one day. But one day Rian goes missing and his disappearance will haunt the family for decades in this new novel based on the author’s own family history.
Oprah’s Book Club
I couldn’t fail to mention the original celebrity book club. In 1996, Oprah Winfrey announced the start of Oprah’s Book Club through the Oprah Winfrey Show. Over the next fifteen years, the Oprah book club list expanded to 70 books and became the most famous celebrity book club ever.
After a two year gap, the Oprah book club relaunched in 2012 with Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. The new version of the Oprah Winfrey book club was in collaboration with her media company and magazine. Instead of picking books every month, Winfrey only chooses titles that speak to her.
What are book clubs reading now?
Here is Oprah’s book club pick from October. Or you can always explore the complete Oprah’s Book Club list.
Hungered
Amanda Rizkalla
Sofia’s mother promises that soon she will be able to do the things she used to: go to school, see friends or eat a pretty cake from the grocery store. For now, 12-year-old Sofia lives in her car with her mother and younger brother where each day is a struggle to find a place to park for the night. Sofia strives to stay in the present as her family slowly disintegrates.
Book of the Month Club
Receiving my blue box from Book of the Month Club is a highlight of every month.
Here’s how it works – each month, they pick a selection of books and you get to choose one book or skip until the next month. If you want to add any extra books, then you get them at a discounted price.
Each month is usually a mix of new releases and advance copies of unreleased books. If you are interested in joining, right now you can use my Book of the Month Club affiliate link to get your first book for $5!
What are book clubs reading this month? Here are the November Book of the Month selections are:
What are book clubs reading? Well, what is your book club reading this month?
