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 June. Or you can always explore the complete Reese’s Book Club list.
Reese’s Book Club June 2023 Pick
Cassandra in Reverse
Holly Smale
Cassandra Dankworth has a fairly predictable life and she loves it that way. Until her boyfriend dumps her, she gets fired, and the local cafe runs out of banana muffins. When Cassandra discovers that she can go back and change the past, she starts making small adjustments to fix everything. Except, she realizes she might be trying to change all the wrong things.
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 pick in June. Or you can always explore the complete Read with Jenna Book Club list.
The Celebrants
Steven Rowley
Just before graduation, an apartment of students at Berkley is shocked when their roommate Alec overdoses. Gathering together, they make a pact that when they are in desperate need, they can each request a living “funeral” – a gathering where they are reminded that life is still worthwhile. They’ve been there through Marielle’s divorce, Naomi’s parents’ death, and Craig’s art fraud conviction. But now Jordan’s diagnosis has him and his husband facing a living funeral that might precede an actual funeral.
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 June GMA book club pick. Or you can always explore the complete GMA Book Club list.
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Emma Törzs
Half-sisters Joanna and Esther Kalotay have spent their whole life guarding the ancient and rare magic books their family has been sworn to protect for generations. To avoid her mother’s fate, Esther has fled to a remote Antarctic base while Joanna has isolated herself in the family home. When their father dies, the sisters reunite and discover that their parents have been keeping secrets from them. Secrets that span centuries.
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 May 2023. Or you can always explore the complete Oprah’s Book Club list.
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl grieving her father is sent by boat to meet her 40-year-old husband. Eventually she becomes to be known as Big Ammachi, the matriarch of a family particularly cursed to have one member of each generation die by drowning. From 1900-1977, Big Ammachi sees unimaginable changes to her Christian community on South India’s Malabar coast.
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 June Book of the Month selections are:
What are book clubs reading? Well, what is your book club reading this month?
