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 December. Or you can always explore the complete Reese’s Book Club list.
Reese’s Book Club December 2023 Pick
Before We Were Innocent
Ella Berman
Ten years ago, Bess and Joni spend a summer in Greece with their best friend Evangeline. When Evangeline dies, Bess and Joni find themselves suspects, their brash personalities are vilified by the media, but ultimately no charges are filed against them. Since then, Bess has kept the lowest profile possible while Joni has become an outspoken motivational speaker. When Joni’s fiancée disappears, Bess comes out of hiding to support Joni and must face what really happened all those summers ago. A fascinating character study of female friendships, Berman examines how easily our lives can be cherry-picked to paint us white or black, when we are all shades of grey.
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 December. Or you can always explore the complete Read with Jenna Book Club list.
We Must Not Think Of Ourselves
Lauren Grodstein
In 1940, Adam Paskow finds himself confined by the Nazis to the Warsaw Ghetto along with the rest of the city’s Jewish population. Recruited by an underground network of archivists, Adam begins documenting the stories of his students, friends, and neighbors. After Adam interviews his flatmate Sala, the two fall in love despite the fact she is married with two kids. When Adam discovers a way to escape the Ghetto, he must decide whether to stay or go, who else can he save, and if the cost will be worth it.
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 December GMA book club pick. Or you can always explore the complete GMA Book Club list.
The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon
From the author of Code Name Hélène, comes a new novel based on the true story of a fearless midwife determined to find justice. In 1789, Martha Ballard is asked to determine the cause of death of a man found buried in the ice. As a local midwife, Martha knows all the town’s secrets, including that this man was one of the men accused of a heinous rape four months ago. As the trial nears, Martha believes the two cases are connected and her detailed diary ends up as pivotal evidence that might tear the whole town, and her family, apart.
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 2023. Or you can always explore the complete Oprah’s Book Club list.
Let Us Descend
Jesmyn Ward
Blending magical realism with a reimagining of American slavery, Let Us Descend follows Annis, a Black girl sold south by the white slave master who fathered her. As Annis marches south, she finds solace in thinking of her mother and her warrior African grandmother. Communing with spirits, both good and bad, along the way, Annis’s descent toward the further hell of slavery is a surprising tale of rebirth and reclamation.
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 December Book of the Month selections are:
What are book clubs reading? Well, what is your book club reading this month?
