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 in August 2022?
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 September. Or you can always explore the complete Reese’s Book Club list.
On the Rooftop
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
In 1950s San Francisco, Vivian is ecstatic when her three daughters begin to make a name for themselves as the singing girl group, The Salvations. Although Vivian has arranged a once-in-a-lifetime chance for The Salvations, her daughters have begun to grow up and have desires of their own. As the neighborhood begins gentrifying, Vivian struggles to maintain control even when her past comes back to threaten her.
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 September. Or you can always explore the complete Read with Jenna Book Club list.
Solito
Javier Zamora
Growing up in a small town in El Salvador, Javier Zamora watched and his father and mother both migrated to the United States when he was very young. When he turned nine, Javier left the protection of his extended family to reunite with his parents. Traveling alone with strangers with the help of a “coyote,” Javier’s two-week journey turns into a two-month trek full of danger and uncertainty and the kindness of the strangers he was traveling with.
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 September GMA book club pick. Or you can always explore the complete GMA Book Club list.
The Fortunes of Jaded Women
Carolyn Huynh
Mai Nguyen knows that she and her daughters are cursed never to find love or happiness thanks to her ancestor who left her husband for true love and was cursed by a Vietnamese witch. Desperate, Mai consults a trusted psychic who predicts the family will have a marriage, a funeral, and the birth of a son, a prediction that will bring together the estranged women in Nguyen’s family.
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 September 2022. Or you can always explore the complete Oprah’s Book Club list.
That Bird Has My Wings
Jarvis Jay Masters
For her latest book club pick, Oprah has chosen the inspiring story of a death row inmate. Jarvis Jay Masters was the son of heroin addicts, sent to foster care as a child. Masters explains how his unstable childhood led him to take the easy route of crime and violence, where he was eventually imprisoned in San Quentin at the age of nineteen. After moving to death row for allegedly participating in the death of a prison guard, Masters eventually turned to Buddhism.
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 September Book of the Month selections are:
What are book clubs reading? Well, what is your book club reading this month?
