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168 of the Most Recent Celebrity Book Club Picks

Posted by Cybil on April 8, 2024



If you want to identify the real breakthrough books of the season, at any given time, there are a few ways to work it out. The bestseller lists are typically a big clue, of course, and it’s always worth monitoring the rolling online phenomenon known as BookTok.
 
But for an interesting and genuinely useful way to track the zeitgeist over time, look to celebrity book clubs. These high-profile endorsements can mobilize millions of readers and jump-start a worldwide conversation.  
 
We’ve rooted out the past three years of recommended books from popular book club lists, including those from Oprah, Reese, Jenna, Good Morning America, and more. That’s 36 books per book club, each of which typically picks one book per month. If you can’t find something to like here, you’re probably in a coma. So heads up on that.
 
The books here are presented in reverse chronological order—that is to say, the most recent picks are at the top. It’s fun to scroll down and backward through time, and you’re likely to remember some of these authors (Charmaine Wilkerson! Taylor Jenkins Reid! Amor Towles!) and titles (Demon Copperhead! The Water Dancer! The Candy House!). You’ll even find the occasional high school English class assignment.
 
Click on the book cover images for more information about each title, and add anything that looks promising to your Want to Read shelf. And feel free to swap recommendations and/or memories in the comments section.
 
 

Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

 

Read with Jenna

 
 
 
 
 

Good Morning America

 

 

Oprah's Book Club













Belletrist

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

We think you're a star, too! Have a great book club pick? Share it with your fellow readers in the comments below!
 

Law These books aren't necessarily new. I guess books published in 2020 or later are considered "recent" on this list. I've read two from Reese's Book Club, Yellowface and Our Missing Hearts and one from Read With Jenna, Maame. I've heard of some, but not others.

Why is American Dirt on here? It's cultural appropriation.
  • 14 days ago
Ásta Ólafs Law wrote: "These books aren't necessarily new. I guess books published in 2020 or later are considered "recent" on this list. I've read two from Reese's Book Club, Yellowface and Our Missing Hearts and one fr..."

The title of the article is 168 of the Most Recent Celebrity Book Club Picks. Hope this helps. I feel like it answers all your questions.
  • 14 days ago
Law Ásta wrote: "Law wrote: "These books aren't necessarily new. I guess books published in 2020 or later are considered "recent" on this list. I've read two from Reese's Book Club, Yellowface and Our Missing Heart..."

Okay...
  • 13 days ago
Shannon Law wrote: "These books aren't necessarily new. I guess books published in 2020 or later are considered "recent" on this list. I've read two from Reese's Book Club, Yellowface and Our Missing Hearts and one fr..."

Ummm...maybe read the blurb at the top of the page before getting upset by the books selected for the list. Also, American Dirt is on here because it was a book club selection, not to promote it or piss you off. Just saying.
"We’ve rooted out the past three years of recommended books from popular book club lists, including those from Oprah, Reese, Jenna, Good Morning America, and more. That’s 36 books per book club, each of which typically picks one book per month. If you can’t find something to like here, you’re probably in a coma. So heads up on that."
  • 13 days ago
Dinali Yasodara I wish Bill Gates’ picks were included here!
  • 13 days ago
Cynthia They should include Natalie Portman’s book club in lists they create in the future too :)
  • 11 days ago
Colleen Crawford-Steinbeiser ??? “”We’ve rooted out the past three years of recommended books from popular book club lists, including those from Oprah, Reese, Jenna, Good Morning America, and more.””

???And more??? Where is the GMA list? Belletrist?
  • 10 days ago
Kirby I read and loved Starling House, True Biz, Seven Days in June, and Remarkably Bright Creatures from this list. Here are some of my 5-star books that I think would make great book club picks:

Weyward
The Frozen River
The Diamond Eye
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
I Must Betray You
The Four Winds
The Nature of Fragile Things
  • 9 days ago
Law Kirby wrote: "I read and loved Starling House, True Biz, Seven Days in June, and Remarkably Bright Creatures from this list. Here are some of my 5-star books that I think would make great book club picks:

[book..."


I loved I Must Betray You, but not Weyward. I can see book clubs loving the latter.
  • 9 days ago
Susan E. Neill Quite a few of these are on my TBR list but I’ve read just one, Summer Sisters by Judy Bloom. And IMO, it’s a truly awful book. A laughable choice for any book club.
  • 8 days ago