Find all the latest celebrity book club picks to add to your reading list here. This blog post contains an updated list of them all in one spot each month (sometimes with advanced spoilers, too). It’s a quick and easy resource for you to reference again over time. Keep reading to see what the top bookish famous people like Oprah and Reese are reading right now.
Quick Celebrity Book Club Spoilers
First, if you’re extra curious or in a rush for suggestions for book club reading, below is a quick, shoppable list of all the current celebrity picks.
a Note from jules
If a certain celebrity book club pick is not yet updated, it probably means it hasn’t been announced yet. I am usually able to update celebrity book club lists on this website the day they are announced (or before if I have access to a confirmed spoiler).
Details of the Current Celebrity Book Club Picks
Below are all the most recent celebrity book club spoilers for the following book clubs:
- Reese’s Book Club
- The Today Show’s Read with Jenna book club
- Good Morning America Book Club
- Oprah’s Book Club
- Jimmy Fallon Book Club
Oprah’s Book Club and Reese’s Book Club are the most popular celebrity book clubs.
Reese’s Book Club Pick for January 2025
Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club (through her company Hello Sunshine) focuses its picks on women’s stories in a variety of genres, from romance to thrillers.
In The Three Lives of Cate Kay, the titular character is a bestselling author who has carefully concealed her true identity for years and decides to reveal her past after living in hiding.
Known for her successful book trilogy and film series, Cate’s secret life traces back to a tragic event in her youth that altered her path. As she confronts her past, she realizes that returning home is essential to reclaim herself fully.
This book has gotten a lot of early buzz with comparisons to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
Reese’s Winter 2024-2025 YA Pick
In Throwback, a Gen Z Korean American girl named Sam is unexpectedly transported to the 1990s, where she’s stuck with her teenage mother, Priscilla. Sam, who rejects her mother’s traditional expectations for her life, has a big fallout with Priscilla and hopes to escape, only to end up in a time period full of outdated technology, old-fashioned attitudes, and a blossoming romance with the charming football player, Jamie.
Sam is forced to reevaluate her relationship with Priscilla and her identity before she’s forever stuck in the past. This book explores the complexities of family, identity, and the immigrant experience through humor and heart, leaving readers questioning what we inherit and lose along the way.
Browse the complete Reese’s book club list.
The Today Show’s Read With Jenna Book Club Pick for January 2025
The Today Show’s Read with Jenna Bush Hager book club reads books that are often offered by Book of the Month. Many of the selections are character-driven and/or diverse.
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus is a witty and atmospheric novel about Pen, a young woman who uncovers family secrets while navigating her first term at the University of Edinburgh.
As she spends time with a famous writer and his intriguing family, Pen not only learns more about her parents but also experiences sexual awakening and the challenges of adulthood. The novel explores themes of womanhood, motherhood, and female friendship while reflecting on the balance between looking back and moving forward.
Jenna “promise[d] it will sweep you off your feet” and recommended it to fans of Sally Rooney, Rebecca Makkai, and Dolly Alderton.
Browse the full Today Show book club list.
Good Morning America Book Club Pick for January 2025
The GMA book club reads books that are topical and offer a lot of issues to discuss. In September 2024, they started picking Young Adult books in addition to adult selections.
Homeseeking is a sweeping saga that follows Haiwen and Suchi, two childhood sweethearts separated by history and circumstance, whose paths cross again after sixty years.
Their love story spans decades of political upheaval, war, and personal loss, as they journey from Shanghai to Hong Kong, Taiwan, New York, and California. Haiwen clings to the past while Suchi has learned to move forward, exploring themes of sacrifice, memory, and the enduring power of love.
It’s gotten a lot of early buzz as a powerful debut novel and comparisons to epic novels like Pachinko and The Joy Luck Club.
Good Morning America’s January 2025 YA Pick
In After Life, Amber returns seven years after her death, leaving her family and friends grappling with the consequences of her sudden reappearance. As she navigates the confusion of being given a second chance, Amber must confront her past and the complex relationships she left behind. This thought-provoking story explores themes of love, loss, and the impact one life can have on others.
Browse the full GMA book club list.
Oprah’s New Book Club Selection
Oprah Winfrey’s book club dates back to the 1990s and is known for reading classics and very literary works emphasizing Black stories.
(Note: Oprah tends to announce her picks sporadically and not on any particular schedule.)
A New Earth is the first book that Oprah has picked twice for her book club.
It explores how overcoming ego-driven consciousness is crucial for personal happiness and global peace. Tolle explains how attachment to the ego fuels negative emotions like anger and jealousy and offers guidance on awakening to a higher state of consciousness. It helps you live a more fulfilling life and create a better world.
Oprah said it “transformed the way I see my life” and “made a huge difference in the way I move throughout the world.”
Browse the full Oprah’s book club list.
The Latest Jimmy Fallon Book Club Pick
Nearly every Summer for a few years, beginning in 2018, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon shared a list of books and had viewers vote on which book to read together. The club took a bit of a hiatus after 2022, then reemerged in March 2024.
- New York Times bestseller
My Review: ★★★★★
In The God of the Woods, it’s August 1975, and a teenager disappears from her Adirondack summer camp, throwing the camp and the surrounding community into turmoil.
As the daughter of the camp’s wealthy owners, her disappearance stirs up old wounds, particularly because her older brother vanished under similar mysterious circumstances fourteen years earlier. The ensuing search reveals hidden secrets and tensions within both the affluent owners and the working-class locals employed by the camp.
Many are calling this the book of the summer!
Related Post: The God of the Woods Review
Final Thoughts
If you’re unsure what to read next, the most recent celebrity book club picks serve as excellent, crowd-pleasing options for you to read either with your book club or by following these famous readers on social media, TV, and beyond.
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remember, it’s a good day to read a book. – jules
Thank you for this list! I compile a monthly book club picks spreadsheet for the public library where I work, and your lists are so helpful! I also track (3) Literati clubs – Atlas Obscura, Roxanne Gay (The Audacious Book Club), and Megan Rapinoe (The Call In); booktok bookclub (TikTok); “Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall The Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room”; Belletrist; Goop; Marie Claire’s #ReadWithMarieClaire; Saveur Cookbook Club; Veranda Magazine Sip & Read Book Club; Vox Book Club; and Noah Syndergaard (LA Angels).
Good to know! Maybe I will start tracking those too. I love the Literati clubs too.