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Celebrity bookworms are here to stay.
Ever since Oprah Winfrey started her iconic book club in the ’90s, celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Roberts, Dua Lipa and Jenna Bush Hager have joined the ranks, picking monthly books that skyrocket to the top of the bestseller lists.
“I absolutely love reading, I love the idea of sharing how books make people feel … books are really important to me and if I can share that in some way, then I feel like I’m on the right track,” Lipa told Elle UK in 2023.
Roberts, who started Belletrist with best friend Karah Preiss in 2017, told AP that giving book recommendations brings her “so much joy.”
Witherspoon, meanwhile, built an empire on books with her Hello Sunshine media company, highlighting diverse female authors.
See below for all the April celebrity book club picks.
Goodreads rating: 4.25/5 stars
“April’s @reesesbookclub pick had me hooked the moment I started the audiobook,” Witherspoon wrote alongside her club’s announcement. “All That Life Can Afford by Emily Everett is about love, ambition, and the cost of belonging, and I cannot stop thinking about it.”
Goodreads rating: 3.82/5 stars
“Ever so occasionally, you pick up a book and it spins you around and turns you upside down. This is one of those books,” Lipa wrote of her latest book pick. “In his debut novel, author Max Porter ripped up the rule book of what a novel should do and instead presents us with something so wild, so mind-bending and just so beautiful.
“It’s the story of a young family devastated by grief when the boys’ mother suddenly dies. As the weight of their grief threatens to sink them, a human-size crow arrives on their doorstep and moves in, announcing that he will stay until they no longer need him. Yes, you read that right – a giant talking crow. Is Crow here to help, or purely to cause chaos? Is he even real or a figment of their imagination? That’s the question that carries through the book but, by the end, it barely matters, as his purpose becomes clearer.
“It might take you a second to get into the voice of Crow but once you are, you are in for a treat. ‘Grief Is The Thing With Feathers’ is definitely a book where you really just have to surrender to the story – take it from me, let yourself go and enjoy the wild ride.”
Goodreads rating: 4.53/5 stars
“Our next book club selection is “The Tell” by @amygriffin,” Winfrey announced on her book club’s Instagram.
“This latest pick chronicles Amy’s journey of confronting her painful past to embrace the truth of who she is today. In a heartfelt and vulnerable conversation, Amy reflects on how facing her deepest trauma has freed her from chasing perfection and achievement for validation, allowing her to find peace within herself.”
Goodreads rating: 3.81/5 stars
“‘The Sirens’ by the New York Times bestselling author @emiliahartbooks is our #GMABookClub pick for this month!” the morning show announced in early April.
“Like her debut novel, ‘Weyward,’ this story explores the strength of women and sisterhood, but this time through the mysteries of the sea.”
Goodreads rating: 4.12/5 stars
“I picked up this propulsive mystery and was hooked from the first page,” Bush Hager wrote alongside her announcement.
“Valerie is hiking the Appalachian Trail—until she vanishes, just 200 miles from her destination. As the search intensifies, her own words unfold through poignant letters to her mother, holding on to hope as she fights to survive. But as the investigation deepens, one thing becomes clear: her disappearance may not have been an accident…
“This is a story of survival, hope, and the many ways we find our way back—to ourselves and to each other. I devoured this book and couldn’t put it down!”
Goodreads rating: 4.24/5 stars
“Thank you for writing this book, Anne Applebaum — a guide to understanding where autocracies come from, why they persist, and how the democratic world can defeat them,” Portman said of her latest pick.
Goodreads rating: 4.17/5 stars
“‘Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age’ by @vauhinivaraa a personal exploration of how technology companies have both fulfilled and exploited the human desire for understanding and connection,” the club wrote alongside their April pick.
Goodreads rating: 4.06/5 stars
“This month we’re reading ‘The Antidote’ by Karen Russell. It’s a gripping Dust Bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town. You’ll never forget this book,” Johnson’s TeaTime club announced.
“Russell’s novel is above all a reckoning with a nation’s forgetting—enacting the settler amnesia and willful omissions passed down from generation to generation, and unearthing not only horrors but shimmering possibilities. The Antidote echoes with urgent warnings for our own climate emergency, challenging readers with a vision of what might have been—and what still could be.”
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