Roxanne Gay called her second book selection of the year "a fast-paced, gripping read, and especially relevant as we teeter at the precipice of climate crisis, bludgeoned constantly with police violence masquerading as safety, and entering the fourth year of a pandemic with no end in sight."
Natalie Portman shared via her Instagram that she just started reading this month's book club pick and is already captivated by Natasha Brown's story "about a woman visiting her boyfriend’s family estate in the English countryside [that] explores issues of identity and freedom, in gorgeous, innovative prose."
The Well-Read Black Girl club kicked off #BlackHistoryMonth with the reissue of this essential contribution to Black literature in the 20th century.
On The Today Show, Jenna Bush marveled at the range of emotions she felt while reading this month's selection. "On one page I was crying, yet on another page, I laughed hysterically."
Since 2019 rapper and poet Noname has run a book club focusing on titles by authors of color. This month Noname doubles down with two selections:
r/bookclub has been around since 2008 and is the main lit subreddit on the popular site. This month they're all reading this inspiring novel about a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village.
This book club will convene in a conversation with the author and WNYC host Alison Stewart. The club organizers described the book as "defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters... surprising and profound as it explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, and our need to understand them both."
The National Book Foundation unveiled its new book club, which gives members insider tidbits on current National Book Award Winners - from curated playlists, author interviews, and even scoops from NBF judges. February kicks off with Poetry winner John Keene's PUNKS.
With this tasty pick, the celebrated British chef promises his club members access to the flavors of Sri Lanka. Some delicious inside tips will delight devotees of the book's namesake London resto.
Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer is this month's California book club selection, and the author will join club members in a virtual conversation with writer and critic John Freeman on February 16.
This is a new book that follows a mother's powerful journey across the Caribbean to find her stolen children in the aftermath of slavery. GMA is also teaming up with Little Free Library to give out free copies of the book in Times Square and at 150 locations across the U.S. and Canada.
This virtual club, created by the editors at the magazine Marie Claire, invites readers to share their thoughts about the book in an online forum. Interested in this month's choice from Schitt's Creek writer Monica Heisey? You can check out this excerpt of the book that Tertulia published before its publication in January.