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What Book Clubs Are Reading in March

This month's top book club picks feature a retelling of the Trojan War with a female gaze, a Korean American pop star's memoir about family, grieving and grub, plus the lowdown on the infamous Shaq vs. Kobe drama during their legendary LA Lakers years.

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Mar 4th, 2023

Noah's Book Club

Three Ring Circus by Jeff Pearlman

“Baseball is back and so is #NoahsBookClub,” announced freshly minted LA Dodgers ace Noah Syndergaard. The book-loving pitcher stays close to home with his first pick of the year, Three Ring Circus, which delves into the rocky relationship between superstars Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal during their Lakers heyday.

Natalie's Book Club

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Written by the star of indie pop group Japanese Breakfast, this bestselling memoir about family, food, grief, love and growing up Korean American is Natalie Portman's latest book club pick.

Oprah's Book Club

Bittersweet by Susan Cain

Oprah’s first pick of the year is a unique guide to harnessing the power of sadness to lead a happier life, by the author of the blockbuster Quiet. Oprah declared, “This book has the power to transform the way you see your life and even the world. I have started to look at my own life in the world differently.”

Well-Read Black Girl

I Am Debra Lee by Debra Lee

An inspirational memoir by the ex-CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET) is this month’s Well-Read Black Girl selection. The high-powered executive reveals how she went from being a shy girl in the segregated South to leading the first Black company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Along the way, Lee offers readers an eye-opening, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the glitzy, complex world of the iconic entertainment brand.

Reese’s Book Club

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Reese’s March pick is a bestselling wartime epic filled with heart-pounding action and resilient female characters. Via Instagram, she called it “arguably one of the most powerful, most captivating novels about WWII in recent years. This important story illuminates a part of history that’s often overlooked: the women’s war. It’s a harrowing tale of two sisters, survival, love and female resilience throughout Nazi-occupied France.”

#ReadwithJenna

Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown

Jenna Bush Hager promises to bring readers joy with her latest pick, a magic- and voodoo-inflected novel set in present-day California and 1950’s New Orleans. “It’s about love, it’s about mothers and daughters, and it has a really cool premise."

The Audacious Book Club

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Audacious Book Club host Roxane Gay called this coming-of-age story about a queer Muslim immigrant a “beautiful, exquisitely written memoir [that is] as revolutionary now in its vulnerability [and] honesty as the gender explorations in Stone Butch Blues were in 1993,” referring to an earlier Leslie Feinberg book which Gay credits as a deeply felt influence on her own life.

Noname Book Club

The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker

Musician, poet and actor Saul Williams keeps it classic with his designated March pick for rapper Noname’s book club, selecting Alice Walker’s 1989 sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple. Per Williams, “This book completely shook my world when I read it at 17 yrs old & it still holds up as a life changing read.”

r/bookclub Reddit Book Club

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

This month the subreddit r/bookclub has members diving into a critically acclaimed retelling of the Trojan War from a female perspective. This book was shortlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction.

Read with NBF

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

The National Book Foundation’s executive director Ruth Dickey hosts Read with NBF, which is dedicated to the previous year's winners of the National Book Award. This month the spotlight is on All My Rage, the 2022 winner for Young People's Literature.

Good Morning America Book Club

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

Selected as the "GMA" Book Club pick for March, this highly anticipated escapist novel follows three women in one upper crust Brooklyn clan.