What Book Clubs Are Reading in August
It’s August and it’s too hot to do anything but read. New York magazine even launched a limited-edition Beach Read Book Club with THE book in everyone’s beach tote this summer. In addition, Natalie Portman goes deep with last year’s Pulitzer winner, there's can’t-miss family drama from Reese Witherspoon, Jamie Oliver gets things cooking with Greek grandmas, and Emma Roberts surprises us with a darkly comical French treat.
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The Guest
Emma ClineWith prime swimsuit season underway, New York magazine presents a limited-edition Beach Read Book Club that debuts with THE reigning beach read of the summer, which tracks a crafty Hamptons impostor grifting her way through Long Island's moneyed East End.
DUA LIPA & Gary ShteyngartHardcover, 2023
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Tom Lake
Ann PatchettReese Witherspoon's August selection is one of the most anticipated books of the year from a beloved author who is especially gifted at capturing the complexity and beautiful nuances of family dynamics. The actor proclaimed, “this comforting summer read has it all—summer theater, a gorgeous Michigan cherry farm, young love, sibling rivalry, and deep mother-daughter relationships.”
Emma Straub
Hardcover, 2023
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Ripe
Sarah Rose EtterRoxane Gay's August selection is a surreal journey through Silicon Valley’s corporate dystopia, where a young woman battles her existential dread and an unexpected pregnancy amid the tech world’s unsettling realities.
roxane gay & Bethanne Patrick Is Only Here to Signal BoostOut of stock
Family Lore
Elizabeth AcevedoGood Morning America's book club pick for August is the first adult novel from the National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X. Set in New York over three turbulent days, this lyrical tale follows a Dominican family gathered for a life-changing event.
Clint Smith & Nicole Chung | @nicolechung on BlueskyHardcover, 2023
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A Little Life
Hanya YanagiharaFashion house Dior has launched its very own Dior Book Tote Club to pay tribute to its beloved Book Tote. Actor Rosamund Pike kicked things off at London’s storied Hatchards to handpick faves like A Little Life, which she called "truly one of the most brilliant, devastating, magnificent novels I have ever read."
DUA LIPA & The New York Review of BooksPaperback, 2016
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David GrannVanity Fair's award season podcast, Little Gold Men, is launching its book club series this month with a deep dive into David Grann's 2017 book Killers of the Flower Moon, whose film adaptation by the legendary Martin Scorsese hits theaters this Fall.
Jeff Kinney & Lindsey BoylanPaperback, 2018
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The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
Joshua CohenThis month, Natalie Portman invites her readers to explore a 2022 Pulitzer-winning novel that “follows an exiled Israeli scholar, Benzion Netanyahu, as he arrives in the US seeking an academic position.” The actor added, “I absolutely love Cohen’s writing, and it’s a ripe time to be considering this family’s story.”
The New York Review of Books & David DuchovnyPaperback, 2021
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My Husband
Maud VenturaFor August, actor Emma Roberts selected a suspenseful tale of marital intrigue set in the posh outskirts of Paris that picked up France's First Novel Prize. It’s a darkly comic caper told by an affluent French housewife desperate to impress her seemingly perfect husband.
Sarah Lyall & Laurie HertzelHardcover, 2023
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieDua Lipa’s latest pick is set during Biafra’s bitter struggle for independence in the 1960s, but the pop star assured her readers that “this isn’t just a story of conflict. Chimamanda is a master storyteller and I guarantee you will be totally absorbed by the parallel love stories between Olanna and Odenigbo, and Kainene and Richard.”
DUA LIPA & Madeline MillerPaperback, 2007
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Summer Sisters: A Read with Jenna Pick
Judy BlumeAs summer draws to a close, Jenna Bush Hager chose the first novel for adults by the celebrated tween lit queen, telling her readers, “It’s the perfect beach read … thanks to a love triangle or two! But it’s so much more than that. It’s about female friendship, class, the complexities of growing up, and mothers — who raises us and how they raise us.”
Luvvie & Edward CowlingPaperback, 2003
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