What Book Clubs Are Reading in May
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11 books in list
Check out the French bestseller picked by Natalie Portman, the Indian epic that makes Oprah speechless and the buzzing new release selected by both Jenna Bush Hager and Roxane Gay.
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie SmithFor her book club, author and bookfluencer Zibby Owens selected Maggie Smith's moving reflections on love, loss, and renewal in the aftermath of a failed marriage.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy BlumeThe View co-host Joy Behar selected Judy Blume's classic coming-of-age novel for her club, timed to the release of its film adaptation.
Paperback, 2014
$9.99
Moonrise Over New Jessup
Jamila MinnicksGlory Edim's selection for Well-Read Black Girl transports readers to 1950s Alabama, where a woman named Alice Young begins building a new life in a defiant all-black town resisting integration.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
Maya AngelouMaya Angelou's memoir about her experience as a Revolutionary Returnee in Ghana was selected by rapper Noname's club, which amplifies the voices of people of color.
Paperback, 1991
$15.95
Before She Sleeps
Bina ShahLilly Singh's pick is a chilling dystopian novel with Handmaid’s Tale vibes set in a repressive South Asian city where women are forced to take multiple husbands to bear daughters for local elites.
Paperback, 2019
$15.00
Did You Hear about Kitty Karr?
Crystal Smith PaulReese Witherspoon selects a mysterious Hollywood saga filled with old-school Tinseltown glam and modern showbiz glitz. The book was endorsed by Taylor Jenkins Reid who says, "If you like Evelyn Hugo, you’re gonna want this one."
Hardcover, 2023
$27.99
Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)
Laura DernKaia Gerber's Book Club pick celebrates the bond between mothers and daughters through intimate conversations between Hollywood actor Laura Dern and her acclaimed actor mom.
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00
The Postcard
Anne BerestNatalie Portman invites readers on this time-hopping saga about a Parisian woman’s bold attempt at rediscovering the lives of her relatives killed at Auschwitz.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00
The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club)
Abraham VergheseOprah's Book Club pick, written by a Stanford medical professor, follows three generations of a South Indian family cursed by drowning. Oprah praised the book as one of the best books she's ever read.
Hardcover, 2023
$32.00
Chain Gang All Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahBrutal prison death matches with spectators in a dystopian America bring attention to mass incarceration in Roxane Gay's Book Club and #ReadwithJenna pick.
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00
Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Douglas StuartKicking off her book club in style, Dua Lipa's first selection is the Booker Prize-winning, heart-wrenching tale of a young boy's life in 1980s Glasgow.
Paperback, 2020
$17.00