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May 2024 Celebrity Book Club Picks
I love celebrity book clubs! Each month, I can’t wait for the newest selections hand-picked by my favorite stars. And then? I share all the latest celebrity book club picks here with you. Let’s read with the stars together!
Every month, I follow the most popular celebrity book clubs to find the best celeb-inspired reads. As a book lover, I’m thrilled by the diversity of titles and perspectives these clubs offer, highlighting exciting new releases. Are you ready to read like an A-list celeb?
Monthly, I’ll post all the hottest celebrity book club picks – those the reading community can’t stop talking about – with some thoughts on each. I hope it helps you decide what books to read and add to your star-studded bookshelf!
New to the celebrity book club scene? I’m so happy to introduce you to these highly anticipated new books and your soon-to-be favorite book clubs (you’ll find details on how to join them below). It’s the best in celebrity reading recommendations, all in one monthly post.
Read on to discover the May 2024 celebrity book club picks and which ones I can’t wait to get on my VIP reading list. Get ready for star-powered reads!
Popular Celebrity Book Clubs
Celebrity book clubs are a reader’s paradise. Here are the most popular celebrity book clubs followed monthly at Red Carpet Reads.
- Reese’s Book Club
- Oprah’s Book Club
- Read with Jenna
- Good Morning America (GMA) Book Club
- Belletrist Book Club
- The Happy Place Reads
- Good Housekeeping (GH) Book Club
May 2024 Celebrity Book Club Picks
Are you ready to get your read on? Here are the May 2024 celebrity book club picks.
I can’t wait to find out which book you will read first. Let me know in the comments below.
Reese’s Book Club
Reese’s Book Club is Reese Witherspoon’s (and Hello Sunshine’s) monthly book club. Reese’s Book Club selects books from every genre that feature women at the heart of the story.
We are Reese’s Book Club. The seekers of joy, the lovers of story, the keepers of fictive kin; and through The Readership we dive deeper, go further, and give more to co-author louder, greater, prouder, a truer, newer narrative for women.
Reese’s Book Club (2023)
Visit Reese’s Book Club here to read with Reese.
Reese’s Book Club May 2024 Pick
How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang is Reese’s Book Club’s May 2024 pick.
How to End a Love Story
How to End a Love Story
Yulin Kuang
Romance | Contemporary | Fiction
GOODREADS | STORYGRAPH
Helen Zhang and Grant Shepard are bound by a tragic past. After thirteen years apart, they unexpectedly reunite as writers for a TV show based on Helen’s novels. Helen battles imposter syndrome in LA, while Grant sees the job as a career opportunity despite old wounds. Despite their complex history, their chemistry is undeniable, stirring up unresolved feelings and family tensions. As secrets surface, Helen and Grant must decide if they can transform their troubled past into a hopeful future together.
Publication Date: April 9, 2024
Read More: How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
Oprah’s Book Club
Oprah’s Book Club is Oprah Winfrey’s book club. Since the 1990s, it’s been one of the most famous book clubs in the world. It makes frequent selections (but not on a regular monthly schedule). Oprah’s Book Club reads books that often focus on Black voices.
Visit Oprah’s Book Club here to read with Oprah.
Oprah’s Book Club May 2024 Pick
Long Island by Colm Tóibín is the Oprah’s Book Club May 2024 pick.
Long Island
Long Island
Colm Tóibín
Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction
GOODREADS | STORYGRAPH
Eilis Lacey, the heroine of Brooklyn, now navigates life in 1970s Long Island. Married to Tony Fiorello, she lives in a close-knit Italian-American family but struggles with her unresolved Irish ties. Her world is upended when an Irishman claims his pregnant wife is carrying Tony’s child, forcing Eilis to make a life-altering decision. Masterfully exploring the silent depths of Eilis’ solitude in marriage and her poignant journey back to her roots, this story is a powerful examination of identity, belonging, and resilience.
Publication Date: May 7, 2024
Read More: Long Island by Colm Tóibín
Read with Jenna
Read with Jenna is the TODAY show’s book club with Jenna Bush Hagar. It typically reads books from Book of the Month selections that often emphasize diversity. Read with Jenna invites viewers to read and discuss monthly picks together.
Visit the Read with Jenna book club here to read with Jenna Bush Hagar.
Read With Jenna’s May 2024 Pick
Real Americans by Rachel Khong is Read with Jenna’s May 2024 book club pick.
Real Americans
Real Americans
Rachel Khong
Contemporary | Literary Fiction
GOODREADS | STORYGRAPH
From Rachel Khong, award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin, comes Real Americans, a novel that spans three generations and explores American identity. In Y2K New York City, broke intern Lily Chen meets Matthew, a wealthy pharmaceutical heir. They fall in love despite their very different backgrounds. In 2021, their son Nick feels out of place on a Washington island and seeks his biological father, uncovering family secrets. Khong’s narrative delves into class, race, family, and inheritance, questioning whether our past shapes us and who controls our destiny.
Publication Date: April 30, 2024
Read More: Real Americans by Rachel Khong
GMA Book Club
The GMA Book Club is Good Morning America’s book club. It “showcases book picks from a wide range of compelling authors.” The GMA Book Club reads discussion-worthy books from a variety of different perspectives.
Visit the GMA Book Club here to read with Good Morning America.
GMA Book Club’s May 2024 Pick
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is GMA Book Club’s May 2024 pick.
The Ministry of Time
The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley
Sci-Fi | Romance | Time Travel | Fiction
GOODREADS | STORYGRAPH
Kaliane Bradley’s thrilling debut The Ministry of Time, blends time travel romance, speculative espionage, and workplace comedy into a novel about truth, power, and the transformative force of love. A civil servant joins a new government project to test time travel, working closely with “1847” or Commander Graham Gore, an explorer who historically perished in 1845. Initially uncomfortable, their relationship evolves into a fervent, unforeseen romance that challenges the fabric of time itself. Joined by a vibrant cast, including a 17th-century cinephile addicted to Tinder and a rebellious ex-spy, they navigate a year that will forever alter their lives and possibly the course of history.
Publication Date: May 7, 2024
Read More: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Belletrist
Belletrist is Emma Roberts’ and Karah Preiss’ book club. “Belletrist celebrates great books and the people who read them.” Belletrist reads a new book every month, diving deep into the story, characters, writing process, and how the book came to life, with the author.
You don’t have to be the best reader or read the most – you just need that sense of curiosity and to want to be introduced to new stories that you might not have read otherwise.
Emma Roberts (2023)
Visit the Belletrist website here to read with Emma and Karah.
Belletrist’s May 2024 Book Club Pick
Weird Black Girls by Elwin Cotman is Belletrist’s May 2024 book club pick.
Weird Black Girls
Weird Black Girls
Elwin Cotman
Sci-Fi | Horror | Fantasy | Short Stories | Fiction
GOODREADS | STORYGRAPH
From Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, Weird Black Girls is a collection blending literary and fantastical elements to explore living while Black. Characters in seven stories navigate oppressive, surreal settings – from a punitive tree ruling a town to cosmic shifts during a LARPing adventure. Using whimsy, horror, and fantasy, Cotman delves into deep truths about friendship, love, and betrayal. These imaginative and elegiac stories entertain and provoke, blending reality with the fantastical.
Publication Date: April 16, 2024
Read More: Weird Black Girls by Elwin Cotman
The Happy Place Reads
The Happy Place Reads (THP Reads) is JoAnna Garcia Swisher’s book club with her lifestyle blog, The Happy Place. JoAnna is an actress known for the role of Maddie Townsend on the hit Netflix series Sweet Magnolias. THP Reads selects entertaining and moving books that teach readers how to look at themselves and the world in new ways.
Visit The Happy Place website here to read with JoAnna.
The Happy Place Reads’ May 2024 Pick
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins is THP Reads’ May 2024 book club pick.
The Heiress
The Heiress
Rachel Hawkins
Mystery | Thriller | Suspense | Fiction
GOODREADS | STORYGRAPH
When Ruby McTavish, North Carolina’s richest and most notorious woman, dies, she leaves her fortune to her adopted son, Camden. Cam rejects his inheritance and starts a new life in Colorado, but a summons after his uncle’s death brings him and his wife, Jules, back to Ashby House. Jules urges Cam to claim his legacy, and as they uncover dark family secrets, they realize the true weight of their inheritance. It’s a story exploring themes of family legacy, hidden truths, and the complexities of inheritance.
Publication Date: January 9, 2024
Read More: The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
GH Book Club
The GH Book Club is Good Housekeeping’s book club. It “focuses on feel-good reads, because reading makes us feel good, period” (specifically, feel-good picks that have an extra special something). The GH Book Club selects “beautiful books – ones that wrap around you like a big hug and transport you away from your everyday life.”
Visit the GH Book Club here to read with Good Housekeeping.
GH Book Club’s May 2024 Pick
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl is the GH Book Club’s May 2024 book club pick.
The Paris Novel
The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl
Travel | Food | Romance | Historical Fiction
GOODREADS | STORYGRAPH
Stella, a woman bound by her comfort zone, is unexpectedly sent to Paris after her estranged mother’s death. Armed with a one-way ticket, she begins cautiously exploring the city until a spontaneous purchase of a vintage Dior dress sparks a new sense of adventure. Guided by an elderly art collector, Stella is introduced to Paris’s vibrant literary, art, and culinary scenes of the 1980s. As she immerses herself in the city’s culture, Stella uncovers a mystery, discovers a passion for food, and learns to embrace a life of spontaneity and richness.
Publication Date: April 23, 2024
Read More: The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
My May 2024 Celebrity Book Club Picks
All of the celebrity book clubs made amazing selections this month. I love every one of the May 2024 celebrity book club picks. It’s so hard to choose which book to read first!
My first choice is the May 2024 Reese’s Book Club pick How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang. Reese often makes my favorite book club selections, I don’t think I can miss this chemistry-fueled love story full of secrets.
And my second choice? I hope to read the May 2024 The Happy Place Reads book club pick The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins. After reading How to End a Love Story, a mysterious and suspenseful thriller like The Heiress will be just what I need to balance out my reads.
I also have to give two honorable mentions this month (the May 2024 celebrity book club picks are just too good). Belletrist’s Weird Black Girls by Elwin Cotman is a book of whimsical, fantastical, horror short stories exploring Black life. It has to be on my to-be-read list.
Also, GMA Book Club’s The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is getting lots of talk. A thrilling time-traveling romance? I’m excited to dive into this selection as soon as I can. What May 2024 celebrity book club picks will you be reading this month?
How to End a Love Story
Yulin Kuang
The Heiress
Rachel Hawkins
Weird Black Girls
Elwin Cotman
The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley
Your Choice? May 2024 Celebrity Book Club Picks
What book are you most looking forward to? I hope this helps you find amazing new books! What do you think of the May 2024 celebrity book club picks? Share your thoughts in the comments below – I love great conversations with readers.
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