8 celebrity book club picks to read this month from Reese Witherspoon, Jenna Bush Hager and more
Celebrity bookworms are here to stay.
Ever since Oprah Winfrey started her iconic book club in the ’90s, celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Roberts, Dua Lipa and Jenna Bush Hager have joined the ranks, picking monthly books that skyrocket to the top of the bestseller lists.
“I absolutely love reading, I love the idea of sharing how books make people feel … books are really important to me and if I can share that in some way, then I feel like I’m on the right track,” Lipa told Elle UK in 2023.
Roberts, who started Belletrist with best friend Karah Preiss in 2017, told AP that giving book recommendations brings her “so much joy.”
Witherspoon, meanwhile, built an empire on books with her Hello Sunshine media company, highlighting diverse female authors.
See below for all the August 2026 celebrity book club picks.
Goodreads rating: 4.35/5
“Whether you are headed to the beach, the park, the pool, or even just back home into the air conditioning, Laura Moriarty’s latest is the perfect companion for these sun-soaked afternoon,” Bush Hager wrote of her August read.
“It’s the big, beautiful forbidden love story of the summer — “it’s propulsive and drenched in light, just like the title.”
Goodreads rating: 3.98/5
“Our August @reesesbookclub pick, ‘The Wild Beneath’ by @doctorkellyanderson, is officially a read anywhere kind of book,” Witherspoon captioned her August announcement.
Goodreads rating: 4.11/5
“This month we’re reading ‘Beginning Middle End’ by @valeria_luiselli,” Johnson’s TeaTime book club announced. “It’s the tale of a mother and daughter traveling together after the collapse of a marriage and the dissolution of their traditional family structure.”
Goodreads rating: 3.71/5
“Fifteen-year-old Mina’s whole world is her two best friends, but after an unexpected kiss, the established dynamics of their trio quickly unravel,” Belletrist wrote alongside their latest read.
“Everything that was once shared openly, from clothes to secrets, now feels impossibly fragile. Loyalties shift and tensions simmer across the long days of this pivotal summer, where the girls have nowhere new to go and everything new to feel.”
Goodreads rating: 3.84/5
“’Lost Lambs’ by Madeline Cash is possibly the most hyped novel of 2026. Read it and you’ll know why,” Lipa said of her new pick.
“It’s got everything: a dysfunctional family, a bloodthirsty billionaire, conspiracy theories, online radicalization, an infestation of gnats and, at its heart, a search for identity and meaning,” she wrote, adding, “It’s funny, fast and intoxicating. Believe the hype.”
Goodreads rating: 3.73/5
“‘Take What You Can’ by @naimacoster is a dazzling story about the complex dynamic between two best friends as they navigate their changing relationship, marriages, class, and motherhood,” “GMA” wrote with their August announcement.
Goodreads rating: 3.56/5
“Our August KCBC book is… ‘Night Objects’ by @eliraphael!” Couric announced. “This is Eli’s first novel and wow did she start off strong!”
Goodreads rating: 4.06/5
“For this August’s book pick, I’m reading ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson. Published in 1962, Carson’s revolutionary book sounded the alarm on pesticide use and its ripple effects across the natural world, inspiring a generation of environmental action,” Portman wrote alongside her new pick.