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These Celebrity Book Clubs Will Inspire You to Start Your Own

Because who doesn’t want to gab with Reese Witherspoon about the latest thriller with a strong female lead?

Last Updated on November 13, 2020 by Hattie - Barnard College
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The idea for this week’s piece comes from a recently graduated friend of mine who is celebrating her first break from assigned readings by starting her own book club! Summer is a great time to start a book club, which is a great way to stay in touch with your college or high school friends even if you’re scattered across the world for the summer.

But starting a book club can seem daunting and so this week’s article is the first of a two part guide for starting your own book club. This week, I’ve rounded up a few book clubs to take example from and use as a jumping off point and next week I’ll be putting together some tips and ideas for making your book club the best it can be!

Hello Sunshine – Reese Witherspoon

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We’ve got the perfect beach read for you! @reesewitherspoon’s June book pick is #SomethingInTheWater by @catsteadman—it’s out June 5th, but we just couldn’t wait. (You can pre-order it now.) It starts with a beautiful honeymoon that turns into a web of intrigue. When Erin and Mark find something in the water in Bora Bora and try to pull off what they think is the perfect crime, each choice they make has unforeseen consequences. You won’t want to put this story down… so take it with you on vacation, to the pool, or—with @audible_com—anywhere else you go! #HelloSunshineonAudible

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Reese Witherspoon’s book club, a subset of her media company Hello Sunshine, is dedicated to sharing stories and content with women at the forefront. 

Reese’s club is my personal favorite from this list because I’ve been a diehard fan of hers basically since I could bend and snap. I’ve read several books suggested by her by pure happenstance and they are consistently some of my favorite reads. Her pick for June is Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman, a honeymoon thriller, that just came out this month!

Not interested in this title? Check out @reesesbookclubxhellosunshine on Instagram or Facebook or Goodreads for past titles!

Oprah’s Book Club

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One of the most incredible men I’ve ever met. Today on the @SuperSoul podcast, Anthony Ray Hinton’s gripping story. For more, pick up his memoir—my latest Book Club selection, ‘The Sun Does Shine’.

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No book club list is complete without the book club queen herself, Oprah. Oprah’s books consistently achieve critical and financial success so really you can’t go wrong with any of her picks. This month’s title is a memoir entitled The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton and depicts Hinton’s 30 years spent on Alabama’s death row after a wrongful conviction. I know I’m pushing this one to the top of my reading list as it’s already being heralded as one of the most critical works on our modern criminal justice system.

You can sign up for email updates for Oprah’s Book Club here! She also posts updates on her Instagram @Oprah and on Facebook @OprahWinfrey.

Our Shared Shelf – Emma Watson

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#Repost @rikasbookshelf ・・・ Ich freue mich schon so darauf dieses Buch gemeinsam mit @oursharedshelf noch einmal zu lesen. Dieses Buch zeigt so viele wichtige Dinge. Ich habe soviel gelernt durch dieses Buch und gleichzeitig hat mich die Geschichte rund um Starr auch noch berührt. Dieses Buch gehört zu den Büchern, die dich nicht loslassen nachdem man sie einmal gelesen hat. Ich freue mich schon gemein mit all den anderen dieses Buch noch einmal zu lesen und zu erleben. . . . #buch #bookstagram #bücher #books #lesen #reading #blumen #frühling #bücherwurm #cover #thehateugive #angiethomas #oursharedshelf

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Yet another one of my sheroes and a frequent source of inspiration for my CF book suggestions, Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf is the feminist book club you need in your life. Inspired by her work with UN Women, Watson picks a book every two months and provides some preliminary discussion questions to get things started. If you’ve ever dreamed of studying literature with Hermione Granger, this one’s for you! 

The most recent picks are The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore so whether you prefer fiction or non-fiction, you’re sure to find something you like!

You can stay up to date with Our Shared Shelf by following them on Instagram @OurSharedShelf or by joining their forum on Goodreads!

The Rory Gilmore Reading List

Last but not least is a slightly different source of inspiration but one that will no doubt keep you occupied for many, many months. Yes, we’re talking about the epic list that has been dubbed the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge! 

According to Buzzfeed, there are 339 books referenced over the course of the Gilmore Girls series (not including A Year in the Life). While my personal opinions about Rory Gilmore as a character are incredibly complicated, I can’t deny that the girl devoured an admirable number of titles during her seven-season run. This list is also vast enough that you can pick and choose whatever sounds good to you and ignore the titles you pretended to read in high school (or go back and start with those! whatever you’re feeling this month!).

You can check out Buzzfeed’s comprehensive list of titles here or follow Patrick Lenton’s journey through the list here. The Rory Gilmore Book Club also exists on Goodreads.

What do you think?

Have you ever been a part of a book club? What were some of the books you read? Have you ever been a part of an online book club led by a celebrity or organization? Let us know in the comments below and stay tuned for part two!

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Originally published on June 13, 2018
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