Reese Witherspoon began her book club in June 2017. Since then, she’s had a book club pick every month. Outside of some of her 2026 picks and her young adult picks, I’ve read all of them. There have been some I’ve loved and some that haven’t been for me. I give them all a chance, because some of them have been books that I wouldn’t have picked up on my own, but that I ended up really enjoying and learning a lot from. I’m also partial to women’s fiction, so I love that Reese’s Book Club picks have women at the center.
Below are my favourite books from Reese’s Book Club so far:
1. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (June 2017 pick)
This was Reese’s first book club pick and I really enjoyed it. It was a heartwarming read and I remember being quite surprised by the ending.
2. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (September 2017 pick)
Little Fires Everywhere was a unique novel that taught me about issues I hadn’t previously been exposed to. Despite it being a long time since I read it, it’s stuck with me in a way that not all books do. I also really enjoyed the TV adaptation.
3. The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (October 2017 pick)
Alice Hoffman is one of my favourite writers, and I love all of her books in the Practical Magic series. The Rules of Magic is the second book published in the series (Practical Magic was the first). It’s an excellent fall read with complex, developed characters and an interesting plot.
4. This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett (November 2017 pick)
While I’m a huge fan of Ann Patchett, I don’t think I would have picked up This is the Story of a Happy Marriage had it not been a Reese’s Book Club pick. Before reading it, I wasn’t interested in reading books of short stories. I ended up loving This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. The writing is exceptional and while the stories covered a wide range of topics, I found myself engrossed in all of them.
5. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal (March 2018 pick)
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows was another Reese’s Book Club pick that taught me about a world I knew little about. The novel immersed me in the world of the characters, and it was a novel that managed to be hilarious one moment and devastating the next.
6. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (September 2018 pick)
Where the Crawdads Sing was a huge success, and I understood why. It was exciting and mysterious and made me feel like I was right there on the North Carolina coast. I loved the role that female resilience played in the novel.
7. This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (October 2018 pick)
This is How It Always Is is a beautiful novel about a boy who wants to be a girl. The novel was so informative and thorough. I learned so much from it, and again, it has really stuck with me.
8. Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (March 2019 pick)
I think that even if Reese’s Book Club hadn’t selected Daisy Jones & the Six as one of its picks, I eventually would have read it, because I’ve read and loved many of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s books now. But at the time that I read it, I was a bit hesitant about reading a book that was written as an oral history. I ended up completely loving it and had a hard time putting it down. I loved the TV adaptation as well.
9. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (November 2019 pick)
I love historical fiction and women’s fiction, so its no surprise that I loved The Giver of Stars. Its about a group of women who deliver books as part of a traveling library. The subject matter was fascinating and emphasized the importance of books. I listened to this one on audio. It was narrated by Julia Whelan, and she did an incredible job.
10. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (January 2020 pick)
Such a Fun Age was another Reese’s Book Club pick that taught me a lot. It starts with a black woman being accused of kidnapping the white child she is babysitting and takes off from there. It was a really interesting, thought-provoking read.
11. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (May 2020 pick)
The Henna Artist is about a seventeen-year-old who escapes from an abusive marriage and becomes a sought-after henna artist in Jaipur. Again, it transported me to another place. I love that Reese’s Book Club picks focus on women from many different cultures and places.
12. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (June 2021 pick)
Seven Days in June is a romance novel about a couple that was together for seven days and is reunited fifteen years later. It focuses on many issues including race, mewntal health, and invisible disabilities. I thought Seven Days in June was really well-written and it had me engaged throughout.
13. The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller (July 2021 pick)
The Paper Palace is about a woman who must decide between staying with ehr husband or leaving him for her childhood love. However, it’s also about so much more than that, including the effects of abuse, trauma, and family expectations. I loved the ending of this one, and I was still thinking about it long after I’d read the last page.
14. Honor by Thrity Umrigar (January 2022 pick)
Honor is about an Indiain Americna journalist who returns to India to cover a story about a Hindu woman who was attacked by members of her village and her family for marrying a Muslim man. The novel was very well-written and absorbing. It was an informative, devastating read that taught me a lot.
15. The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont (February 2022 pick)
I’m a huge Agatha Christie fan, so I was fascinated by the premise of The Christie Affair. It’s a historical fiction novel about Agatha Christie’s eleven-day disappearance in the 1920s. This was a really well-done historical fiction novel about a fascinating woman.
16. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (May 2022 pick)
The Dictionary of Lost Words is about a girl whose father is a lexicographer who collects words for the first Oxford English Dictionary. She begins collecting words that were discarded by the men working on the dictionary. This was such a fascinating and thought-provoking read about the wya that words and definitions pertaining to women and common people are ignored and do not get recorded.
17. Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed (November 2022 pick)
This is another book that I wouldn’t have picked up had it not been a Reese’s Book Club pick, but I ended up loving it. It’s a collection of advice columns written by Cheryl Strayed. She gives thoughtful, incredible advice and its a book I plan to return to as I need it.
18. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell (December 2022 pick)
The Marriage Portrait takes place in Florence in the 1500s and is about a daughter of a grand duke who is abrubtly married and faces pressure to provide an heir. The Marriage Portrait is by the author of Hamnet, so it should come as no surprise that it’s a very well-written, well-researched historical fiction novel.
19. The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson (February 2023 pick)
The House of Eve takes place in the 1950s and follows two Black women: one whose future and escape from poverty is threatened by a love affair, and one who falls in love with a man at Howard University who belongs to one of DC’s elite and wealthy Black families. It covers many themes, from race to forbidden love to motherhood. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Ariel Blake and Nicole Lewis, and it was excellent.
20. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (March 2023 pick)
I read the Nightingale in 2016 and absolutely loved it. The novel is a World War II historical fiction novel about two sisters living in German-occupied France, and the ways they both fight for survival and freedom. It’s heart-wrenching and beautiful and showcases women’s resilience.
21. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (August 2023 pick)
As I noted, I love Ann Patchett. Tom Lake had me dreaming of living on a cherry orchard in Northern Michigan. It was a beautiful, emotional novel with an ending that really surprised me. It was also a reminder to consider your mother’s life as it existed and continues to exist outside of your own life.
22. Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (October 2023 pick)
Starling House is a spooky novel about a young woman, Opal, living in a Kentucky coal town who goes to work as a maid at the mysterious Starling House mansion. Opal discovers that Sterling House is connected to the town’s dark history and learns details about the mysterious death of the mansion’s former owner. The novel is gothic and eerie and perfect for fall.
23. The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo (April 2024 pick)
The Most Fun We Ever Had is about a couple and their four adult daughters, who long to find love like their parents’. In the novel, a boy arrives who had been given up for adoption by one of the daughters years prior. We learn about the family’s complex past as the family navigates its future. The character development in The Most Fun We Ever Had was excellent. It’s a long novel, but one that I enjoyed from start to finish.
24. The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl (September 2024 pick)
The Comfort of Crows was such an interesting read. In it, the author describes the creatures and plants in her yard over the course of a year. Her perspective and appreciation for nature was inspiring and fascinating.
25. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (March 2025 pick)
Broken Country was a really unique read that encompassed so much. A married woman is reunited with her past love. At the same time, she struggles with the tragic loss of her son. Her reunion with her past love ultimately leads to a death, which results in a murder trial. This was a captivating novel that had so many layers.
26. Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein (July 2025 pick)
Spectacular Things is about sisters, one of whom becomes the caregiver for the other at a young age, and the other who is an exceptional soccer player. The sisters learn about their mother’s past, and the younger sister has to decide how important her soccer career really is to her. This was an emotional read that I couldn’t put down.
27. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (October 2025 pick)
Wild Dark Shore was an exciting, mysterious novel about a family on a remote island near Antarctica and a woman who washes ashore. I had no idea where the novel was headed and I had such a hard time putting it down. I still think about Wild Dark Shore today.
Reese’s Book Club Picks I Haven’t Read Yet:
- A Pair of Aces by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
- A Founding Mother by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
- The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson
- Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty
Do you follow along with Reese’s Book Club? If so, what are your favourite picks?
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