Celebrity Book Club Picks for April 2026 #celebritybookclubs

Are you wondering what your favourite Celebrity Book Club is reading this month? Do you enjoy book communities as a way to read along with others? If so, each of these celebrity book clubs is internet-based and open to all who follow. So if you’re like me and always on the lookout for the next great read, you will now find these picks all in one spot – That Happy Reader’s blog! Without further ado, let me introduce you to Celebrity Book Club Picks for April 2026. Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf!

Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club (Hello Sunshine)’s pick for April 2026:

Founded in 2017, Hello Sunshine always chooses books with women at the centre of the story. Their website notes “We make our choices thoughtfully and look for ways to deepen our connection to books, authors and ourselves”.   This book club chose “Into The Blue” by Emma Brodie as their April 2026 pick.

Summary:

In the summer of 2000, aspiring comedy writer AJ Graves feels trapped working at a video rental store in her small Massachusetts town until she meets Noah Drew, the intense heir to a famous acting family. Despite their different backgrounds, they form a powerful connection as friends and creative partners—until Noah suddenly disappears without explanation. Seven years later in New York City, AJ reunites with Noah when they are cast together in a major intergalactic television series, where his fame contrasts sharply with their unresolved past. As their on-screen romance deepens, the boundary between performance and real life blurs, forcing them to confront old wounds and a devastating secret that once tore them apart. Into the Blue explores love, ambition, and destiny, asking what it truly means to step away from the script others expect and create your own story.

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Good Morning America’s Book Club’s pick:

The GMA Book Club is officially called “Cover to Cover” and was started in the Fall of 2019. Their selections highlight diversity and books are chosen from both fiction and non-fiction genres. The book club chose “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke as their April 2026 pick.

Summary:

A glamorous “trad-wife” influencer, Natalie Heller Mills has built a massive online empire selling an idealized pioneer lifestyle to millions of followers—carefully concealing the modern conveniences, hired help, and media machinery behind her picture-perfect image. Certain of her success and superiority over critics, Natalie’s world collapses when she awakens in what appears to be the real American frontier of 1805, stripped of luxury and forced to endure the harsh labor, danger, and isolation she once romanticized. As her familiar family becomes unsettlingly altered and survival replaces performance, Natalie struggles to determine whether she has been thrust into a cruel hoax, a supernatural test, or genuine time travel, all while fighting to escape a reality that exposes the dark gap between curated tradition and lived experience. Darkly funny and unsettling, Yesteryear explores fame, faith, gender roles, and the fragile illusion of the perfect life.

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Read With Jenna (Jenna Bush Hager)’s pick:

In March 2019, the former First Daughter announced her book club on the Today show.  Each month she chooses a book that is sure to generate discussion.  Jenna chose “Upward Bound” by Woody Brown as her April 2026 pick.

Summary:

Upward Bound follows a group of interconnected lives at a struggling Los Angeles adult daycare center for people with disabilities, a place often seen as a last refuge rather than a destination of hope. Through the experiences of Carlos, a devoted aide working alongside his sister Mariana; Jorge, a gentle nonspeaking client Carlos tries to understand; Tom, a young man with cerebral palsy longing for connection; Ann, an uncertain summer lifeguard; Dave, the director pursuing artistic meaning through an ambitious holiday show; and Walter, a recent graduate returning after personal tragedy, the novel weaves together stories of loss, resilience, and belonging. With empathy, humor, and emotional depth, Woody Brown portrays an often-overlooked community, offering a powerful and compassionate portrait of disability, human connection, and the unexpected beauty found within shared vulnerability.

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Oprah’s Book Club:

Oprah Winfrey started this book club in 1996 as a segment on her TV show. Many obscure titles have risen to bestseller status as a result of her picks. This book club does not choose books on a monthly basis but Oprah’s latest pick is “Kin” by Tayari Jones.

Summary:

Lifelong friends Vernice and Annie grow up together in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, bonded by their motherless childhoods yet destined for very different paths: Vernice escapes to Atlanta, where she enters an elite circle of influential Black women and confronts privilege and inequality, while Annie embarks on a perilous quest to find the mother who abandoned her, encountering danger, love, and hardship along the way. When tragedy forces their worlds to collide, their enduring friendship is tested in this emotionally rich novel exploring motherhood, identity, sisterhood, and the complexities of womanhood in the American South.

Other Recent Celebrity Book Club Selections:

March 2026

February 2026

January 2026

Do any of the April picks appeal to you? Upward Bound sounds the most compelling to me. Come back next month as I let you know what the April picks are!