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 November 2025. Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf!
Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club (Hello Sunshine)’s pick for November 2025:
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 “Wild Dark Shore” by Charlotte McConaghy as their November 2025 pick.
Length: 298 pages / ~10 hours.
Narrators: Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, Steve West.
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Summary:
On a remote island near Antarctica, Dominic Salt and his three children are the last caretakers of Shearwater, home to the world’s largest seed bank. Their isolated existence is upended when a mysterious woman named Rowan washes ashore during a violent storm. As the Salts nurse her back to health, fragile bonds begin to form, offering each of them a glimpse of hope and connection. But both Rowan and Dominic harbour dangerous secrets—sabotaged radios, a hidden grave, and unspoken grief hint at darker truths beneath the island’s surface. As tempests rage and trust frays, they must decide whether to protect one another and the seeds that symbolize humanity’s future, or be consumed by the wild, dark shore that surrounds them.
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 “Wreck” by Catherine Newman as their November 2025 pick.
Length: 224 pages / ~ 5 hours.
Narrator: Helen Laser.
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Summary:
Two years after their Cape Cod vacation, Rocky and her family are back home in Western Massachusetts, navigating the chaos of everyday life. Rocky remains her anxious, nostalgic, and funny self, juggling her marriage to Nick, their daughter Willa’s return from college, their son Jamie’s new job in New York, and her widowed father Mort moving in. Life feels comfortingly ordinary—until Rocky becomes fixated on a local accident and a possible medical issue that threaten to upend their fragile equilibrium. With warmth, humour, and insight, Catherine Newman captures the messy beauty of family, the weight of uncertainty, and the bittersweet truth that those we love don’t always fit neatly into the versions we hope for.
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 “Cursed Daughters ” by Oyinkan Braithwaite as her November 2025 pick.
Length: 384 pages / ~ 9 hours.
Narrator: Diana Yekinni, Nnei Opia Clark, Weruche Opia.
Genre: Literary Fiction, Women’s Fiction
Summary:
When Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi, on the same day her cousin Monife is buried, the family becomes convinced that the child is Monife reborn—destined to repeat her tragic fate. Bound by a generations-old curse that dooms the Falodun women to heartbreak and abandonment, three generations live together under its shadow. But when Eniiyi saves a young man from drowning and falls in love, she is forced to confront her family’s painful legacy and the dark spiritual forces that have shaped their lives. Blending modern life with ancient superstition, Cursed Daughters is a powerful tale of love, destiny, and resilience that asks whether we can ever escape the stories written for us—or find the courage to rewrite them.
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. Oprah’s latest pick is expected to be “Some Bright Nowhere” by Ann Packer
Length: 256 pages / ~7 hours.
Narrator: Will Damron.
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Summary:
After nearly forty years of marriage, Eliot and Claire have built a life filled with love, family, and quiet stability in their Connecticut town. But as Claire’s long battle with cancer nears its end, Eliot—devoted husband turned tender caregiver—must face the hardest chapter of all. Just when he believes he’s prepared for goodbye, Claire makes a final, shocking request that upends everything he thought he knew about her and their marriage. In Some Bright Nowhere, Ann Packer delivers a deeply moving exploration of love, loss, and the unknowable depths of even our closest relationships, revealing the beauty and heartbreak of truly letting someone go.
Other Recent Celebrity Book Club Selections:
Do any of the November picks appeal to you? I’ll be reading Wreck. Come back next month as I let you know what the December picks are!
Jonetta | Blue Mood Café
I posted my review of Wild Dark Shore today. I’ve still got Sandwich to read and added Cursed Daughters.
thathappyreader
I hope that you enjoy them all Jonetta.
Cindy's Book Corner
They do look interesting. I hope you enjoy Wrecked.
thathappyreader
Thanks Cindy.
Carla@CarlaLovesToRead
Thanks, for sharing these Jodie. I have the first two on my TBR and am interested in Cursed Daughters.
thathappyreader
That’s great Carla. Happy Reading!
Yvonne @ It's All About Books
Great selection! I’m especially intrigued by Wild Dark Shore and Cursed Daughters.
thathappyreader
I hope that you enjoy them both Yvonne.