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 adieu, let me introduce you to Celebrity Book Club Picks for October 2023. Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf!
Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club (Hello Sunshine)’s pick for October 2023:
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 “Starling House” by Alix E. Harrow as their October 2023 pick.
From The Publisher:
Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying, bad-luck town, known only for the legend of E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth-century author and illustrator who wrote The Underland–and disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared. But everyone agrees that it’s best to let the uncanny house―and its last lonely heir, Arthur Starling―go to rot.
Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but an unexpected job offer might be a chance to get her brother out of Eden. Too quickly, though, Starling House starts to feel dangerously like something she’s never had: a home…
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 “The List” by Yomi Adegoke as their October 2023 pick.
From The Publisher:
Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month’s time. Young, beautiful, and successful—she and her fiancé Michael are considered the “couple goals” of their social network and seem to have it all. That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: “Oh my god, have you seen The List?”
It began as a crowdsourced collection of names and somehow morphed into an anonymous account posting allegations on social media. Ola would usually be the first to support such a list—she’d retweet it, call for the men to be fired, write article after article. Except this time, Michael’s name is on it…
Read With Jenna (Jenna Bush Hager)’s pick:
Starting 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 “How To Say Babylon” by Safiya Sinclair as her October 2023 pick.
From The Publisher
With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find her own voice as a woman and poet.
Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair’s father, a volatile reggae musician and militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, became obsessed with her purity, in particular, with the threat of what Rastas call Babylon, the immoral and corrupting influences of the Western world outside their home. He worried that womanhood would make Safiya and her sisters morally weak and impure, and believed a woman’s highest virtue was her obedience…
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 “Wellness” by Nathan Hill.
From The Publisher:
The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about marriage, the often baffling pursuit of health and happiness, and the stories that bind us together. From the gritty ’90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home-renovation hysteria, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight, irony, and heart.
When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the ’90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicago’s thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups, polyamorous would-be suitors, Facebook wars, and something called Love Potion Number Nine…
That’s the Celebrity Book Club Picks for October 2023. Do any of these books appeal to you? Will your book club be selecting any of these books? Let me know in the comments. I hope you have an amazing day!
Recent Celebrity Book Club Selections:
JamieAdStories
All interesting. I especially like Reese’s choices normally.
thathappyreader
Thanks for reading Jamie.
Jonetta | Blue Mood Cafe
I’ve only added Jenna’s pick this month. Still pondering some of the others..
thathappyreader
I hope that you enjoy it Jonetta!
ER LeVar
I’m so excited for the Alix E. Harrow book! I’ve absolutely loved everything else Harrow has written. Didn’t know it was also a Reese Pick–doubly excited now!
thathappyreader
I hope that you love it ER!
Lisa of Hopewell
I’m late to the game, but my Christmas Reading post just went up https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2023/10/06/2023-5-to20-books-of-christmas-reading-challenge/
Also, I read from a lot of these clubs when the book appeals. I’ve pretty much stopped with Oprah’s though–too depressing.
thathappyreader
I feel the same way Lisa! I will add your the link to my Christmas challenge post!
Amanda Kay
Always love these lists! I don’t know why, but Starling House surprised me as the Reese pick. It makes me more excited to read it though because I tend to like the Reese picks I read!
thathappyreader
I hope that you enjoy it Amanda!
Lisa Mandina (Lisa Loves Literature)
Starling House is the only one that looks good to me. But I’ve got it on my TBR for some day. lol. Thanks for sharing!
thathappyreader
I hope that you enjoy it Lisa!
Yvonne @ It's All About Books
All of these sound great!
thathappyreader
I hope that you enjoy them Yvonne!
Carla
I usually find one or two of these that I enjoy, but none of this month’s selections call to me. Starling House sounds interesting, but I am not a big horror/gothic/dark story lover.
thathappyreader
It isn’t my choice of genres either Carla.