Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club: See All of Her 2024 Picks

Mar. 15, 2025

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Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoonis an actress, producer and author, but also a well-read bookworm — so much so that she helms one of the most successful celebrity book clubs today.Reese’s Book Club was founded in 2017 and is operated through Hello Sunshine, Witherspoon’s media company. The book club centers women-led stories and aims to “deepen our connection to books, authors and ourselves," pertheir website. Witherspoon has picked some great reads over the years, including Celeste Ng’sLittle Fires Everywhere, Taylor Jenkins Reid’sDaisy Jones & The Sixand Kiley Reid’sSuch a Fun Age.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer , from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.If you’re hoping to read along with Witherspoon’s selections this year, look no further. Here is a list of all of Reese’s Book Club picks for 2024.

Reese Witherspoonis an actress, producer and author, but also a well-read bookworm — so much so that she helms one of the most successful celebrity book clubs today.Reese’s Book Club was founded in 2017 and is operated through Hello Sunshine, Witherspoon’s media company. The book club centers women-led stories and aims to “deepen our connection to books, authors and ourselves," pertheir website. Witherspoon has picked some great reads over the years, including Celeste Ng’sLittle Fires Everywhere, Taylor Jenkins Reid’sDaisy Jones & The Sixand Kiley Reid’sSuch a Fun Age.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer , from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.If you’re hoping to read along with Witherspoon’s selections this year, look no further. Here is a list of all of Reese’s Book Club picks for 2024.

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‘City of Night Birds’ by Juhea Kim

Ecco

Two years after a tragic accident upends her life, ballerina Natalia Leonova makes her return to St. Petersburg. But the city holds difficult memories for her, including those of Natalia’s parents, and the two dancers who altered the trajectory of Natalia’s career.“This story left me thinking about the ways we overcome setbacks and redefine what truly matters,” Witherspoon says.

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Heartdrum

This young adult thriller follows Mara, who is growing up on the Blackfeet reservation. When she’s invited to the traditional Blackfeet Giveaway, and a girl tragically ends up dead, Mara, along with three others, become suspects in the case.“We’ve been hooked from line 1,” Reese’s Book Clubsaysof this read.

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‘We Will Be Jaguars’ by Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson

Abrams Press

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‘Society of Lies’ by Lauren Ling Brown

Bantam

“If you’re looking for a page-turner that keeps you on the edge of your seat this spooky season, this one is a must-read!” Witherspoon says of her October pick. It follows Maya, who is thrust back into her alma mater’s secret society following her sister’s death.

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The Comfort of Crows By Margaret Renkl

Amazon

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Slow Dance: A Novel by Rainbow Rowell

William Morrow

Shiloh and Cary were once best friends, but the separate paths they took after high school led them to drift apart. When the two reunite at a mutual friend’s wedding, they come to see that each of them is just as lost as the other. Witherspoon calls Rowell’s latest novel for adults “bittersweet” and full of “unexpected twists.”

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The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan

Knopf

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The Unwedding by Ally Condie

Grand Central Publishing

When Ellery finds the groom’s dead body, she realizes that there’s something sinister hiding among the hotel’s guests in this book that Witherspoon calls “the perfect summer listen.”

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Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth

Tor Teen

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How to End a Love Story By Yulin Kuang

HarperCollins

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The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

Penguin Random House

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Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

Macmillan Publishers

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Redwood Court By DeLana R. A. Dameron

Redwood Courtintroduces readers to Mika Tabor, who’s growing up in the 1990s in the all-Black working class suburb of Columbia, S.C. She learns important lessons from the people who raised her on the cul-de-sac of Redwood Court, from the societal to the mundane.

“This book is filled with a sense of nostalgia as Mika takes us down memory lane, sharing stories of her Southern Black family through a collection of vivid vignettes,” says Witherspoon.

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First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

This gripping novel follows Evie Porter, who has a seemingly perfect life — except for the fact that she doesn’t seem to actually exist.“This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through,” Witherspoon says, adding that she “did NOT expect that ending.”

source: people.com