Celebrities we — even they enjoy sticking their noses in a good book.
Several stars have created their own book clubs and shared their love of reading with their fans. today host Jenna Bush Hager In 2019, she launched the “Read With Jenna” book club, where she has recommended nearly 70 of her favorite novels to her fans, and has donated hundreds of books to libraries across the country.
“I love reading for so many reasons. Reading really is an escape from everyday life,” she said in a January 2023 interview. Today.com“Reading books calms me. Reading books helps me get away from my mind. Reading books allows me to fall in love with places I'll never go to. Reading books allows me to empathize with characters who are very different from me. There's nothing better than falling in love with a book.”
meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon She has adapted many of the books her book club chose. Where the crayfish sing and Daisy Jones and the Sixand has appeared in films and television shows through her production company Hello Sunshine.
Little Fires Everywhere, Big Little Lies and You are bestselling books that have been adapted for television and brought to our TV screens, and Reese Witherspoon has been at the heart of many of the most successful TV shows based on books, thanks to her passion for bringing fresh stories to new worlds. […]
“[I] “I'm trying to create more projects where women can flourish,” she said. Harper's Bazaar in October 2019. “I've always been drawn to women authors and women at the center of novels, so I started acquiring the film rights to some of them. Then I started sharing all the books I read, because I read a lot.”
Scroll down to see which celebs share their love of reading with their fans.
Jenna Bush Hager
Fans can check out Bush Hager's complete list of “Read With Jenna” books below. Today.comThe former First Daughter signed a production deal with Universal Studios Group in 2022 to adapt books selected by her book club into TV shows and films, with further TV drama adaptations announced afterwards. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Robbery of the Century by Kirk W. Johnson and All the colors in the dark by Chris Whittaker.
Reese Witherspoon
Witherspoon's Reese's Book Club picks, selected by the Oscar winner each month, include a variety of stories for adults and young adults, with female characters at the center.
Queen Camilla
Camila founded her own book club in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to build connection and community through reading. “The Queen's Reading Room is a charity working to celebrate and promote the power and benefits of reading, with a mission to help more people discover and connect with books that enrich their lives,” the charity's website states.
As well as a selection of books, the Queen's Reading Room will offer free educational content, host a literary festival and, in early 2024, launch its own podcast.
Emma Watson
The actress launched Our Shared Shelf in 2016, selecting feminist-themed books for readers to discuss. She previously worked with The Book Fairies, an organisation that places books in public places for people to pick up, read and then put back for others to find.
Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The host launched the Fallon Book Club in 2024. He launched the club by asking fans to vote for books to read together through a tournament-style online bracket.
Emma Roberts
of American Horror Story Starr co-founded the Belle-Lettres Book Club. Kara Price Two years later, the pair founded their own production company, Belle Trist Productions, which produced Netflix's First Kill And Hulu Tell me a lie.
Florence Welch
The Florence + the Machine singer founded Between Two Books in 2012 after a fan encouraged him to start a book club via social media, “which regularly features guest recommendations from artists, authors, musicians, directors and more.” Greta Gerwig, Nick Cave, Fiona Apple, Adjoa Aboah, Jeremy O. Harris, Grayson Perry and Sally RooneyThe club's website says fans can join in the discussion about the book via the club's social media pages.
Dua Lipa
The pop star's Service95 book club, which launched in February 2022, consists of monthly book recommendations from Lipa, a newsletter, and a podcast, “Dua Lipa: At Your Service.” “Members are invited to read this month's books with the help of discussion guides, author Q&As, and additional reading lists, bringing readers closer to authors, their inspirations, and the worlds they create,” the club's website reads.
Mindy Kaling
Kaling will launch Mindy's Book Studio Club in 2022 in partnership with Amazon, celebrating “new and diverse voices in everything from innovative romantic comedies and inspiring coming-of-age stories to unforgettable suspense dramas with female leads,” the website said.
The partnership also includes a deal with Amazon Studios to adapt Kaling's work into films, with the actress set to adapt the novel into a film in 2023. I woke up like this by Amy Lee and Vibrant years by Sonali Dev On a big screen.
Gabrielle Union and many other celebrity parents are publishing picture books for their children. The “Bring It On” actress released her debut book, “Welcome to the Party,” in May 2020, celebrating non-traditional families. Union, who has daughter Kaavia with husband Dwyane Wade, said during an appearance on The Today Show at the time: “I definitely want to be a part of that.” […]
Kaia Gerber
Gerber and Alyssa Reeder The duo has been sharing their favorite books with fans through their Library Science Book Club since 2020, featuring books across a variety of topics and genres. According to the club's website, their goal is “to get young people reading” and to highlight the idea that “we often learn most from stories that aren't our own.”
Sarah Jessica Parker
Like Kaling, Parker's book label, SJP Lit, is affiliated with the publishing house Zando Projects. Parker also served as honorary chair of the American Library Association's Book Club Central program from 2017 to 2019, providing resources and favorite reading selections to other book clubs.
Shonda Rhimes
Rhimes' production company, Shondaland, has its own book club, and the group's website features book recommendations as well as interviews with authors of various books selected by the club.
Dakota Johnson
Johnson also said that she Ro DonnellyWith their production company, TeaTime Pictures, the duo share photos of a new book on Instagram each month.
“One of my greatest joys in life is finding stories that help me understand my own existence better or transport me to new worlds. I can't wait to read them with you all,” the actress captioned her February 2024 Instagram announcement post.
