Read With Jenna Book Club List + Printable PDF (Updated Monthly)
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Discover what the next Read With Jenna book club pick is for this month, plus see the complete list of all the Read With Jenna books from the start of her book club.
If you’re not already familiar with Jenna’s book club, in March of 2019, former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager announced that she was starting a book club (called the Read With Jenna book club), and announced it on The Today Show.
Every month since then, the Read With Jenna Book Club has chosen an impressive book to delve into for the monthly book club pick.
Jenna’s book choices are always thoughtful, discussion-worthy books in a variety of different genres and thought-provoking topics. If you enjoy exploring book clubs and everything they offer in terms of new (for you) books, you’ll definitely find some keepers on Jenna’s list.
This list is updated monthly and organized with the most recent month’s book first, followed by all the previous months back to the beginning of the Read With Jenna book club.
Read With Jenna 2025 Book Club Picks
January 2025 – The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight
Read With Jenna 2024 Book Club Picks
December 2024 – Devotions by Mary Oliver
November 2024 – This Motherless Land by Nikki May
October 2024 – The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
September 2024 – Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
August 2024 – The Wedding People by Alison Espach
July 2024 – All The Colors Of Dark by Chris Whitaker
June 2024 – Swift River by Essie Chambers
May 2024 – Real Americans by Rachel Khong
April 2024 – The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
March 2024 – The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
March 2024 – The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez
February 2024 – Good Material by Dolly Alderton
January 2024 – The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Read With Jenna 2023 Book Club Picks
December 2023 – We Must Not Think Of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein
November 2023 – The Sun Sets In Singapore by Kehinde Fadipe
October 2023 – How To Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
September 2023 – Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
August 2023 – Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
July 2023 – Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
June 2023 – The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (this went on beach reads list too!)
May 2023 – Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
April 2023 – Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling
March 2023 – Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown
February 2023 – Maame by Jessica George
January 2023 – Sam by Allegra Goodman
Read With Jenna 2022 Book Club Picks
December 2022 – The Secret History by Donna Tartt
November 2022 – The Cloisters by Katy Hays (My Review)
October 2022 – The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
September 2022 – Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
August 2022 – The Many Daughters Of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
July 2022 – The Measure by Nikki Erlick
June 2022 – These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany
May 2022 – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
April 2022 – Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
March 2022 – Groundskeeping by Lee Cole
February 2022 – Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
January 2022 – The School For Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
Read With Jenna 2021 Book Club Picks
December 2021 – Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding
November 2021 – The Family by Naomi Krupitsky
October 2021 – The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
September 2021 – Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
August 2021 – The Turnout by Megan Abbott
July 2021 – Hell Of A Book by Jason Mott
June 2021 – Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
May 2021 – Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
April 2021 – Good Company by Cynthia d’Aprix Sweeney
March 2021 – What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster
February 2021 – Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
February 2021 – Send For Me by Lauren Fox
January 2021 – Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
Read With Jenna 2020 Book Club Picks
December 2020 – The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
November 2020 – White Ivy by Susie Yang
October 2020 – Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
September 2020 – Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
August 2020 – Here for It by R. Eric Thomas
August 2020 – The Comeback by Ella Berman
July 2020 – Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
June 2020 – A Burning by Megha Majumdar
May 2020 – All Adults Here by Emma Straub
April 2020 – Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
March 2020 – Writers & Lovers by Lily King
February 2020 – The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
January 2020 – Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Read With Jenna 2019 Book Club Picks
December 2019 – Late Migrations: A Natural History Of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl
November 2019 – Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson
October 2019 – The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
September 2019 – The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
August 2019 – Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
July 2019 – Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
June 2019 – Searching For Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
May 2019 – A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
April 2019 – The Unwinding Of the Miracle: A Memoir Of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams
March 2019 – The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
FAQs About the Read With Jenna Book Club
When Did the Read With Jenna Book Club Start?
Jenna Bush Hager started the Read With Jenna book club in March of 2019 and announced it on The Today Show at that time. Every month since then Jenna has chosen a new book each month. There have even been a few months where she chose two monthly book picks in the same month.
Printable PDF of the Read With Jenna Book Club List
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