About the book club: Tiffany and Alexandra, longtime friends, created the Subtle Asian Book Club in 2020 with the goal of uplifting Asian voices and storytellers. You can read along with the monthly book pick, join in on discussions on social media, and watch videos of their live author interviews.

About the book: If you’re in the mood for translated magical realism, sisters, and “rhythms of a Thai soap opera,” this is your book club this month!

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About the book club: Dawnshaeé Reid is a self-proclaimed eclectic blogger who created this book club with Black authors as a priority. It aims to highlight a wide range of genres. There’s an in-person, once-a-month meeting option if you’re in Louisville, KY, and a virtual option that meets the last Tuesday of every month.

What Eclectix The Book Club said about the book: “Cosby is one of my personal favorite thriller authors, so I’m excited to knock off one of my most anticipated reads of the year with other book club members! Mentally prepare for all the gore and angst of this southern thriller, because I know he won’t disappoint.”

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About the book club: Author Roxane Gay (Bad Feminist, Ayiti, The Banks) selects a book every month with the goal of uplifting “authentic and necessary perspectives from writers who fearlessly share their stories.” Here are the Book Club FAQs.

What Roxane said about the book: “Nice Girls Don’t Win is a bold book, a chronicle of survival, the obstacles that hold you back, and the dreams that usher you forward. It is also a fascinating glimpse into the life of a reality television icon millions of people have gotten to know over the past twenty-five years. I’m looking forward to discussing Nice Girls Don’t Win with all of you throughout the month of August. We will be in conversation with Parvati on August 28th at 8 pm EST/5 pm PST. You can register here.”

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About the book club: Every month, Reese Witherspoon picks a book for Reese’s Book Club that centers a woman in its story.

What Reese said about the book: “Say hello to our August 2025 @ReesesBookClub pick: Once Upon a Time in Dollywood by @AshleyJordanWrites! A #LitUp Fellow turned debut author, Ashley’s voice is vibrant, funny, and full of heart. I read this in one sitting, it’s that good! ”

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About the book club: Mocha Girls Read is a monthly book club of Black women who love to read. They currently have chapters in 14 cities across the United States. Anyone can join an Instagram Live every first Saturday of the month at 5 pm PT to hear Alysia, the founder of Mocha Girls Read, discuss the current book club selection.

What Mocha Girls Read said about the book: “The member’s voice has spoken! The votes are in! After seven days of nominations and a week of voting, we’re excited to share the chosen title for our August 2025 book selection.

The Mocha Girl Read August 2025 Monthly Book Selection is King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby. We encourage you to explore our upcoming read and prepare for a month of excellent discussions.”

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About the book club: The Stacks is a podcast that chats all about books, and there’s a monthly book club. The book chosen for the month is discussed on the podcast in the last week of the month with a selected special guest.

What The Stacks Book Club said about the book: “This August, we’re exploring what the natural world teaches us with Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer offers a framework for humans to take care of and be in community with the living beings around us. Kimmerer is a botanist, author, and decorated professor in Environmental Science and Forestry, she is also an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. I am so looking forward to reading this modern classic and beloved work of nonfiction with all of you.”

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About the book club: Jenna Bush Hager—current co-host of Today with Hoda & Jenna—independently chooses a book each month that she personally loves. (“Jenna was not paid to mention these items and is unaffiliated with the authors and publishers.“)

What Jenna said about the book: “I love this book so much. It’s the story of mothers, daughters, friendship. It’s full of heart and full of twists. I could not put it down”

Follow Read With Jenna on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Read With Jenna Goodreads group

About the book club: Read along with Good Morning America Book Club, which aims to “showcase book picks from a wide range of compelling authors.”

What GMA said about the book: “We’re Not Quite Dead Yet over this August #GMABookClub pick…but close

Holly Jackson’s twisty thriller Not Quite Dead Yet follows a young woman on a mission to solve her own murder.”

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About the book club: Lillianne Leight and Amanda Spivack created this book club, which focuses on Jewish books and characters “with varying relationships to Judaism” that welcomes all readers—Jewish and non.

What Matzah Book Soup said about the book: “Happy August!!! We are so excited to share that this month’s pick is Hazel Says No by @JessicaBergerGross

We are beyond excited to be chatting with Jessica on August 28 at 8 pm est on Zoom!”

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About the book club: Book influencer Jack Edwards has started a book club with the fable app: “Inklings will celebrate compelling and captivating storytelling from around the world, fostering a community of book lovers. That’s YOU!!”

What Jack Edward’s said about the book: “For our first monthly pick, we’ll be reading the hottest book of the summer (literally, it’s set during a heatwave), Evening and Weekends!!! I had the honour of interviewing the author Oisín McKenna, which I’ll share soon.”

“…Moments of levity and triumph provide relief from the emotional complexity of this tale. It’s certainly a rollercoaster, but one you’ll immediately want to ride again.”

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About the book club: Stephen Colbert recently announced he’d be doing a monthly book club on The Late Show: “We’ll be highlighting wonderful books that are worth your time… that you’re not putting into watching this show.”

What Stephen Colbert said about the book: “There’s still time to get your summer reading in! The Late Show Book Club is excited to announce our August pick: A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst.”

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About the book club: Born from TikTok, Sapph-Lit is a safe space book club for sapphic women and nonbinary readers to come together and chat books and life as well as offer each other support. One book a month is selected, alternating between fiction and nonfiction.

What Sapph-Lit said about the book: “A warm, dazzling, profound immigrant story and saga of queer love, friendship, work and precarity in 21st century America.”

Follow Sapph-Lit on social media: Instagram, Geneva

About the book club: Oprah’s book club has taken on different forms over the decades, starting in 1996 on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She’s still book clubbing, more than 100 titles later!

What Oprah said about the book: “What better way to savor the final (official) month of summer than with a timeless novel you can really sink your teeth into? Lucky for us, Oprah’s 117th Book Club selection checks all the boxes for a perfect August read. ‘You all know I love a story that sweeps you up,” says Oprah, ‘and this one is not going to disappoint.'”

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