February 2026 Celebrity Book Club Picks

Book Notification has the most comprehensive and accurate listing of celebrity and famous book clubs on the entire internet, and each month we will bring you a list of all of the book club picks by those book clubs.

Please note: book clubs pick at different times of the month. Some pick on the last day of the prior month, others don’t make their pick until a few days into the month.

This post will be updated regularly as each book club makes its pick of the month. Check back often, and go to any book club page if you want to subscribe directly to it and receive e-mail notifications when they have new book club picks.


The Audacious February 2026 Book Club Pick:

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad

A wildly inventive story collection that remixes history into surreal, darkly funny “what ifs” and murder-mystery games, forcing the past, and the present, to stare each other down.

[The Audacious Book Club Picks]


Barnes & Noble February 2026 Book Club Pick:

Good People by Patmeena Sabit

A “model” immigrant family is ripped open by a shocking tragedy, and each new perspective rewrites who Zorah was, and what the Sharafs were really hiding in this debut novel.

[Barnes & Noble Book Club Picks]


Belletrist February 2026 Book Club Pick:

Strangers by Belle Burden

A searing pandemic-era memoir of a 20-year marriage that ends without warning, as a woman digs for the truth behind the betrayal and finds her own voice on the way back to herself.

[Belletrist Book Club Picks]


Black Men Read February 2026 Book Club Pick:

Black Moses by Caleb Gayle

A riveting true story of “Black Moses” Edward McCabe and his bold push to build a Black-governed state in Oklahoma—an American “what if” crushed by racism, politics, and land greed.

[Black Men Read Book Club Picks]


Good Housekeeping February 2026 Book Club Pick:

So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder

A funny, tender millennial saga that follows six college friends across five parties in twenty years, as love and life change everything, and test what friendship can survive.

[Good Housekeeping Book Club Picks]


Good Morning America February 2026 Book Club Pick:

The Exes by Leodora Darlington

A newlywed desperate for “the one” starts unraveling the deadly secret behind her trail of dead exes, and soon she can’t tell if she’s the monster….or someone is making her one.

Young Adult Pick

No picks currently listed for this month. Article will be updated if/when a book club pick is made.

[Good Morning America Book Club Picks]


I Care About Books February 2026 Book Club Pick:

The Bittlemores by Jann Arden

On a cursed backhills farm, a 14-year-old girl and three plotting dairy cows team up to uncover what happened to her vanished sister—stumbling into a decades-old baby theft and a secret her “parents” will do anything to bury.

[I Care About Books Book Club Picks]


Jeselnik February 2026 Book Club Pick:

Paradais by Fernanda Melchor

Two desperate teens trapped on opposite sides of a Mexican gated community spiral into obsession and class-fueled rage, hatching a brutal plan that turns their fantasies into catastrophe.

[Jeselnik Book Club Picks]


Jewish Book Council February 2026 Book Club Pick:

Fiction: At Last by Marisa Silver

A midcentury Midwest family saga where two razor-sharp matriarchs become reluctant rivals after their children marry, battling over love, legacy, and the future of their shared granddaughter.

Non-Fiction: Always Carry Salt by Samantha Ellis

A tender, life-affirming memoir of an Iraqi Jewish mother racing to save her fading language and traditions—through music, stories, and food—so she can pass on heritage without passing on trauma.

[Jewish Book Council Book Club Picks]


Katie Couric Book Club February 2026 Book Club Pick:

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

A mysterious stranger quietly changes a small town by returning pencil portraits to their “rightful owners,” sparking stories, friendships, and a ripple of kindness that reminds everyone what it means to truly be seen.

[Katie Couric Book Club Picks]


The Late Show February 2026 Book Club Pick:

Vigil by George Saunders

A weary afterlife guide escorts a dying titan through one chaotic, hallucinatory night of visitors and reckonings, as corporate greed, environmental fallout, and the question of absolution collide before his final breath.

[The Late Show Book Club Picks]


Mindy’s Book Studio February 2026 Release:

Read Between the Lies by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Releasing February 1st, A sharp, pandemic-era psychological thriller where two debut authors collide online, old bullying turns into a revenge plot, and a long-buried secret about a missing friend decides who gets to tell the “truth.”

[Mindy’s Book Studio Releases]


Natalie Portman’s February 2026 Book Club Pick:

Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy’s first memoir is a fierce, funny, heartbroken portrait of the mother who was both “shelter and storm,” and the complicated love that shaped her life and writing.

[Book Club Picks]


Read with Jenna February 2026 Book Club Pick:

One & Only by Maurene Goo

A magical, swoony rom-com where a 40-year-old matchmaker who can see past-life soulmates falls hard for a younger fling, then meets his boss, the “fated” love she’s been hunting for a decade.

[Read with Jenna Book Club Picks]


Reader’s Digest February 2026 Book Club Pick:

This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page

A grieving widow receives twelve books and twelve letters from her late husband—one each month—sparking a reading-fueled journey of healing, adventure, and unexpected new love.

[Reader’s Digest Book Club Picks]


Reese’s February 2026 Book Club Pick:

In Her Defense by Philippa Malicka

A blockbuster celebrity trial turns on a forgotten insider who knows what really happened in Rome, and must decide whether to expose the truth and destroy everyone’s story, including her own.

[Reese’s Book Club Picks]


Service95 February 2026 Book Club Pick:

The Son of Man by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo

A mother and young son follow a recently returned father to an isolated mountain house where nature is breathtaking, but his tightening control turns their reunion into a slow, chilling trap.

[Service95 Book Club Picks]


TeaTime February 2026 Book Club Pick:

Discipline by Larissa Pham

A novelist on book tour is pulled back into the orbit of the professor she fictionalized for revenge, forcing a tense reckoning over who controls the story when the “villain” reads it—and invites her to a remote island.

[TeaTime Book Club Picks]


PBS Books Readers Club February 2026 Book Club Pick:

They may not have a pick this month, although we will continue to monitor. They currently have a Black History Reading Recommendations video covering the following books:

Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan
The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
James by Percival Everett
The Great Mann by Kyra Davis Lurie
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Ours by Philip B. Williams
The Black Church by Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The Black Box by Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Fire Sword and Sea by Vanessa Riley
The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan Douglass
Kin by Tayari Jones

[PBS Books Readers Club Book Club Picks]


No Book Club Picks Yet:


The below book clubs have not made picks yet, but are being constantly monitored and will be updated when they have made their book club picks for February 2026.


BBC Radio 2 February 2026 Book Club Picks:

No picks currently listed for this month. Article will be updated if/when a book club pick is made.

[BBC Radio 2 Book Club Picks]


Jack Carr February 2026 Book Club Pick:

No picks currently listed for this month. Article will be updated if/when a book club pick is made.

[Jack Carr Book Club Picks]


Library Science February 2026 Book Club Pick:

No picks currently listed for this month. Article will be updated if/when a book club pick is made.

[Library Science Book Club Picks]


Native American February 2026 Book Club Pick:

No picks currently listed for this month. Article will be updated if/when a book club pick is made.

[Native American Book Club Picks]


Oprah’s February 2026 Book Club Pick:

No picks currently listed for this month. Article will be updated if/when a book club pick is made.

[Oprah’s Book Club Picks]


Richard and Judy February 2026 Book Club Picks:

No picks currently listed for this month. Article will be updated if/when a book club pick is made.

[Richard and Judy’s Book Club Picks]


Sunnie Reads February 2026 Book Club Picks:

No picks currently listed for this month. Article will be updated if/when a book club pick is made.

[Sunnie Reads Book Club Picks]


If there are any monthly book club picks you would like to see listed here that aren’t, let us know in the comments

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Graeme is the founder of Book Notification. Born in Scotland and now living in Canada, his lifelong love of reading began with Enid Blyton. He enjoys spy thrillers, psychological thrillers, light sci-fi, and anything to do with time travel. His favorite book is Replay by Ken Grimwood.


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