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.
So this post will be constantly updated 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 January 2026 Book Club Pick:
The Hitch by Sara Levine
A rule-obsessed aunt’s babysitting week derails into chaos when her nephew starts acting like a corgi and insists the dog’s spirit has possessed him, forcing her into a frantic “exorcism” before his parents get home.
[The Audacious Book Club Picks]
Barnes & Noble January 2026 Book Club Pick:
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
After dropping his daughter at college, Tom hits the road on a cross-country drive to outrun a broken marriage and his own looming secrets—only to find you can’t outdrive your life.
[Barnes & Noble Book Club Picks]
BBC Radio 2 January 2026 Book Club Picks:
The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
A starving village girl sells herself into a palace where poetry is literal magic and women aren’t allowed to read, then secretly learns anyway as civil war closes in and the only spell that might save her demands love, blood, and a body count.
[BBC Radio 2 Book Club Picks]
Belletrist January 2026 Book Club Pick:
No picks currently listed for this month. Article will be updated if/when a book club pick is made.
[Belletrist Book Club Picks]
Black Men Read January 2026 Book Club Pick:
Reel by Kennedy Ryan
An unknown Broadway understudy is thrust into Hollywood stardom when famed director Canon Holt casts her in a Harlem Renaissance biopic, but a forbidden romance and scandal threaten to destroy both her career-making role and her future.
[Black Men Read Book Club Picks]
Good Housekeeping January 2026 Book Club Pick:
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash
As the Flynn family fractures into scandal and paranoia, their youngest daughter’s fixation on a shady shipping container pulls them into a billionaire-linked criminal conspiracy that might destroy them or finally bind them together.
[Good Housekeeping Book Club Picks]
Good Morning America January 2026 Book Club Pick:
Skylark by Paula McLain
In dual timelines, a 1664 tapestry-maker’s daughter and a 1940s young doctor fight imprisonment and Nazi terror in Paris, their intertwined stories revealing a hidden underground world of courage, defiance, and rescue.
Young Adult Pick
The Swan's Daughter by Roshani Chokshi
Cursed to be killed for his throne unless he finds true love, Prince Arris enlists Demelza, a truth-singing veritas swan, to survive a deadly bride tournament where romance and betrayal blur together.
[Good Morning America Book Club Picks]
I Care About Books January 2026 Book Club Pick:
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
A sixth grader starts getting anonymous notes that predict the future, forcing her into a secret mission to write a “true story” before someone dies.
[I Care About Books Book Club Picks]
Jack Carr January 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]
Jeselnik January 2026 Book Club Pick:
The Getaway by Jim Thompson
A botched bank job turns master thief Doc McCoy’s “perfect” score into a brutal, betrayal-fueled sprint for survival where every tiny mistake snowballs into chaos.
[Jeselnik Book Club Picks]
Jewish Book Council January 2026 Book Club Pick:
Fiction: Typewriter Beach by Meg Waite Clayton
In 1957 Carmel, a blacklisted screenwriter and a studio-controlled young actress form a risky friendship that echoes into 2018, when his granddaughter uncovers hidden secrets that rewrite their family story.
Non-Fiction: The Art Spy by Michelle Young
A quiet French museum curator risks her life by spying on the Nazis from inside their Paris looting headquarters, racing to save priceless masterpieces as the city fights for liberation.
[Jewish Book Council Book Club Picks]
Katie Couric Book Club January 2026 Book Club Pick:
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
An accomplished older lawyer who has spent her life making sense of the world through letters is jolted when a message from her past forces her to confront an old wound, finally send the one letter she’s always kept hidden, and decide whether she can forgive enough to move forward.
[Katie Couric Book Club Picks]
The Late Show January 2026 Book Club Pick:
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
After dropping his daughter at college, Tom hits the road on a cross-country drive to outrun a broken marriage and his own looming secrets—only to find you can’t outdrive your life.
[The Late Show Book Club Picks]
Library Science January 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]
Natalie Portman’s January 2026 Book Club Pick:
Strange Pictures by Uketsu
Nine seemingly innocent drawings hide chilling clues that pull an amateur sleuth into a web of connected mysteries, trauma, and escalating horror.
[Book Club Picks]
Native American January 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 January 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]
PBS Books Readers Club January 2026 Book Club Pick:
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
A biologist reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands must protect them when a farmer is killed, only to suspect the man she’s falling for may be the real culprit.
[PBS Books Readers Club Book Club Picks]
Read with Jenna January 2026 Book Club Pick:
Homeschooled by Stefan Merrill Block
Stefan Merrill Block recounts being pulled from school by his increasingly erratic mother and emerging years later to fight for an independent life, exposing the strange, unregulated world of early homeschooling in America.
[Read with Jenna Book Club Picks]
Reader’s Digest January 2026 Book Club Pick:
The Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery
A disgraced young under-butler and a foul-mouthed elderly matriarch race to solve a locked-room murder inside a manor sealed for Halley’s Comet, uncovering secret passages and long-buried grudges before the killer strikes again.
[Reader’s Digest Book Club Picks]
Reese’s January 2026 Book Club Pick:
The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave
Five years after rebuilding her life, Hannah Hall is thrown back into danger when her vanished husband reappears, forcing her and Bailey on the run in a frantic fight for safety and a shot at forgiveness.
[Reese’s Book Club Picks]
Richard and Judy January 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]
Service95 January 2026 Book Club Pick:
Night People by Mark Ronson
A coming-of-age memoir that drops you into the wild, pre-smartphone ’90s New York club scene and shows how those nights shaped him into a hit-making musical force.
[Service95 Book Club Picks]
Sunnie Reads January 2026 Book Club Picks:
Beth is Dead by Katie Bernet
After Beth March is found murdered on New Year’s Day, Meg, Jo, and Amy hunt for the killer as secrets, jealousy, and shifting loyalties inside their own family make each sister look dangerously guilty.
[Sunnie Reads Book Club Picks]
TeaTime January 2026 Book Club Pick:
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
A gifted young woman lands a dream summer in New York City, but the pressure to fit 1950s expectations slowly crushes her, spiraling her into a brutal fight with mental illness.
[TeaTime Book Club Picks]
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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.