#In the Club

You’ll get recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed.

Read This Award-Winning Book Club Book for a Heated Discussion

If you want a very intense discussion—or just immaculate prose, humor, and devastation—choose this as your next book club read

March’s Best Book Club Books

Here are the most poppin' book club books out in March.

8 Science Fiction Novels by Authors of Color for the End Times

Are these the end times? Who knows! Settle into this current quasi-dystopian reality with recent books by American writers of color.

12 Book Club Picks for March 2025 To Start Your Spring Reading

Here's what all the biggest book clubs are reading in March 2025, from Roxane Gay to Reese's to Mocha Girls Read.

I’ve Already Read One of the Best Book Club Books of the Year

The Harlem-loving, Harlem Renaissance, and Jazz Age-obsessed side of me absolutely loved this book. It will hook you from the very first page.

The Best Book Club Books to Read This Season, According to the Indie Next List

There are quite a few pleasant surprises and fresh picks in this indie bookseller-chosen list.

Black Historical Fiction to Read With Your Book Club

From a real-life opera singer to the story of Queen Victoria's Nigerian Princess goddaughter, here are the best new Black historical releases.

11 Book Club Picks for February 2025

Want to get involved in a book club? Here are 11 clubs, what they're reading in February, and how you can take part in the conversation.

February’s Best Book Club Books

Historical fiction centering *The* Woman behind the Harlem Renaissance, a tropical rebel gets her duke, and more of this month's best book club books.

The Most Anticipated Book Club Books of 2025

Keep the convo going with the most book club-friendly books of our 2025 Most Anticipated list.