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.
If you want a very intense discussion—or just immaculate prose, humor, and devastation—choose this as your next book club read
Are these the end times? Who knows! Settle into this current quasi-dystopian reality with recent books by American writers of color.
Here's what all the biggest book clubs are reading in March 2025, from Roxane Gay to Reese's to Mocha Girls Read.
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.
There are quite a few pleasant surprises and fresh picks in this indie bookseller-chosen list.
From a real-life opera singer to the story of Queen Victoria's Nigerian Princess goddaughter, here are the best new Black historical releases.
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.
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.
Keep the convo going with the most book club-friendly books of our 2025 Most Anticipated list.