Your Guide to September’s Celebrity Book Club Picks
September 2025 Celebrity Book Club Selections
Another month, another stack of amazing books to add to your ever-growing to-be-read pile. But with so many new titles hitting the shelves, where do you even begin? That’s where the stars come in! We’ve done the work for you, gathering the most highly anticipated selections from your favorite celebrity and influential book clubs. From Reese’s feel-good fiction to Oprah’s transformative literary picks and the buzz-worthy debut chosen by the GMA Book Club, get ready to dive into the books everyone will be talking about this September.
Reese’s Book Club Pick
To the moon and back
by Eliana Ramage
In this generational saga, a young Cherokee woman’s relentless ambition to become an astronaut drives her on a turbulent journey. After her family flees an abusive home for Cherokee Nation, Steph Harper sets her sights on the stars, believing a life in space is the only way to escape her past. The novel explores themes of ambition, sacrifice, and belonging as her single-minded pursuit strains her relationships with the women she loves most.
Read with Jenna Pick
buckeye: a novel
by Patrick Ryan
Buckeye: A Novel is a sweeping, multigenerational saga that traces the intertwined lives of two families in a small Ohio town. Starting in the aftermath of WWII, a single, secret moment of passion sets off a chain of events that will ripple across decades. The novel explores themes of love, war, family secrets, and the enduring human desire for connection and goodness.
GMA Book Club Pick
The book of Lost Hours
by Hayley Gelfuso
The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso is a historical fantasy that follows two women—a Jewish girl trapped in a magical library of memories in 1938, and a grieving teen in 1965—as they navigate a Cold War of time itself. They must uncover a secret history and protect the world’s memories from being erased and rewritten by those in power. This sweeping story explores memory, time, and the sacrifices we make for love and truth.
Oprah’s Book Club Pick
All the way to the river
by Elizabeth Gilbert
All the Way to the River is a searing memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert about her tumultuous relationship with her partner, Rayya Elias, who was battling cancer and drug addiction. The book chronicles their love story, which begins in friendship and becomes a passionate, but destructive, romance as Gilbert also grapples with her own “love and sex addiction.” Ultimately, the memoir details Gilbert’s journey through grief, recovery, and self-liberation after Rayya’s death.
