The final month of summer is upon us, and the biggest book clubs are here to give it a proper farewell with some excellent August selections. Regardless of your reading taste, the range of interest in these excellent book clubs means that there is at least one pick for you to curl up with. Plus, all the book clubs below have a virtual component, and most have author chats or final discussions, which feels like a win for all.
There’s a family epic, a Cleopatra retelling, a cold case family mystery, flash nonfiction, an elite boarding school setting, a twisty YA thriller, a “perfect summer read,” a friendship novel, a biting and darkly funny novel, a single mother romance, and more! However you book club, you’re sure to find a great next read on this list, so carve out some reading time.
The Audacious Book Club
The Simp by Roshan Sethi
About the book club: Author Roxane Gay (Bad Feminist, Ayiti, The Banks) selects a book every month with the goal of uplifting “authentic and necessary perspectives from writers who fearlessly share their stories.” Here are the Book Club FAQs. And she’s partnered with Allstora for book delivery of selections.
What Roxane said about the book: “The Simp is a darkly funny, deeply probing novel, a book that mocks us for looking for a hero even as it understands why we might still desperately be yearning for one. I’m looking forward to discussing this unique, prescient novel with you throughout the month of August. We will be in conversation with author Roshan Sethi on August 26th at 8 pm/5 pm. Registration is open.”
Follow Roxane Gay on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Goodreads
Subtle Asian Book Club
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
About the book club: Tiffany and Alexandra, longtime friends, founded the Subtle Asian Book Club in 2020 to uplift Asian voices and storytellers. You can read along with the monthly book pick, join in on discussions on social media, and watch videos of their live author interviews.
About the book: If you’re craving a beautiful and heartbreaking family epic that spans from the 1960s to the present, this is your book club this month!
Follow Subtle Asian Book Club on social media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Discord
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Eclectix The Book Club
Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi
About the book club: Dawnshaeé Reid is a self-proclaimed eclectic blogger who created this book club, prioritizing Black authors. It aims to highlight a wide range of genres. There’s an in-person, once-a-month meeting option if you’re in Louisville, KY, and a virtual option that meets on the last Tuesday of every month.
What Eclectix The Book Club said about the book:
“First and foremost, I love reading about women reclaiming their own stories! The book club has not read a retelling together before so this is exciting to see how we will meet Cleopatra in her multi-faceted lore from a first person narrative.”
Follow Eclectix The Book Club on social media: Instagram, Discord, TikTok
Literally Dead Book Club
We Don’t Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry
The host of the very popular BooksandLala YouTube channel also hosts a monthly book club focused on mystery, thriller, and horror novels. Co-hosts join in for a live show on her YouTube channel at the start of the following month to discuss the book.
What Kayla said about the book: “We Don’t Talk About Carol is our August read! 💙 I’m looking forward to chatting with you all about Kristen L. Berry’s 2025 debut mystery x family drama at the end of next month!”
Follow Literally Dead Book Club on social media: Instagram, Goodreads, YouTube
Mocha Girls Read
The Book of Negroes (or, Someone Knows My Name) by Lawrence Hill
About the book club: Mocha Girls Read is a monthly book club of Black women who love to read. They currently have chapters in 14 cities across the United States. Anyone can join an Instagram Live every first Saturday of the month at 5 p.m. PT to hear Alysia, the founder of Mocha Girls Read, discuss the current book club selection.
What Mocha Girls Read said about the book: “Our 2026 global theme, AROUND THE WORLD, continues this month with a powerful literary journey to Canada.
We are thrilled to announce that The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill has been selected as our official August 2026 Monthly Book Selection.”
Follow Mocha Girls Read on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, MeetUp, Goodreads, Pinterest
The Stacks Book Club
Fish Tales by Nettie Jones
About the book club: The Stacks is a podcast that chats all about books, and there’s a monthly book club. The book chosen for the month is discussed on the podcast in the last week of the month with a selected special guest.
What The Stacks Book Club said about the book: “This book was originally published in the 1970s and follows a woman named Lewis Jones who is seeking a good time in her 20s, running around New York City and Detroit.
And if that’s not enough, this book was acquired and edited by Toni Morrison. Our episode for Fish Tales will air on Wednesday, August 26th.”
Follow The Stacks on social media: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok
KCBC (Katie Couric Book Club)
Night Objects by Eli Raphael
About the book club: With the 2026 resolution to “scroll less, read more,” Katie Couric decided to start a book club with a one-book-per-month format that ends in conversation with the author.
What Katie Couric said about the pick: “I really wanted to feature a first-time novelist, and Eli Raphael was hard to resist. Her book Night Objects is already receiving high praise from her peers, so I’m excitedly awaiting your reviews. The book is set at an elite boarding school, where our 15-year-old protagonist, a new student, finds herself at the center of a murder investigation. It’s got grief, privilege, and intrigue — all the makings of hypnotizing fiction. I’ll be speaking to Eli on Substack on Thursday, August 27.”
Sapph-Lit
Fragments of Wasted Devotion by Mia Arias Tsang
About the book club: Born from TikTok, Sapph-Lit is a safe space book club for sapphic women and nonbinary readers to come together and chat books and life as well as offer each other support. One book a month is selected, alternating between fiction and nonfiction.
What Sapph-Lit said about the book: “Flash nonfiction, vignettes, and personal narrative that explore the complexity and torture of queer heartbreak with an urgency that will leave you breathless.”
Good Morning America’s GMA Book Club
Take What You Can by Naima Coster
About the book club: Read along with Good Morning America Book Club, which aims to “showcase book picks from a wide range of compelling authors.”
What GMA said about the book: “Are you ready to Take What You Can? August’s #GMABookClub pick is here!
Take What You Can by @NaimaCoster is a dazzling story about the complex dynamic between two best friends as they navigate their changing relationship, marriages, class, and motherhood.”
GMA’s August YA selection: “Glamour, manipulation, and murder? You can’t fool us with August’s #GMABookClub YA pick.
“The Hardest Ones to Fool by Christina Li is a fast-paced, twisty thriller that explores ambition, identity, and the cost of getting exactly what you want. Get ready for an ending you won’t see coming!”
TODAY Book Club, #ReadWithJenna
Sunlight Finds You by Laura Moriarty
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Rewrite the Stars by Lindsay Hameroff
Reese’s Book Club
The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson
About the book club: Every month, Reese Witherspoon picks a book for Reese’s Book Club that centers on a woman in its story.
What Reese said about the book: “Our August @ReesesBookClub pick, The Wild Beneath by @DoctorKellyAnderson, is officially a read anywhere kind of book !”
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Inklings Book Club
Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali, Maureen Freely (Translator), Alexander Dawe (Translator)
About the book club: Book influencer Jack Edwards has started a book club with the fable app: “Inklings will celebrate compelling and captivating storytelling from around the world, fostering a community of book lovers. That’s YOU!!”
About the book: If you’re interested in reading a Turkish classic novel, this is your book club this month!
Follow Inklings Book Club on social media: Instagram, YouTube, Fable
Service95 Book Club
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash
About the book club: British singer/songwriter Dua Lipa is clearly a book lover and created “a space to enjoy all things literary, including Dua’s Monthly Reads and exclusive Q&As between her and the authors…”
What Dua Lipa said about the book: “Madeline writes at full volume – reading Lost Lambs can feel like scrolling an overstimulating social feed. But she keeps sight of the tenderness at the heart of the Flynn family and, hidden among the drama, is a lot of truth about connection and why it matters.
“It’s funny, fast and intoxicating. Believe the hype.”
Follow Service95 Book Club on social media: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook
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