curated list

books recommended by book clubs

The books most often picked by the world's most-followed book clubs — Reese's Book Club, Oprah's Book Club, Read with Jenna, Belletrist, and more. Aggregated across every book-club host in our index, ranked by how many of them have publicly recommended each title.

Aggregated across 25 people we track · 60 books ranked by how many on this list have publicly recommended each one.

most recommended books on this list

  1. An American Marriage: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club 2018 Selection)
    3 people

    An American Marriage: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club 2018 Selection)

    Tayari Jones · 2018

    3 recommenders

  2. Educated: A Memoir
    3 people

    Educated: A Memoir

    Tara Westover · 2018

    3 recommenders

  3. Just Kids
    3 people

    Just Kids

    Patti Smith · 2010

    3 recommenders

  4. Life 3.0
    3 people

    Life 3.0

    Max Tegmark · 2017

    3 recommenders

  5. Man's Search for Meaning
    3 people

    Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor E. Frankl · 2006

    3 recommenders

  6. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
    3 people

    Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

    Nick Bostrom · 2014

    3 recommenders

  7. The Diary of a Young Girl
    3 people

    The Diary of a Young Girl

    Anne Frank · 1993

    3 recommenders

  8. “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character
    2 people

    “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character

    Richard P. Feynman · 2018

    2 recommenders

  9. A Gentleman in Moscow
    2 people

    A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles · 2019

    2 recommenders

  10. A Promised Land
    2 people

    A Promised Land

    Barack Obama · 2020

    2 recommenders

  11. Cloud Atlas
    2 people

    Cloud Atlas

    David Mitchell · 2004

    2 recommenders

  12. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
    2 people

    Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

    Graham Allison · 2017

    2 recommenders

  13. Einstein: His Life and Universe
    2 people

    Einstein: His Life and Universe

    Walter Isaacson · 2007

    2 recommenders

  14. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
    2 people

    Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

    Matthew Desmond · 2016

    2 recommenders

  15. Exhalation
    2 people

    Exhalation

    and Stories Of Your Life by Ted Chiang · 2019

    2 recommenders

  16. Exit West: A Novel
    2 people

    Exit West: A Novel

    Mohsin Hamid · 2017

    2 recommenders

  17. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World — And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
    2 people

    Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World — And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

    Hans Rosling · 2018

    2 recommenders

  18. Finding My Voice
    2 people

    Finding My Voice

    Valerie Jarrett · 2019

    2 recommenders

  19. Foundation
    2 people

    Foundation

    Isaac Asimov · 2004

    2 recommenders

  20. Girl, Woman, Other
    2 people

    Girl, Woman, Other

    Bernardine Evaristo · 2019

    2 recommenders

  21. Goodnight Moon
    2 people

    Goodnight Moon

    Margaret Wise Brown · 2007

    2 recommenders

  22. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
    2 people

    Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

    Yuval Noah Harari · 2017

    2 recommenders

  23. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
    2 people

    How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

    Michael Pollan · 2018

    2 recommenders

  24. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
    2 people

    Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

    Robert B. Cialdini, PhD · 2006

    2 recommenders

  25. Klara and the Sun: A Novel
    2 people

    Klara and the Sun: A Novel

    Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021

    2 recommenders

  26. Life Of Pi
    2 people

    Life Of Pi

    Yann Martel · 2000

    2 recommenders

  27. Lost Children Archive
    2 people

    Lost Children Archive

    Valeria Luiselli · 2019

    2 recommenders

  28. Normal People: A Novel
    2 people

    Normal People: A Novel

    Sally Rooney · 2019

    2 recommenders

  29. Pachinko
    2 people

    Pachinko

    Min Jin Lee · 2017

    2 recommenders

  30. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, Expanded Third Edition
    2 people

    Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, Expanded Third Edition

    edited by Peter Kaufman · 2006

    2 recommenders

  31. Principles: Life and Work
    2 people

    Principles: Life and Work

    Ray Dalio · 2017

    2 recommenders

  32. Project Hail Mary
    2 people

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir, Ray Porter · 2021

    2 recommenders

  33. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    2 people

    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

    Yuval Noah Harari · 2015

    2 recommenders

  34. Seveneves
    2 people

    Seveneves

    Neal Stephenson · 2015

    2 recommenders

  35. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
    2 people

    She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

    Jodi Kantor · 2019

    2 recommenders

  36. Siddhartha: A Novel. Complete edition with original illustrations
    2 people

    Siddhartha: A Novel. Complete edition with original illustrations

    Hermann Hesse · 1981

    2 recommenders

  37. Song of Solomon: A Novel
    2 people

    Song of Solomon: A Novel

    Toni Morrison · 2004

    2 recommenders

  38. Steve Jobs
    2 people

    Steve Jobs

    Walter Isaacson · 2011

    2 recommenders

  39. Stranger in a Strange Land
    2 people

    Stranger in a Strange Land

    Robert A. Heinlein · 1991

    2 recommenders

  40. The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto)
    2 people

    The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto)

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2007

    2 recommenders

  41. The Book of Why
    2 people

    The Book of Why

    Judea Pearl · 2018

    2 recommenders

  42. The Catcher in the Rye
    2 people

    The Catcher in the Rye

    J. D. Salinger · 2001

    2 recommenders

  43. The Fault in Our Stars
    2 people

    The Fault in Our Stars

    John Green · 2012

    2 recommenders

  44. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I
    2 people

    The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I

    Richard P. Feynman · 2015

    2 recommenders

  45. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II
    2 people

    The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II

    Richard P. Feynman · 2015

    2 recommenders

  46. The Girl on the Train
    2 people

    The Girl on the Train

    Paula Hawkins · 2015

    2 recommenders

  47. The Lincoln Highway
    2 people

    The Lincoln Highway

    Amor Towles · 2021

    2 recommenders

  48. The Lowland
    2 people

    The Lowland

    Jhumpa Lahiri · 2013

    2 recommenders

  49. The Ministry for the Future: A Novel
    2 people

    The Ministry for the Future: A Novel

    Kim Stanley Robinson · 2020

    2 recommenders

  50. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
    2 people

    The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

    Melinda French Gates · 2019

    2 recommenders

  51. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
    2 people

    The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

    Robert A. Heinlein · 2005

    2 recommenders

  52. The Power
    2 people

    The Power

    Naomi Alderman · 2017

    2 recommenders

  53. The Sixth Extinction
    2 people

    The Sixth Extinction

    Elizabeth Kolbert · 2014

    2 recommenders

  54. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
    2 people

    The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

    Erik Larson · 2020

    2 recommenders

  55. The Three-Body Problem
    2 people

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu · 2014

    2 recommenders

  56. The Underground Railroad
    2 people

    The Underground Railroad

    Colson Whitehead · 2016

    2 recommenders

  57. The Word Collector
    2 people

    The Word Collector

    Peter H. Reynolds · 2018

    2 recommenders

  58. Thinking, Fast and Slow
    2 people

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman · 2011

    2 recommenders

  59. Trick Mirror
    2 people

    Trick Mirror

    Jia Tolentino · 2019

    2 recommenders

  60. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
    2 people

    Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future

    Elizabeth Kolbert · 2021

    2 recommenders

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