Dakota Johnson Book Club: Teatime Book Club
The Dakota Johnson Book Club, also known as the Teatime Book Club, started in March 2024. Together with Ro Donnelly (a former Netflix exec), Dakota Johnson founded the Teatime production company. Its goal is to find books to adapt for film and television. It is only fitting that from that, we would get the Dakota Johnson Book Club, also called the Teatime Book Club. I could not find a complete list of the teatime books with the month the books were chosen, so I decided to make that list myself.
The Teatime book club operated primarily through Instagram. Members who subscribe to the channel will receive the book choice along with supplementary materials like playlists, video content, author interviews, and more.
On her Instagram, Johnson says that she will “send you down a rabbit hole”. Johnson also has a list of books that she loves on her Bookshop.org Teatime Book Club list. But that list does not include information about what month and year the book was chosen. I included that for you here. The books are not new releases.
Dakota Johnson Book Club: The Complete List for 2024
- March 2024- Beauty Land by Marie-Helene Bertino
- April 2024- The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan
- May 2024- Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang
- June 2024- We Were the Universe by Cimberly King Parsons
- July 2024- Pink Slime by Fernada Trias and Heather Cleary
- August 2024- The Anthropologists by Aysegül Savas
- September 2024- The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya
- October 2024- Model Home by Rivers Solomon
- November 2024- Don’t be a Stranger by Susan Minot
- December 2024- Rental House by Weike Wang
Dakota Johnson Book Club: The Complete List for 2025
- January 2025- Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke et al
- February 2025- The Lamb by Lucy Rose
- March 2025- Loca by Alejandro Heredia
- April 2025- The Antidote by Karen Russell
- May 2025- Audition by Katie Kitamura
- June 2025- Flashlight by Susan Choi
- July 2025- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- August 2025- Make Your Way Home by Carrie R. Moore
- September 2025- The Dilemmas of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto and Brian Bergstrom
- October 2025- The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
- November 2025- The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
- December 2025- The Thirst Trap by Gráinne O’Hare
Dakota Johnson Book Club: The Complete List for 2026
- January 2026- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- February 2026- Discipline by Larissa Pham
- March 2026- Diorama by Carol Bensimon, Julia Sanches, Zoë Perry
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Expert Tip
If you are curious about the Teatime book club and wondering if it is right for you, here is some expert information to help you choose.
- The Book Club is primarily on Instagram via a private channel
- The books are backlist books, which makes them easier to get from the library
- The books are literary fiction rather than popular fiction picks
- Members who subscribe to the channel will receive the book choice, along with supplementary materials like playlists, video content, author interviews, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Teatime book club open to everyone?
No and Yes. You can find a complete list of all the books from the Teatime book club on this list. You must be a subscribing member of the book club to receive the supplementary materials, video content, and author reviews.
How is The Dakota Johnson Book Club different from The Reese Witherspoon Book Club?
Both the Teatime Book Club and Reese’s Book Club have tie-ins to production companies. Both book clubs choose a book every month. But, unlike Reese, Dakota is not considered one of the “big four”. Reese announces her book choice but does not provide supplemental resources.
If you are a member of Dakota’s book club, she offers supplemental resources and author interviews, like the Beyond the Bookends Book Club.
The Teatime books are considered more literary fiction. I think her choices more closely resemble Oprah’s picks in that respect.
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Epilogue
Have you read many of the teatime books? Which ones are your favorite?
