GMA Book Club List 2025
The GMA Book Club List 2025 is a complete list of the Good Morning America Book Club picks for 2025. I wanted to make this list to see how the book choices change and evolve from year to year. I have been a fan of GMA for a long time, but I sometimes get confused about which book was released when. To keep it straight, I wanted to divide the full list by year and give reviews for the books that Jackie and I have read.
Jackie and I read a lot of books, especially celebrity book club picks. We often get spoilers in advance, so we have the opportunity to read the book before the release dates. We want to ensure that we are reading the best books so we can give you the best recommendations. If you are looking for the complete Good Morning America Book Club List, I have that list too.
Whether you are reading the book for yourself or to read with a book club, picking your next book can be difficult. I hope this list helps give you some great ideas of what to read next. The GMA Book Club chooses a wide variety of books. You will find everything from YA fantasy to thrillers and historical fiction. Jackie and I consistently love the GMA book club picks.
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The GMA Book Club List 2025
Homeseeking
Author: Karissa Chen
Genre: Fiction
Release Date: January 7, 2025
More info: January 2025 Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
Suchi and Haiwen met when Suchi was seven in their Shanghai neighborhood. Their friendship grew to love only to be separated when Haiwen enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother. Now, sixty years later, Haiwen sees Suchin in a Los Angeles market for the first time in 60 years. In this pick from the January 2025 book releases, we will travel from Hong Kong to Taiwan, New York and California as Haiwen’s story is told from Present to past and Suchi’s story is told from the past to the present.
Junie
Author: Erin Crosby Eckstine
Genre: Historical Fiction Fantasy
Release Date: February 4, 2025
More: February 2025 Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
Junie has spent her life as a slave on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama. When wealthy guests come from New Orleans with a marriage proposal, Junie worries that her life will change and rouses Minnie’s spirit from the grave. Minnie was Junie’s sister. Soon Junie realizes that Bellereine has dark and horrible secrets.
Count My Lies
Author: Sophie Stava
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: March 4, 2025
More info: March 2025 Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
When Sloane lies her way into a job as a nanny for a wealthy couple, she thinks she’s in for a cush gig. Instead, the couple she works for have secrets and lies of their own and she might just might be caught in the middle of a situation much darker than she anticipated.
The Sirens
Author: Emilia Hart
Year: 2025
Genre: Fantasy
More info: April 2025 Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Spice Rating:💋
Age Range:16+
Plot
The story is told in three timelines. In 2019, Lucy wakes up from a dream to find she is strangling her ex-lover. When she flees to her older sister’s house on the coast of Australia, her sister, Jess, is missing. As she wonders if her sister is in danger and where she could have gone without her phone, she starts to hear rumors of strange things happening in the little town.
In 1999, Jess is a 16-year-old who had been diagnosed with a rare allergy to water. She is struggling to find her place and to express herself through her art.
In 1800, Twin sisters Mary and Eliza were forced onto a convict ship headed to Australia. They were told to stay away from the water after their mother drowned. On the horrible boat journey, they begin to feel a call to the water.
Trigger Warnings
Inappropriate student/ teacher relationship
Why Jackie loves it
Hart has a way of writing intricate relationships that feel authentic and alive. The multiple timelines never felt confusing and added to the need to turn the page. There is just enough fantasy to appeal to fantasy lovers, but not too much to scare away those who are not usually pulled to the genre. #gifted
Find this book in: Popular Nonlinear Narrative Novels / Best Beach Reads 2025 / Books Set in Tropical Locations
The Original Daughter
Author: Jemimah Wai
Genre: Fiction
Release Date: May 6, 2025
More info: May 2025 GMA Book Club Pick
Plot
This debut novel is set in Singapore, Genevieve has always been an only child until her unknown sister, Arin, arrives. Their demanding life forges a tight bond between the two at the expense of others until a betrayal severs their connection. Now Genevieve must figure out who she is all over again.
Atmosphere
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Year: 2025
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: June 2025 Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Spice Rating:💋
Age Range: 16+
Plot
Joan is a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, and she sees an advertisement for women to join the NASA space shuttle program. She applies and is chosen from thousands of applicants. She begins training in the summer of 1980 and forms deep friendships with the other astronauts in the program.
In December 1984, everything changed on mission STS-LR9. The book alternates between Joan’s application to the space program and her years of training, and the present mission in which there is an accident in space with Joan at mission control.
Why Jackie loves it
This book sucked me in from the first page. It’s crazy to think how far we have come in some ways and how stagnant we are in others. The amount of sexism that these women had to overcome to be in the space program felt personal but not exaggerated. #gifted
Adaptation
Before the book was even released, it was announced that Laika Studios would be turning it into a movie. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are set to direct.
Find this book in: Taylor Jenkins Reid Books Ranked / Books Like Lesson in Chemistry / Beach Reads 2025/ Books Set in the 80s / Best Historical Fiction Books of 2025 / Books Becoming TV Shows
The Compound
Author: Aisling Rawle
Genre: Fiction
Release Date: June 24, 2025
More info: July 2025 Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
This debut novel is about a reality TV show set at a compound where the contestants, including Lily, need to do what it takes to survive as the stakes get higher and higher.
Not Quite Dead Yet
Author: Holly Jackson
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: July 22, 2025
More info: August 2025 Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
This is a twisty thriller that is unlike anything I have seen before. Jet Mason is going to solve her own murder. On Halloween, Jet is attacked and has a brutal head injury. The doctor is sure that she will die within 7 days of an aneurysm. Now, with only her best friend from childhood at her side, she is determined to discover who would want her dead.
The Book of Lost Hours
Author: Hayley Gelfuso
Year: 2025
Genre: Historical Magical Realism
More info: September 2025 GMA Book Club Pick
Spice Rating:💋
Age Range: 15+
Plot
In 1938, Lisabet Levy and her father, a watchmaker, were home on the night of Kristallnacht. Her father leaves to find her brother and puts her inside a place that is time itself. It is where all memories are held in books. This is where Lisabet becomes trapped while she waits for her father, who never returns.
In 1965, Amelia Duquesne is mourning the loss of her uncle Ernest. When a CIA operative finds her and asks for her help in locating a book her uncle was looking for, she is hesitant. When that operative shows her how her uncle’s watch can manipulate time, she is forced to cooperate and hopes that she will find answers.
Why Jackie loves it
I loved this dual timeline historical fiction book. It has everything I love in a book. The plot was nonstop action, the characters felt real, and the story was emotionally charged. I could not put it down. #Gifted by S & S Audio
Find this book in: The Best Good Morning America Books
Twice
Author: Mitch Albom
Release Date: October 7, 2025
Genre: Magical Realism
More info: October 2025 Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
At 8, Alfie learned he can do anything twice, with the caveat that he has to accept whatever happens the second time. Over time, he begins to use his ability on his love life, until he learns that once undone, he can’t redo love. What will he do to keep his love for Gianna going strong?
Wreck
Author: Catherine Newman
Release Date: October 28, 2025
Genre: Fiction
More info: Sequel to Sandwich, November 2025 Good Morning America Book Club Pick!
Age Range: 16+
Plot
This story takes place two years after the events of Sandwich at Rocky’s family home in Massachusetts. Willa is home from college, and Rocky’s dad, now a widower, has moved in with her and Nick. Jamie is living with his girlfriend in New York. When a local man, Jamie’s old school mate, dies in a railroad accident, Rocky starts a new obsession. She cannot get it out of her head and neither can Willa.
This book, unlike Sandwich, follows Rocky and her family through an entire season, rather than a week. It looks at family dynamics and what happens when a member of your family does something unexpected.
Trigger Warnings
Exploration of anxiety
Why Jackie loves it
Newman’s signature wit and humor and present in this book; however, this book deals with anxiety and the toll it takes on Rocky. Because we are exploring this over a longer period of time than Sandwich, the book has a more serious feel. I like the way Newman explores family, relationships, and anxiety. Newman also explores family dynamics in a deeper way.
Find This Book in: GMA Book Club List 2025
YA GMA Book Club List 2025
After Life
Author: Gayle Forman
Genre: YA Fiction
Release Date: January 7, 2025
More: January 2025 YA Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
When Amber arrives home on her bike, her mom sees her and screams. Amber died seven years ago when she was hit by a car riding the bike she now has in her hands. Life has moved forward seven years and Amber is unchanged. From her parents who are estranged and fighting over her to her sister who is now 7 years older, everyone is affected by Amber’s reappearance. This pick from the January 2025 book releases is on my TBR.
Under the Same Stars
Author: Libba Bray
Release Date: February 4, 2025
Genre: YA Historical Romance
More info: February 2025 YA Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
This triple-timeline story is set in 1940 and 1980s Germany, as well as in NYC in the Spring of 2020, and it revolves around the letters written to the Bridegroom’s Oak, where legend says if you write to it, your love will write back.
In 1940, Sophia finds a letter from a mysterious suitor, while the tree may be the key to the resistance fighters of WWII. In the 1980s, Jenny is falling for Lena, who wants the Berlin Wall torn down. And in NYC, Miles and Chloe are in the midst of Covid lockdown when they receive an unexpected package about two teens that went missing at the Bridegroom’s Oak 80 years ago.
The Otherwhere Post
Author: Emily J Taylor
Year: 2025
Genre: YA Fantasy
More info: The New York Times Bestselling author of Hotel Magnifique
March 2025 Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick
Spice Rating:💋
Age Range: 16+
Plot
Maeve Abenthy lost everything because of her father’s crimes. She even had to change her name and hide her identity. Now, seven years later, she receives a letter that has four words that will change everything: Your father was innocent. Maeve is determined to find the truth about her father and the events that changed the world she lives in- even if it means her life will be in danger.
She becomes an apprentice for the Otherwhere Post where she will be trained in dangerous magic to allow her to enchant letters and deliver them to other worlds. As she uncovers the truth, she starts to receive threats in the form of letters, each more deadly than the last.
As Meave learns her own power, she has to decide who, if anyone, she can trust.
Why Jackie loves it
This is a completely unique YA fantasy and I have never read anything like this. I love that this is a book based on the magic of words. Maeve is a great character and I loved coming on her coming-of-age journey with her.
Find this book in: The Ultimate List of YA Fantasy Books / February 2025 Book Releases
Watch Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Release Date: April 15, 2025
Genre: Fantasy
More info: April 2025 YA Good Morning America Book Club Pick, Shatter Me: The New Republic #1
Plot
Tahereh is back with a new story in her beloved Shatter Me series, set 10 years after the fall of the Reestablishment. James Anderson managed to infiltrate Ark Island, the last refuge of the Reestablishment, just in a prison cell – but at least he was there and ready to wreak havoc. The Reestablishment is ready to strike back with an assassin named Rosabelle Wolff, who has been trained to kill when ordered. But when these enemies turned lovers might need to abandon their plans to be together.
Audre & Bash Are Just Friends
Author: Tia Williams
Release Date: May 2025
Genre: YA Romance
More info: May 2025 Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick
Plot
A YA romance from bestselling author, Tia Williams? Sign me up to read it! At an elite school in Brooklyn, uptight Audre needs to have a good time, and new student Bash might be exactly what she’s looking for in this opposites attract romance.
Time After Time
Author: Mikki Daughtry
Release Date: May 2025
Genre: YA Historical Romance
More info: June 2025 YA Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
The Victorian house on Mulberry Lane has always called to Libby, so when it goes for sale, she quickly scoops it up – using the money she should have used for college. Meanwhile, broke student, Tish, is great at handy jobs, so she moves into a room in exchange for her repair services.
As the women grow close, they also find a journal written 100 years before by Elizabeth, who was deeply in love with her maid, Patricia. Soon the parallels of the women’s relationships decades apart seem to make themselves known.
The Nightblood Prince
Author: Molly X. Chang
Release Date: July 1, 2025
Genre: YA Fantasy
More info: July Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick
Plot
When Fei was born, a prophecy declared she would become Empress of All Empresses. Raised away from her family to marry the Crown Prince, she’s lonely and in search of something more when she goes out to hunt a legendary tiger. Along the way, she falls for Yexue, a runaway prince from a rival kingdom – one whose ability to control vampires could be what she needs to gain her freedom.
Immortal Consequences
Author: I. V. Marie
Release Date: July 29, 2025
Genre: YA Fantasy
More info: August 2025 Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick
Spice Rating:💋
Age Range:
Plot
Immortal Consequences is a thrilling dark academia fantasy set at Blackwood Academy, where the students go after death, but before moving on. The only way out is to win the magical Decennial competition, and only the best are chosen to compete.
This year, two students from each house are competing to win, but as the competition continues and the stakes are higher, nothing is as it seems. Rules are changing, and suddenly the prize may not be all it’s cracked up to be. Gifted by PRH Audio
Trigger Warnings
Descriptions of Death
Why Jackie loves it
If you loved Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, then you will love this book. Think about the final maze in the Triwizard Tournament, then make it darker and filled with emotional tension between the characters, and you have an idea of what to expect in this fast-paced book. I am only annoyed that I have to wait a while to see what happens to the characters.
Sisters in the Wind
Author: Angeline Boulley
Year: 2025
Genre: YA Fiction
More info: GMA YA Book Club Pick September 2025, Bestselling Author of Firekeeper’s Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed
Spice Rating:💋
Age Range: 15+
Plot
Lucy Smith’s father died 5 years ago. Lucy has been on the run ever since rather than become a ward of the state. Her father had hoped that his new wife would love and care for Lucy when he was gone, but it quickly became clear that the new Mrs. Smith had no intentions of caring for Lucy.
Now, after a horrible “accident”, Lucy meets Mr. Jameson, who tells her that her father hid her Ojibwe heritage. She has a family she never knew about, including siblings and a grandmother. Lucy must now come to terms with who she really is and why her father hid it from her. This YA book is a mystery about a young woman claiming her heritage. #gifted
Trigger Warnings
Foster care, abuse, neglect, and drug use
Why Jackie loves it
Angeline Boulley is a master storyteller who weaves historical context into her novels. The characters in this book overlap with the characters from her other books. This story is heartbreaking and compelling from the first page. Lucy has a dark past, but her story is one of many children that is overlooked.
Find this book in: GMA Book Club List 2025/ Best Good Morning America Book Club Books
Fake Skating
Author: Lynn Painter
Release Date: September 30, 2025
Genre: YA Romance
More info: October 2025 Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick
Plot
Lynn Painter is back with another YA romcom, and this time, it’s all about ice skating! Alec and Dani were best friends until Dani left town and Alec ghosted her. Now Dani is back after her parents’ divorce and eager to rekindle her friendship with fellow nerd Alec, except Alec is no longer a nerd…now he’s a local hockey god! When a series of events leads to them fake dating, Alec and Dani need to see if they can rekindle their friendship or maybe something more…
Expert Tip
The GMA Book Club has chosen so many great books since it began in 2019 that it can be hard to choose your next book. Here are some helpful hints:
- The GMA Book Club offers the widest variety of genres among all celebrity book clubs. If you love mysteries, thrillers, sci-fi, or fantasy, the GMA Book Club might be your best bet to find a book you love.
- Are you a “Kirsten” or a “Jackie”? Have a look at our reviews of the books to help you choose
- This list includes books that may not be on other lists because we did not love all the books. Have a look at the thoughts section.
- If the description says “why I love it”, it’s a 4 or 5-star book.
- If it says “why I like it”, it’s a 3-star book.
- If it says “thoughts”, it was not a winner for Jackie or me.
- If you love a certain genre, pick a book from that genre as your next read.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best books from the GMA book club in 2025?
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley is the third book in the series by Boulley and her writing keeps getting better and better. The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso is a fantastic historical fiction with a touch of magical realism. I’ve never read anything quite like it. And of course, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere is topping everyone’s must-read list with its epic space journey.
Epilogue
Have you read any of the books on the GMA book club list for 2025? If so, which is your favorite?
