GMA Book Club List 2026
The GMA Book Club List 2026 is a complete list of the Good Morning America Book Club picks for the year. I have been a fan of GMA for a long time. In 2025, GMA started including a YA pick in addition to the adult pick each month. I love the choice of books, 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 2026
Skylark
Author: Paula McLain
Release Date: January 6, 2026
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: January 2026 Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
This dual timeline story takes place in 1664 and 1939 when a woman’s asylum from the past intersects the story of a doctor during occupied Paris. Alouette’s father is unfairly imprisoned in 1664, but she has allies as she works to free him. In 1929, Kristoff, starting his psychiatric residency, may be the only one who can help his Jewish neighbors.
Find this book in: GMA Book Club List 2026
The Exes
Author: Leodora Darlington
Release Date: February 3, 2026
Genre: Thriller
More info: February 2026 GMA Book Club Pick
Spice Rating:💋💋
Age Range: 18+
Plot
This debut thriller is sure to kick the winter doldrums away. Natalie is searching for her soulmate, but all she has is a lot of exes. When she finds and marries James, she realizes she’s struggling with being a normal wife, but she loves him, and so she takes stock of her former relationships. All her exes are dead, and she can’t figure out if she’s the monster or if there is someone else who is the villain in her story. Can she figure it out before James ends up dead?
Trigger Warnings
Murder, domestic abuse, rape
Jackie’s Thoughts
From the beginning, Natalie is extremely mentally unstable. She has stalker tendencies, which were extremely disturbing for me to read. There was also a rape early on in the plotline. It is a testament to the writing that I felt this way, but the plot was not for me, unfortunately.
Find this book in: GMA Book Club LIst 2026
The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives
Author: Elizabeth Arnott
Release Date: March 3, 2026
Genre: Thriller
More: March 2026 GMA Book Club Pick
Spice Rating:💋💋
Age Range: 18+
Plot
Beverly, Elsie, and Margot are all wives of convicted killers. The three women form an unlikely friendship while trying to make a new future for themselves. Everyone around them wonders how they could not have known what their husbands were doing. When a new killer hits the news, the three women decide to join forces to catch the killer. Who could be better than people who have shared their lives with one?
Trigger Warnings
description of murder
Why Jackie loves it
This book is well-written and unique, with a cast of characters that I loved. I love the way the women came together. I listened to my copy of this book and the narrator is fantastic. #gifted from PRH audio
Find this book in: Best Fiction Serial Killer Books
Yesteryear
Author: Caro Claire Burke
Year: April 2026
Genre: Fiction / Historical Fiction
More info: April 2026 GMA Book Club Pick
Spice Rating:💋💋💋
Age Range: 18+
Plot
Natalie Heller Mills is a tradwife, but don’t say that to her. She has millions of followers on social media, showing her lifestyle of collecting eggs from the chickens (The Ladies) and preparing beautiful meals for her 6 children. She prides herself on living a faithful, antifeminist lifestyle.
So what if behind the scenes, she has multiple nannies, a producer, a ranch hand, and more staff to help her life appear effortless. Natalie is convinced the haters are jealous.
When Natalie wakes up one morning in 1855 with children who look like hers, but are not the same, and a husband who is Caleb, but not her Caleb, she thinks it might be a sick prank. Until the realities of living without electricity finally hit her.
Trigger Warnings
Domestic Abuse, Detailed description of pregnancy and childbirth, Sexual assault, child abuse/neglect, and animal abuse.
Why Jackie loves it
I loved this book from the start to the finish. I could not put it down. The book is told in multiple timelines: The present, the past, and Natalie’s time in school leading up to her influencer days. Natalie is a totally unlikeable character, and yet, I rooted for her anyway. The story is complex and had me questioning our society, the pressures on women, and our obsession with tradwives. The book is very well-written. Thank you, PRH Audio, for my copy of this book.
Adaptation Information
Currently, an adaptation starring Anne Hathaway is in development.
Find this book in: GMA Book Club List 2026 / Best Time Travel Books / Best Beach Reads 2026/ Summary of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
YA GMA Book Club List 2026
The Swan’s Daughter
Author: Roshani Chokshi
Release Date: January 6, 2026
Genre: YA Fantasy
More info: January 2026 YA Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Plot
Prince Arris believes that marriage will lead to his murder because of the curse that the heart and hand of the kingdom’s heir are all you need to rule. Desperate to save his own life, he enlists Demelza, a veritas swan whose song sings the truth. Determined to get through the tournament of brides that his parents have announced by finding true love (and keeping himself alive), he enlists Demelza to help him achieve his goal.
Find this book in: GMA Book Club List 2026
Sibylline
Author: Melissa de la Cruz
Release Date: February 3, 2026
Genre: YA Fantasy
More info: February 2026 Good Morning America Ya Book Club Pick
Spice Rating:💋💋💋
Age Range: 18+
Plot
Sibylline is the most prestigious magical university with an acceptance rate that make the Ivy league schools look like a cake walk. Raven, Atticus, and Dorian dream of attending. But when none of them are accepted, they are determined to get a magical education. They get job as the school so they can learn magic.
When a strange things start happening at the school, and a student dies, the trio have to save the university they aren’t even a part of!
Trigger Warnings
unexpected sexual content
Jackie’s Thoughts
I was enjoying this book about a magical school. Each of Raven, Atticus and Dorian have unique magical abilities. However, towards the end of the book, the entire feeling of the book shifted. It’s suddenly felt like a weird throuple situation with sexual content thrown in unnecessarily. This does not feel like a YA choice.
Her Hidden Fire
Author: ClÃodhna O’Sullivan
Release Date:
Genre: YA Fantasy
More info: March 2026 YA GMA Book Club Pick
Spice Rating:💋
Age Range: 14+
Plot
It’s another dragon YA story – this time the first in a duology – for lovers of Fourth Wing and Red Queen. This romantasy is about Éadha, a servant with a rare magical talent, who wants to save Ionáin, the heir to the ruling family, from embarrassment because he has no magic.
She decides to pass her magic off as his, and so they are both sent to the magical academy. Can they keep up the ruse or will they even want to once they learn the dark side to possessing such power?
Why Jackie loves it
I love this YA dragon story for lovers of Fourth Wing and Red Queen. I am also obsessed with duologies recently. There is so much packed into the story. It feels like it moves quickly and I love the strong female character, which is finally trending in books over the last number of years.
Find this book in: Dragon Books for Adults
Legendborn
Author: Tracy Deonn
Year: 202
Genre: YA Fantasy
More info: The Legendborn Cycle #1, Coretta Scott King Book Award, April 2026 YA GMA Book Club Pick
Age Range: 14+
Plot
Bree Matthews’s mother died in a tragic accident and she cannot seem to recover. When she has a chance to attend a special program for bright high school students at UNC-Chapel Hill, she jumps at the chance.
When Bree witnesses a magical attack on her first night there, her world is thrown upside down as she enters the world of the Legendborn. It is a secret society of students with powerful magic who are also descendants of King Arthur! This is one of the best re-tellings I have read.
Trigger Warnings
Racism, Death of parent
Why Jackie loves it
Why did I not read this book before now? In a way, I’m glad I just read this because I only have to wait a few more months for the sequel. If you love YA fantasy books, this King Arthur re-imagining is a must-read. While Bree is technically still in high school, she is attending a college program which means, I get to scream about this book from the rooftops in both college and high school book lists.
Find this book in: Books About Secret Societies / Dark Academia / Books Set in College / The Ultimate List of YA Fantasy Books / Books Like Ninth House
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best books from the GMA book club in 2026?
There have been two books for the GMA book club list in 2026, and these are both on our TBR list. We have not read either of these yet; stay tuned.
Epilogue
Have you read any of the books on the GMA book club list for 2026? If so, which is your favorite?
