July 2026 Celebrity Book Club Spoilers
Looking for the July 2026 Celebrity Book Club Spoilers? You’ve come to the right place! For years, I’ve worked with sources in the book industry to bring you these spoilers before they are announced so you can get ahead on library holds and preorders.
Once again, I’ve rounded up the books that will be chosen as July 2026 book club picks by the Reese Witherspoon, Oprah, Read with Jenna, and GMA Book Clubs. These have NOT yet been officially released (as of now, they are all being announced on June 30 or July 7), but I am fairly confident in our intel.
While you are waiting to read these releases, I suggest using these spoilers to put in your library holds early and get to the front of the list. You can also check out the rest of the July 2026 book releases.
July 2026 Celebrity Book Club Spoilers
Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
A Founding Mother by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie, The Winged Game by Sophie Kim – Jump to read synopsis
Read with Jenna Book Club Pick
Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson – Jump to read synopsis
Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Country People by Daniel Mason – Jump to section for more info
Oprah Book Club Pick
Little Wonder by Sophie Chen Keller (for now) – Jump to read synopsis
The Read Carpet Report
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July 2026 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Spoiler
Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club, Hello Sunshine, was the first of the modern celebrity book clubs to catch on in recent years. Started in 2017, her list features thrillers, romances, historical fiction, YA, non-fiction, and modern fiction.
A Founding Mother
Author: Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
Release Date: May 6, 2026
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: July 2026 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Plot
Just in time for America’s 250th anniversary, historical fiction mavens Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie released this novel about Abigail Adams. She was known for being a First Lady, but she was far from the sidelines in history. She was in the mix, shaping America’s future alongside her husband and son.
The Winged Game
Author: Sophie Kim
Release Date: June 30, 2026
Genre: Fantasy
More info: July 2026 YA Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Plot
Tarissa was the best player of Carriwitchet in the UK until her rival, Kion destroyed her career. Now, in order to play the rugby game atop winged creatures, she had to fake-date the very man who took her down. But when a mysterious illness starts harming the beasts, they must work together to save their beasts lives and their beloved sport.
You can see the whole book list, ranked, here.
July 2026 Read With Jenna Book Club Spoiler
Jenna Bush Hager started her book club on the Today Show back in the spring of 2019. They are often more literary than Reese’s picks and cover various thought-provoking topics.
The Shampoo Effect
Author: Jenny Jackson
Release Date: June 30, 2026
Genre: Fiction
More info: Best-selling Author of Pineapple Street,
July 2026 Read With Jenna Book Club pick
Spice Rating:💋
Age Range: 16+
Plot
Van Whittaker is friends with the same people he hung out with as a kid. When Caroline arrives in Greenhead, Mass, she falls for him immediately. But when Van’s ex-girlfriend, Bailey, finds out she is pregnant with his baby, Caroline’s place in Van’s life comes into question.
She exposes the group’s secrets to the entire town and works them all into a tizzy. These old friends may finally have to grow up and take a look at the lives they’ve created for themselves.
Why Kirsten loves it
This novel really dives into friendships and how they can push us forward or hold us back. The dynamic of a new member entering – and then exiting – a friend group was fascinating to read and worthy of a great book club discussion.
I loved all the delicious secrets the friends were hiding from one another and the reckoning that happened when Caroline exposed them all. As always, Jenny Jackson writes characters I felt I knew, understood, and could root for despite their actions. I’d love to discuss this with a book club group! Gifted by PRH Audio.
Find this book in: Read with Jenna Book Club List 2026 / Best Fiction Books of 2026 / Best Beach Reads 2026
You can see all of Jenna’s Book Club picks here, where we ranked them.
July 2026 Good Morning America Book Club Spoiler
GMA’s answer to Read with Jenna was to host their own celebrity book club. This one launched in the Fall of 2019, and it’s probably the best one of the bunch.
Country People
Author: Daniel Mason
Release Date: July 7, 2026
Genre: Literary Fiction
More info: July 2026 GMA Book Club Pick
Age Range: 16+
Plot
Miles and Kate are uprooting their family and heading to Vermont after Kate accepts a new job. The timing couldn’t be more perfect because Miles, a Russian folklore scholar, keeps changing the thesis for his master’s degree.
While he initially struggles to find people he can relate to, since he has nothing in common with Kate’s colleagues, he becomes friends with an eccentric group of locals and learns of a Vermont folktale that he’s not sure is actually fiction.
As Miles and Kate struggle to find their place, they learn about each other and themselves.
Why Jackie loves it
This is a story about finding passion, connecting with community, parenthood, and folktales. With a full cast of narrators on the audiobook, this one was unputdownable.
Ruinous Ends
Author: I.V. Marie
Release Date: July 14, 2026
Genre: Fantasy
More info: July 2026 GMA YA Book Club Pick, Souls of Blackwood Academy #2
Plot
The second book in the Blackwood Academy series is also the second GMA YA book club pick for the series! In it, the Decennial is over, but secrets of Blackwood Academy continue to come out. The fate of the school is in the hands of six former students. What will happen in this sequel?
For the whole list of GMA books, ranked, check out this post.
July 2026 Oprah Book Club Spoiler
Oprah doesn’t release her book club picks in the same way as the rest of the celebrity book clubs. She picks them when she likes – on no timetable. Her picks often span multiple months for reading and discussion as well.
She chose her current pick in mid-June, so we don’t yet know if she will have a July 2026 Oprah book club pick.
Little Wonder
Author: Sophie Chen Keller
Release Date: June 16, 2026
Genre: Fiction
More info: June 2026 Oprah Book Club Pick
Age Range: 16+
Plot
Jenna Bush Hager’s Thousand Voices Imprint has its second celebrity book club pick with Little Wonder. Song delivers food in China and feels like a nobody while her son, River, is a musical genius. He started playing intricate pieces as a toddler, so it’s no surprise that he is offered a chance to study at an elite school when he was just 11. On his way to that school at a busy train station, River’s hand slips out of Song’s, and they are separated.
The story is their journey back to one another over many years. A mother with no money is searching for a child who is at a loss for how to find his mother.
Trigger Warnings
Poverty, loss of a child
Why Jackie likes it
This is an extremely powerful and poignant story that left me in tears. It is astounding to me that this is not a work of historical fiction but rather a work of contemporary fiction. The story is entirely plausible, which is what makes it even scarier.
For the whole list of Oprah books, ranked, check out this post.
What to do with the book club spoilers
- Use these spoilers to get on the library hold list before the masses!
- If your library doesn’t have it on a preorder list, ask them to purchase it, and your name will be at the top.
- Prefer to buy the book? Place your pre-order now so you can have it on release day!
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