Reese Witherspoon Book Club List 2024
The Reese Witherspoon Book Club List 2024 is a complete list of Reese’s book picks for 2024. 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 Reese Witherspoon for a long time, but sometimes I get confused about which book came out when. To keep it straight, I wanted to divide the full list up by year and give reviews for the books that Kirsten and I have read.
Kirsten and I read a lot of books, especially celebrity book club picks. We want to be able to ensure that we are reading the best books so we can give you the best recommendations. Sometimes picking your next book can be hard, and I hope this list helps. Have a look through this list of Reese Witherspoon book club picks for 2024. If you are looking for The Complete Reese Witherspoon Book Club List, I have that list too.
The Best Reese Witherspoon Book Club Books 2024
Each colorful block below represents the best book in a subgenre. Click on the arrow to reveal my “best” pick in any category. You’ll also be able to use a page jump to see more books in that section.
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First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
2.
The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan
3.
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
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Reese Witherspoon Book Club List 2024
First Lie Wins
Author: Ashley Elston
Year: 2024
Genre: Thriller
More info: January 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, New York Times Bestseller
Age Range: 18+
Plot
Evie Porter knows the rules for survival: the first lie wins. Her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith, will first send her a name and then a location. She gets one piece of information at a time and is never sure what the end game is. She knows that she owes Mr. Smithe everything.
This time, her mark is Ryan Summer. But she is starting to feel like there might be something real with him. But, she cannot make any more mistakes. She is already on thin ice because of how she screwed up her last job. Soon, she is following twisted pathway and is not sure who to trust. Can she even trust herself?
Why Jackie loves it
This is unlike any thriller I have read. It is not a murder mystery thriller, but rather a fast-paced, secret-identity thriller where you will feel like you are one step behind the entire book. I listened to this on a road trip with my husband he loved it as much as I did. #gifted
Find this book in: Ultimate List of Beach Reads 2024 / Best New Thriller Books / Best Reese Witherspoon Books / Reese Witherspoon 2024
Redwood Court
Author: DĂ©Lana R. A. Dameron
Genre: Fiction
Year: 2024
More info: February 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Plot
On the cul de sac of Redwood Court, working-class Black families live in the suburbs of Columbia, SC. Mika spends alot of her time as the baby of her family on Redwood Court in her grandparent’s home. There, she learns life lessons from her siblings and the generations above her about finding joy and happiness in a world built to keep people like her and her family down.
Anita De Monte Laughs Last
Author: Xochitl Gonzalez
Year: 2024
Genre: Fiction
More info: March 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Plot
In 1985, Anita de Monte is an artist who is found dead and her murder shocks the whole art scene until she’s basically forgotten. In the late 90s, Raquel is an outsider at her prestigious art school, when she learns of Anita, she begins to dig further into her story and see connections with her own.
The Most Fun We Ever Had
Author: Claire Lombardo
Year: 2019
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
More info: April 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Age Range: 16+
Plot
Lombardo’s debut is a tremendous contemporary fiction book about the complicated dynamics and hidden secrets of the Sorenson parents and their 4 daughters.
The story alternates between the present day and the past. In the current storyline, Jonah reunites with the daughter who gave him up 15 years prior. The flashbacks touch on moments in the Sorenson family history that are returning to haunt them.
Why Kirsten loves it
I’m a sucker for character-driven novels. Each of Lombardo’s characters is deliciously flawed and complex. She writes in a way that brings characters to life. I could have sworn I’d met them before.
Why Jackie loves it
I love that at the heart of the story, the book is about the many forms of love and how to live well. I cannot believe that Claire Lombardo is not a 50 or 60-year-old woman with children of her own.
Find this book in: Books Becoming Movies / Coming-of-age Books for Adults / Books About Sisters / Best Contemporary Fiction Novels / Best Books About Siblings / Reese Witherspoon 2024
How to End a Love Story
Author: Yulin Kuang
Year: 2024
Genre: Romance
More info: May 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
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Age Range: 18+
Plot
13 years ago, Helen and Grant were in an accident that bound them together but forced them apart. Now Helen has moved to LA and Grant is the only person she knows in town. He took a job on Helen’s show and now they are drawn back together all these years later, but can they move forward with their pasts between them?
Trigger Warnings
Suicide
Why Jackie likes it
I wanted this story to really sing, and while it had the makings of a great beach read, it was just a little off. I wanted their chemistry to sizzle on the page and instead it was at a slow boil the whole time.
Find this book in: Beach Reads 2024 / Reese Witherspoon 2024
The Unwedding
Author: Ally Conde
Year: 2024
Genre: Thriller
More info: June 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Adult Pick
Age Range: 16+
Plot
Originally supposed to come with her ex-husband for their 20th wedding anniversary, Ellery is now alone at a resort where a giant wedding is taking place – until she finds a dead body on the day of the wedding.
The Cliffs
Author: J. Courtney Sullivan
Year: 2024
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: July 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
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Age Range: 16+
Plot
Be transported to the coasts of Maine with this thought-provoking story of heritage and family lore. Reese’s most recent book club pick is a thought-provoking look at the cycles often repeated in families. When a disastrous night leads to Jane losing her husband and her job, she retreats to the only home she’s ever known – a small town in Maine.
There, she decides to clean out her recently deceased mother’s home while trying to figure out her next steps. When a new arrival asks her to research the history of a home she recently renovated, Jane goes digging into the lore of the house. Along the way, she finds out things about her family that tilts her world on its axis.
Trigger Warnings
Alcoholism, Colonisation, Racism, Death of a Child
Why Kirsten loves it
Halfway through the story, I switched to the audiobook which was wonderful as well. Between every few Jane chapters, other supporting characters get one chapter to give their perspective – and each is narrated by someone different.
I was fascinated by the history of the made-up town and I appreciated learning more about the original inhabitants, the indigenous people, and how they were treated and subsequently erased from the history of the area. Well researched, the story drew me in and held me until the end despite how much I wanted to throttle Jane at times. #gifted by Knopf
Find this book in: Books Set at the Beach / Reese Witherspoon 2024
Slow Dance
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Genre: Romance
Release Date: July 30, 2024
More info: August 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Spoiler
Plot
They were just friends. Best friends. Allies. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh’s porch steps, dreaming about the future. They were both going to get out of north Omaha—Shiloh would go to go to college and become an actress, and Cary would join the Navy. They promised each other that their friendship would never change.
Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. And yet, somehow, everything changed…. MORE
The Comfort of Crows
Author: Margaret Renkl
Genre: Nonfiction
Release Date: 2023
More info: September 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Plot
Margaret Renkl writes a chapter a week about the creatures and foliage of her backyard. During the course of that year, readers also experience the highs and lows of life alongside Margaret as her children prepare to return to their pre-pandemic lives and her life hums along. Her brother provides illustrations to go with each chapter as well.
Society of Lies
Author: Lauren Ling Brown
Year: October 1, 2024
Genre: Thriller
More info: October 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Plot
Maya is headed back to Princeton for a college reunion and her sister Naomi’s graduation. But the weekend quickly turns into a nightmare when Naomi turns up dead. Now Maya suspects that Naomi was involved with a secret society within the Sterling Club, an exclusive social club on campus. Secrets may be dangerous in this book about secret societies.
We Will Be Jaguars
Author: Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson
Year: 2024
Genre: Memoir
More info: November 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Age Range: 18+
Plot
In Nemonte Nenquimo’s unique memoir, she describes her life in the Waorani tribe which lives in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest. She partners with her husband, Mitch to tell the oral history of her people and dispel racist notions of indigenous peoples.
She reveals what she learned about the land, how to live with it, and the customs of her people while also exploring the outside world’s impact on the place she calls home. She and her husband are fierce activists in the fight against climate change and their work fighting Big Oil and protecting the rainforest is also captured in this book.
City of Night Birds
Author: Juhea Kim
Genre: Fiction
Release Date: November 26, 2024
More info: December 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Plot
Natalia was one of the most celebrated dancers in the Russian ballet before an injury put her career on hold for two years. Now, she is returning to the ballet addicted to pills and alcohol to numb her pain. She’s been offered a roll she’s always coveted and she must decide whether she can rise to the challenge, and face her past and the people responsible for her highs and lows.
Why Kirsten likes it
I found the story to be interesting but I didn’t love any of the characters. I respected Natalia’s drive and talent but found her to be cold and distant. Similarly, the two men she is interwoven between felt one-dimensional. That technical side and mental resilience it takes to be a ballerina were wonderful to read, however.
Find this book in: Books About Ballet / Books About Women in Sports / Reese Witherspoon 2024
YA Reese Witherspoon Book Club List 2024
Twelfth Knight
Author: Alexene Farol Follmuth
Genre: YA Romance
Release Date: May 28, 2024
More info: Summer 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club YA Pick
Plot
Viola Reyes is annoyed. Her painstakingly crafted tabletop game campaign was shot down, her best friend is suggesting she try being more “likable,” and her school’s star running back Jack Orsino is the most lackadaisical Student Body President she’s ever seen, which makes her job as VP that much harder.
Vi’s favorite escape from the world is the MMORPG Twelfth Knight, but online spaces aren’t exactly kind to girls like her–girls who are extremely competent and have the swagger to prove it. So Vi creates a masculine alter ego, choosing to play as a knight named Cesario to create a safe haven for herself.
Looking for Smoke
Author: K. A. Cobell
Year: 2024
Genre: Young Adult Thriller
More info: Fall 2024 YA Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Plot
This YA thriller is set on the Blackfeet reservation, where Loren’s sister is missing and she stumbles upon a murdered girl with Mara at her side. Soon Loren, Mara, and their friends Brody and Eli become persons of interest in the murder because of their complicated past with Samantha.
The four decide they need to solve the murder themselves to clear their names. If they can trust one-another…because one of them might just be the murderer.
Throwback
Author: Maurene Goo
Year: 2024
Genre: YA Fantasy
More info: Winter 2024 YA Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
Plot
This clever story has a Gen Z girl stuck in the 1990s – where she encounters her 17-year-old mom. Can she escape back to her own time? Does she want to?
Expert Tip
Reese has chosen so many great books since she started the book club in 2017, it can be hard to choose your next book. Here are some helpful hints:
- 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 Kirsten or me.
- If you love a certain genre, pick a book from that genre as your next read.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best book from the 2024 Reese Witherspoon Book Club List?
The Best Book from the Reese Witherspoon Book Club list in 2024 is First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston. This is a thriller unlike any other I have read. This unique and smart book will have you reading nonstop!
Was there a YA pick for the Reese Witherspoon book club in 2024?
Yes! The Hello Sunshine Book Club had three YA picks in 2024.
1. Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth (Summer ’24)
2. Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell (Fall ’24)
3. Throwback by Maurene Goo (Winter ’24)
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