Book Recommendations By Reese Witherspoon Since The Inception Of Reese’s Book Club

Move aside, Oprah! Reese Witherspoon has become the new Queen of Book Clubs, with recommendations from Reese’s Book Club. Since before the book club’s inception, the Academy Award-winning actress has shared her love of reading to her fans on Instagram.

In 2017, Reese started Reese’s Book Club. Since then, many featured books have gone on to be adapted to either the small or big screen via Reese’s production company, Hello Sunshine. We referenced this in our post on celebrity book clubs.

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In this post, we’ll explore the books currently featured in Reese’s book recommendations in her book club. We will be including Amazon links, and this post is NOT sponsored. Also, all books will be in the order in which they were featured in the book club.

The Whole List Of Reese’s Book Recommendations

1. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
2. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
3. The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
4. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
5. The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
6. This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
7. The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
8. Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
9. The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo
10. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
11. Happiness by Heather Harpham
12. You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
13. Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
14. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
15. Still Lives by Maria Hummel
16. Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
17. This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
18. The Other Woman by Sandie Jones
19. One Day In December by Josie Silver
20. The Library Book by Susan Orlean
21. The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
22. Daisy Jones & The Six By Taylor Jenkins Reid
23. The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
24. From Scratch by Tembi Locke
25. The Cactus by Sarah Haywood
26. Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
27. The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
28. The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
29. Fair Play by Eve Rodsky
30. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
31. Conviction by Denise Mina
32. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
33. The Scent Keeper by Erica Baurmeister
34. The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward
35. Untamed by Glennon Doyle
36. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
37. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
38. I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
39. Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
40. The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim
41. His Only Wife by Peace Medie Adzo
42. Group by Christie Tate
43. The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia
44. Outlawed by Anna North
45. The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
46. Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
47. Northern Spy by Flynn Berry
48. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
49. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
50. The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
51. We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz
52. L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón
53. Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzu
54. The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
55. Lucky by Marissa Stapley
56. Honor by Trinity Umrigar
57. The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
58. The Club by Ellery Lloyd
59. True Biz by Sara Nović
60. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
61. Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen
62. Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
63. Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
64. On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
65. Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
66. Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
67. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
68. The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
69. The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
70. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
71. Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
72. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul
73. Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale
74. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
75. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
76. Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
77. Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
78. Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major
79. Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman
80. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
81. Redwood Court by DéLana R.A. Dameron
82. Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
83. The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

What Does Reese Look For In Her Book Recommendations?

Reese looks for well-written books by women that either have not come out yet or have under 10,000 sales. However, this is not always the case. Not to mention, some of the books have been adapted to screen thanks to Reese and her production company.

We’ve seen a video explaining that Reese chooses the books herself. However, she does have books recommended to her by the professional bookworm on staff at Hello Sunshine [her production company].

Another aspect that Reese looks for in her book recommendations is that the book has to be well-written. Though some might consider it a bit harsh to include only well-written books in a book recommendation, everyone will do what they want.

Reese’s Book Club has become the new Oprah’s Book Club, which was popular from the mid-90s to the early 2010s. However, Reese’s is more inclusive. What’s more, many of the writers she recommends are debut authors. She also includes writers of different ethnicities, whereas Oprah’s was focused mainly on black authors.

Though there have been some criticisms towards Reese’s book club, there were two controversies surrounding two of the books, the third being that Reese doesn’t engage with her followers. However, a video we saw said that there is an app (not available in Australia) with a discussion group on the books.

Which Of Reese’s Book Recs Have Made To The Screen?

A number of the books we’ve referenced have made it to the screen. These include:

• Little Fires Everywhere
• Where The Crawdads Sing
• Daisy Jones & The Six
• From Scratch
• Tiny Beautiful Things
• The Last Thing He Told Me

Therefore, each of these has been made possible thanks to Hello Sunshine and the various cinema chains and streaming platforms for which they were made. Also, of all these books, Where The Crawdads Sing was the only one to be adapted into a film for the big screen so far. Whether there will be others over time is a guessing game.

For example, Daisy Jones & The Six and Little Fires Everywhere were adapted for Amazon Prime and From Scratch was adapted for Netflix. To add to this, Tiny Beautiful Things was created for Hulu.

Finally, it is believed that Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine will be adapted at some point.