Since March 2019, TODAY host Jenna Bush Hager has chosen a new book every month to share with the Read With Jenna book club. Jenna works hard to choose stories that will delight, entertain and challenge readers. She understands the power of a good book to unite communities and ignite conversation.
As you read each month’s novel, you can also join the discussion on the Read With Jenna Instagram, the Read With Jenna Facebook group and the Read With Jenna Goodreads group. Follow all the accounts to stay up to date and share your thoughts about all of Jenna’s picks.
And if you’re interested in supporting independent bookstores, one of Jenna’s favorite things is Bookshop, an online retailer that supports local bookstores. If you want to find a specific location to support, you can find them on the site’s map and they’ll receive the full profit of your order. Otherwise, your order will contribute to an earnings pool that will be distributed evenly among independent bookstores.
October 2024
“The Mighty Red” by Louise Erdrich
September 2024
“Blue Sisters” by Coco Mellors
August 2024
“The Wedding People” by Alison Espach
July 2024
“All the Colors of the Dark” by Chris Whitaker
June 2024
“Swift River” by Essie Chambers
May 2024
“Real Americans” by Rachel Khong
April 2024
“The Husbands” by Holly Gramazio
March 2024
“The Great Divide” by Cristina Henriquez
“The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros
February 2024
“Good Material” by Dolly Alderton
January 2024
“The Waters” by Bonnie Jo Campbell
December 2023
“We Must Not Think of Ourselves” by Lauren Grodstein
November 2023
“The Sun Sets in Singapore” by Kehinde Fadipe
October 2023
“How to Say Babylon” by Safiya Sinclair
September 2023
“Amazing Grace Adams” by Fran Littlewood
August 2023
“Summer Sisters” by Judy Blume
July 2023
“Banyan Moon” by Thao Thai
June 2023
“The Celebrants” by Steven Rowley
May 2023
“Chain-Gang All Stars” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
April 2023
“Camp Zero” by Michelle Min Sterling
March 2023
“Black Candle Women” by Diane Marie Brown
February 2023
“Maame” by Jessica George
January 2023
“Sam” by Allegra Goodman
December 2022
“The Secret History” by Donna Tartt
November 2022
“The Cloisters” by Katy Hays
October 2022
“The Whalebone Theatre” by Joanna Quinn
September 2022
“Solito” by Javier Zamora
August 2022
“The Many Daughters of Afong Moy” by Jamie Ford
July 2022
“The Measure,” by Nikki Erlick
June 2022
“These Impossible Things,” by Salma El-Wardany
May 2022
“Remarkably Bright Creatures,” by Shelby Van Pelt
April 2022
“Memphis,” by Tara M. Stringfellow
March 2022
“Groundskeeping,” by Lee Cole
February 2022
“Black Cake,” by Charmaine Wilkerson
January 2022
“The School for Good Mothers,” by Jessamine Chan
December 2021
“Bright Burning Things,” by Lisa Harding
November 2021
“The Family,” by Naomi Krupitsky
October 2021
“The Lincoln Highway,” by Amor Towles
September 2021
“Beautiful Country,” by Qian Julie Wang
August 2021
“The Turnout,” by Megan Abbott
July 2021
“Hell of a Book,” by Jason Mott
June 2021
“Malibu Rising,” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
May 2021
“Great Circle,” by Maggie Shipstead
April 2021
“Good Company,” by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
March 2021
“What’s Mine and Yours,” by Naima Coster
February 2021
“Send for Me,” by Lauren Fox
“The Four Winds,” by Kristin Hannah
January 2021
“Black Buck” by Mateo Askaripour
December 2020
“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
November 2020
“White Ivy” by Susie Yang
October 2020
“Leave the World Behind” by Rumaan Alam
September 2020
“Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi
August 2020
“Here For It” by R. Eric Thomas
August 2020
“The Comeback” by Ella Berman
July 2020
“Friends and Strangers” by J. Courtney Sullivan
June 2020
“A Burning” by Megha Majumdar
May 2020
“All Adults Here” by Emma Straub
April 2020
“Valentine” by Elizabeth Wetmore
March 2020
“Writers & Lovers” by Lily King
February 2020
“The Girl With The Louding Voice,” by Abi Daré
January 2020
Dear Edward,” by Ann Napolitano
December 2019
“Late Migrations,” by Margret Renkl
November 2019
“Nothing to See Here,” by Kevin Wilson
October 2019
“The Dutch House,” by Ann Patchett
September 2019
“The Dearly Beloved,” by Cara Wall
August 2019
“Patsy,” by Nicole Dennis-Benn
July 2019
“Evvie Drake Starts Over,” by Linda Holmes
June 2019
“Searching for Sylvie Lee,” by Jean Kwok
May 2019
“A Woman Is No Man,” by Etaf Rum
April 2019
“The Unwinding of the Miracle,” by Julie Yip-Williams
March 2019
“The Last Romantics,” by Tara Conklin
