The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club: A Novel
by Martha Hall Kelly

In 2016, Mari Starwood visits Martha's Vineyard, grieving her mother and seeking a connection to reclusive painter Elizabeth Devereaux. Through Elizabeth's stories of the Smith sisters, Mari uncovers a surprising link to the island's past.

Shift to 1942, where sisters Cadence and Briar Smith struggle to save their family farm during WWII. As German U-boats appear and Cadence falls for an enemy, her book club, initially a refuge, gains unexpected influence. But with a mysterious man and whispers of a spy, the sisters must discern whom to trust as they face a war that threatens to upend their lives and community.
The Busybody Book Club
by Freya Sampson

The St. Tredock Book Club members can't agree on anything, but when one vanishes and a body appears, they must unite. Nova Davies started the club, now jeopardized by a £6,000 theft from the community center. Suspicion falls on Michael, especially after a body is found at his house. While police think he fled, his fellow book club members—a die-hard Agatha Christie fan, a secret romance reader, and a sci-fi obsessed teen—have their own theories. With personal secrets to protect, they channel their inner detectives to solve the mystery and recover the stolen money.
How to Read a Book: A Novel
by Monica Wood

Violet Powell, 22, is released from prison after serving 22 months for a drunk-driving crash that killed Lorraine Daigle. As Violet seeks a new start, her path crosses with Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who ran Violet's prison book club, and Frank Daigle, Lorraine's widower, who works at the bookstore where their lives converge. Their chance meeting sparks a transformative journey of healing and forgiveness. How to Read a Book is an honest and hopeful story about moving past guilt, embracing second chances, and the profound impact of literature on our lives.
The Banned Books Club
by Brenda Novak

Returning to her Iowa hometown after a scandal, Gia Rossi reluctantly goes back to Wakefield to help her ailing mother, a request from her estranged sister, Margot. Gia's past, including the Banned Books Club she founded and the public accusation of sexual misconduct against her former teacher, Mr. Hart, immediately resurface. When Margot mysteriously leaves town, Gia uncovers the cracks in her sister's seemingly perfect life. As the town takes sides between Gia and Mr. Hart, Gia finds unexpected allies and, by fighting for the truth, discovers love and a future in the place she thought had rejected her.
The Titanic Survivors Book Club: A Novel
by Timothy Schaffert

After a last-minute swap spares Yorick from the Titanic's sinking, he opens a Paris bookshop. There, he joins a secret society of fellow survivors, who form a book club to confront their anxieties. Yorick is drawn into a love triangle with Zinnia and Haze. Their bond is tested by the looming Great War and the mysterious death of a member, making this a dazzling ode to love, chance, and the power of books.
The Jane Austen Book Club
by Karen Joy Fowler

As six Californians get together to form a book club to discuss the novels of Jane Austen, their lives are turned upside down by troubled marriages, illicit affairs, changing relationships, and love, in a comedy of contemporary manners. 
The Summer Book Club
by Susan Mallery

In the small town of Los Lobos, California, three women join a local indie bookstore's summer book club—devoted entirely to romance novels—and become life-long friends as they navigate the messiness of motherhood, second chances and becoming the person you've always wanted to be.
The Lonely Hearts Book Club
by Lucy Gilmore

Sloane Parker, a librarian in a quiet town, finds her routine brightened by the daily, cheerful insults of Arthur McLachlan. When Arthur mysteriously stops coming to the library, Sloane, concerned, tracks him down to find him bedridden and surprisingly happy to see her. To bring cheer to Arthur's gloomy life, Sloane starts an impromptu book club. This gathers the town's lonely misfits, who, through their shared love of books, discover the unexpected joy of friendship and a place where everyone can feel found.
The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel
by Marie Bostwick

In the early 1960s, suburban housewives Margaret, Viv, and Bitsy appear to have it all, yet feel a quiet dissatisfaction. Their lives begin to change when they form a book club with their eccentric new neighbor, Charlotte, and read Betty Friedan's groundbreaking "The Feminine Mystique." This controversial book resonates deeply, helping them realize they aren't alone in their unfulfilled longings. But as the world rapidly changes, is it truly the book that transforms these four women, or is it the powerful bond of sisterhood that empowers them to confront their pasts, navigate turmoil, and embrace a future filled with new possibilities?
The Best Life Book Club
by Sheila Roberts

Leaving Seattle and her cheating husband behind, single mother Karissa moves to Puget Sound where she meets her new neighbors, who are also dealing with their own crises, and together they start a book club as a distraction until it becomes a way to build a better life together.
The Wartime Book Club
by Kate Thompson

Ordered by the Nazis to destroy books that threaten the new regime, Grace, the Isle of Jersey's only librarian, instead forms the Wartime Book Club, offering fearful islanders the joy and escapism of reading, but when tensions turn to violence, she is forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance. Original.
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
by Shauna Robinson

To keep her bookstore afloat, manager Maggie Banks, banned from selling anything written this century, starts an underground book club. This unexpectedly unearths a town secret, forcing Maggie to choose between preserving history or embracing stories that could change everything. 
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer

In 1946, as England emerges from World War II, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration. She corresponds with a Guernsey native and his eccentric friends who tell her about their island, beloved books, the German occupation, and the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club formed as an alibi during the occupation.
The Book Haters' Book Club
by Gretchen Anthony

When Elliott, co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookstore and creator of "The Book Haters' Book Club" newsletter, suddenly dies, his grieving business partner Irma plans to sell to a developer. Aghast, Elliott's partner Thom and Irma's daughters, Bree and Laney, who see the bookstore as a sanctuary, conspire to save it. Through humor, hijinks, and a little sabotage, they fight to preserve Elliott's legacy and their beloved bookstore. This story is a heartfelt celebration of found family and a love letter to bookstores.
The Air Raid Book Club: A Novel
by Annie Lyons

In 1938 London, a widowed Gertie Bingham considers closing her beloved Bingham Books. But as Hitler rises, her friend convinces her to take in Hedy, a spirited Jewish teenage refugee from Germany. Hedy's presence rekindles Gertie's resolve, showing her the enduring need for her bookshop amidst the looming threat of war. When the Blitz begins, Gertie and Hedy form an air-raid book club with neighbors. Amidst the bombings, they find solace discussing everything from Winnie the Pooh to Wuthering Heights. Yet, as the war's harsh reality sets in, the club faces profound losses, relying on their stories and bonds to endure.
In a Book Club Far Away
by Tif Marcelo

Estranged Army wives Regina, Adelaide, and Sophie, once bonded by a book club, reunite when Adelaide needs emergency help with her daughter. Despite past betrayal, they put differences aside, confronting old hurts to see if their friendship can be salvaged. This novel celebrates female friendship and love's power to overcome obstacles.
The Toni Morrison Book Club
by Juda Bennett

What is a book club but an excuse to talk to friends? The Toni Morrison Book Club brings that experience to life by telling the story of four friends who turn to Toni Morrison as they search for meaning in their lives. In this startling group memoir, the writers--black and white, gay and straight, immigrant and American born--allow Morrison's words, like music, to make them feel, confess, and discover. The result is a collection of deeply personal conversations about everything from first love to Soul Train to police brutality, all told with an ever present lens on race in America. Not shying away from controversies, this book offers a radically new way to envision book clubs as a healing force in our lives. 
The Book That Matters Most
by Ann Hood

Ava’s twenty-five-year marriage has fallen apart, and her two grown children are pursuing their own lives outside of the country. Ava joins a book group, not only for her love of reading but also out of sheer desperation for companionship. The group’s goal throughout the year is for each member to present the book that matters most to them. Ava rediscovers a mysterious book from her childhood—one that helped her through the traumas of the untimely deaths of her sister and mother. Alternating with Ava’s story is that of her troubled daughter Maggie, who, living in Paris, descends into a destructive relationship with an older man. Ava’s mission to find that book and its enigmatic author takes her on a quest that unravels the secrets of her past and offers her and Maggie the chance to remake their lives.
The Book Club
by Mary Alice Monroe

Five very different women find solace from the pain and recent changes in their lives--widowhood, the loss of youth, the yearning for a child, a husband's betrayal--in the remarkable friendship that evolves out of the monthly meetings of their book club.
The CIA Book Club 
by Charlie English

From copies of Orwell to Agatha Christie, the Western effort was to undermine the censorship of the Soviet bloc, offer different visions of thought and culture to the people, and build relationships with real readers in the East.

Historian Charlie English follows the characters of the era, with Bucharest-born George Minden at the narrative’s heart. Tasked with masterminding the effort, Minden understood both sides of the he was opposed to the intellectual straightjacket created by the communist system, but he also resented the Americans’ patronising tone – the people weren’t fooled by what their puppet governments were saying, but they did need culture, diversity of thought, entertainment, art, reassurance and solidarity. This is how the perilous mission to bring books as beacons of hope played out, told in riveting detail.
The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe

Mary Anne Schwalbe is waiting for her chemotherapy treatments when Will casually asks her what she's reading. The conversation they have grows into tradition: soon they are reading the same books so they can have something to talk about in the hospital waiting room. The ones they choose range from classic to popular, from fantastic to spiritual, and we hear their passion for reading and their love for each other in their intimate and searching discussions. A profoundly moving testament to the power of love between a child and parent, and the power of reading in our lives.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
by Grady Hendrix

Patricia Campbell, a former nurse, feels her life has shrunk since becoming a wife and mother in Charleston. Her sole escape is a true-crime book club with other local moms. When an artistic stranger moves into the neighborhood, the club's discussions turn to speculation about him. Initially attracted, Patricia grows suspicious after local children go missing, fearing he's a serial killer. Her investigation uncovers something far more terrifying. Soon, Patricia and her book club are the only ones protecting their community from the monster they've unknowingly welcomed.
The Bromance Book Club
by Lyssa Kay Adams

To win back his wife, who wants a divorce, desperate Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott finds help from an unlikely source— a secret romance-reading club of Nashville's top alpha men.
The Book Club Hotel
by Sarah Morgan

At the charming Maple Sugar Inn, widowed single mom Hattie Coleman is swamped, dreaming only of surviving the holidays. But when lifelong friends Erica, Claudia, and Anna arrive for a book club getaway, everything changes. Despite their seemingly perfect lives and strong bond, Hattie senses their hidden struggles. Their stories soon intertwine with hers, leading to a week where four women might just help each other begin a new chapter.
The Break-Up Book Club
by Wendy Wax

Despite their different lives, Jazmine, Judith, Erin, and Sara bond at a book club held in a historic carriage house bookstore. Over books and wine, they realize their lives aren't going as planned. Former tennis star Jazmine balances a demanding career and single motherhood. Judith, an empty nester, questions her marriage. Erin's fiancé gets cold feet, while Sara's husband takes an out-of-town job, leaving her with a critical mother-in-law. Through books, laughter, and evolving friendships, these women find the courage to navigate new chapters and pursue their own versions of "happily-ever-after."