Big book clubs’ April picks

April’s big book-club slate is out, and the month’s most visible picks range from celebrity-led fiction to online read-alongs that anyone can still join. (bookriot.com) Book Riot’s April 14 roundup counted 14 clubs and said all of them have online participation options, from social-media discussions to virtual author events. Its list spans celebrity brands and community-run groups, including Reese’s Book Club, Read With Jenna, Good Morning America Book Club, Belletrist, The Stacks and Subtle Asian Book Club. (bookriot.com) Among the highest-profile picks, Reese Witherspoon’s club chose *Into the Blue* by Emma Brodie, Jenna Bush Hager’s Read With Jenna chose *Upward Bound* by Woody Brown, and Good Morning America chose *Yesteryear* by Caro Claire Burke. Oprah Winfrey added *Go Gentle* by Maria Semple as her April 2026 selection on April 14. (thefussylibrarian.com) (today.com) (goodmorningamerica.com) (oprah.com) The books themselves show how broad these clubs have become. *Upward Bound* is Brown’s debut novel set in an adult day care center in Southern California, while *Yesteryear* follows a tradwife influencer thrown into an 1855 homestead life. (today.com) (goodmorningamerica.com) The online clubs in the roundup lean even wider in format and audience. Subtle Asian Book Club’s April read is Talia Lakshmi Kolluri’s *What We Fed to the Manticore*, and The Stacks scheduled its April 29 discussion around Remica Bingham-Risher’s poetry collection *Room Swept Home*. (bookriot.com) (subtleasianbookclub.com) (thestackspodcast.com) Belletrist, the online reading community founded in 2017, is featuring *The Fountain* in April through its partnership with Tertulia. Book Riot described the month’s overall mix as everything from animal-narrated stories to multigenerational historical fiction and queer feminist poetry. (belletrist.com) (tertulia.com) (bookriot.com) Publishers Weekly’s own April 14 survey of book-club picks pointed to the same pattern: big clubs are splitting attention between debut authors such as Burke and Brown and established names such as Semple. That gives April readers a menu that runs from buzzy media picks to niche online communities with live discussions still ahead this month. (publishersweekly.com) (oprah.com) (thestackspodcast.com) For readers joining midmonth, that is the practical takeaway: April’s picks are already announced, several clubs still have open online participation, and the conversation is spread across Instagram, Discord, podcasts and virtual events rather than one living room. (bookriot.com) (subtleasianbookclub.com) (belletrist.com)