Reading Group Choices

10/10/2025

This one's for the YA fanatics. One of our October Recommended Books is Moonsick by Tom O'Donnell, a Scream meets Stephen King debut about a girl trying to survive a world where becoming a werewolf is a contagious disease.

High school senior Heidi Mills seemingly has it all: a charming (arrogant) boyfriend, loving (wealthy) parents, and an acceptance letter to Harvard (well, not yet). With her mom and stepdad away on vacation, she’s going to host a rager at their mansion to celebrate the end of high school.

The party is tomorrow. But the full moon is tonight—when the worldwide werewolf epidemic that has run rampant for the past few years turns deadly. Howl at the moon and learn more here

Moonsick is a best book club book for discussion, a YA horror novel about a girl trying to survive a world where becoming a werewolf is a contagious disease.

10/09/2025

Our October Newsletter is live and PACKED with goodies, including a giveaway from and a collab with . Get on the list at the link below.

A mesmerizing historical novel, I Am You is a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and an unforgettable love story that reimagines the life of renowned still life painter Maria van Oosterwijck during the Dutch Golden Age.

10/08/2025

Reading Rainbow is back, and we need it more than ever!

After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back! The new host is Mychal the Librarian, who has been spreading library joy online for years.

10/08/2025

Today's giveaway is for mystery fans! A Case of Mice and Murder is the first in a delightful new mystery series set in the hidden heart of London’s legal world, introducing a wonderfully unwilling sleuth, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Nita Prose. Ten lucky winners will receive a free copy. Enter here

Reading Group Choices is your resource for book recommendations, book club discussion topics, and reading group guides. Win free books in monthly book giveaways.

10/07/2025

If you're ready for a spicy, historical fall read, check out one of October's Recommended Books, I Am You by Victoria Redel. This “lush, sexy, absorbing novel” of historical fiction “brings to life two artists who are inextricably linked in passion and competition” (Melissa Febos, bestselling author of Girlhood). Get the details and the book here

I Am You is a best book club book for discussion, a mesmerizing historical novel, an ode to artistic creation and and an unforgettable love story.

10/06/2025

One of October's Recommended Books is Her One Regret by Donna Freitas. From the author of the book club favorite The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano comes a riveting feminist thriller that tackles an unspeakable taboo: regretting motherhood.

When successful Rhode Island real estate agent Lucy Mendoza vanishes, leaving her baby behind in a grocery store parking lot, the news quickly makes national headlines. Lucy’s best friend, Michelle, is devastated, and terrified that Lucy’s life is at stake. But she knows something that could complicate the police investigation. Lucy had confessed something unspeakable: She regretted becoming a mother, so much that she’d fantasized about faking her own kidnapping. If the police and media were to find out, Lucy would become a monster in public opinion. Michelle is sure Lucy would never abandon her daughter. But could she be wrong? Could Lucy have been so desperate she chose to escape her life?

Donna Freitas has drawn from groundbreaking research to bring readers this unforgettable novel. Her One Regret is at once a pulse-pounding feminist thriller, a moving depiction of the realities of motherhood, and a rich exploration of a subject our culture and society have rendered nearly verboten: the possibility that for some women, motherhood is an unfixable mistake. Get involved ⬇️

Her One Regret is a best book club book for discussion, a riveting feminist thriller that tackles an unspeakable taboo: regretting motherhood

10/03/2025

If you're looking for a fascinating, data-driven person growth book, check out Having it All by Corinne Low, PhD. For women in America today, the promise of “having it all” is an ever-elusive carrot. Faced with unsustainable demands in every sphere, we are certainly doing it all—but at a steep cost. Research shows that biologically, culturally, and economically, we are on uneven playing ground, and one that drains us of our happiness. But that same data can empower us to make choices that will reclaim our time, our energy―and even our joy.

In Having It All, Wharton professor and economist Dr. Corinne Low unpacks the hidden factors that influence women’s decision-making, and how the unintended consequences of these choices alter the course of our lives.

In the tradition of bestselling books like Eve Rodsky’s Fair Play and Emily Oster’s Cribsheet, Having It All blends personal experience, research, and analysis to illuminate the complex decisions women face, and offers an evidence-based framework for creating a better, happier life. Consider it the essential economics textbook for life as a woman—but hopefully, a little more fun. Learn more ⬇️

Having It All is a best book club book for discussion, blending personal experience, research, and analysis to illuminate the complex decisions women face.

10/02/2025

October's first Recommended Book is A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith. When barrister Gabriel Ward steps out of his rooms at exactly two minutes to seven on a sunny May morning in 1901, his mind is so full of his latest case—the disputed authorship of bestselling children’s book Millie the Temple Church Mouse—that he scarcely registers the body of the Lord Chief Justice of England on his doorstep.

But even he cannot fail to notice the judge’s dusty bare feet, in shocking contrast to his flawless evening dress, nor the silver carving knife sticking out of his chest. In the shaded courtyards and ancient buildings of the Inner Temple, the hidden heart of London’s legal world, murder has spent centuries confined firmly to the casebooks. Until now . . .

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A Case of Mice and Murder is a best book for group discussion, a delightful new mystery series set in the hidden heart of London’s legal world, introducing a wonderfully unwilling sleuth.

10/01/2025

Nora Roberts fans, get ready! Enter our latest giveaway for a chance to win a free copy of Nightwork, a spine-chilling thriller perfect for Spooky Season. Nora Roberts fans, get ready! Enter our latest giveaway for a chance to win a free copy of Nightwork, a spine-chilling thriller perfect for Spooky Season. Enter ⬇️

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10/01/2025

Celebrate ten years of Silent Reading Club with a global reading party. The Silent Book Club Readathon runs from October 10th to 12th, with tens of thousands of readers around the world. For more information and to get involved, check out their Substack

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09/29/2025

One of our September Recommended Books is Man Picks Flowers by Roger King.

Deva, a Brazilian nightclub singer, accepts a mysterious invitation to become the companion to a wealthy recluse living in a London penthouse. Known only as Harry, he suffers from a traumatic brain injury where he rises each morning, having forgotten all that has transpired the day before. One cryptic clue offers a glimpse into Harry’s past—a photograph of a man in a field, picking a daffodil. Endeavoring to identify the man, Deva discovers that her own turbulent past intertwines not only with Harry’s but with the unnamed man in the photograph, and that all of their movements are being monitored, even orchestrated, by the doctor and housekeeper in Harry’s employ, who have ties to British intelligence and a dark purpose of their own. Harry’s past memories are the key—but remembering the past might just destroy them all. Man Picks Flower questions our own self-mythologies, exploring the deep, lasting traumas of America’s foreign adventures, the labile nature of memory, and what it takes for the damaged to love again. Learn more on our website https://readinggroupchoices.com/books/man-picks-flowers/

09/26/2025

It's finally fall, the perfect time to curl up with one of our September Recommended Books, including Maria La Divina by Jerome Charyn. An excellent choice for opera fans, it's the story of Maria Callas, known as La Divina, widely regarded as the greatest diva who ever lived.

Callas, an outsider from an impoverished background, was shunned by the Italian opera houses, but through sheer force of will and the power and range of her voice, she broke through the invisible wall to sing at La Scala and headline at the Metropolitan Opera, forging an unforgettable career. Adored by celebrities and statesmen, the notable and notorious alike, her every movement was shadowed by both music critics and gossip columnists–until, having lost her voice, she died alone in an opulent, mausoleum-like Paris apartment.

In Charyn’s inimitable style, Maria La Divina humanizes the celebrated diva, revealing the mythical artist as a woman who survived hunger, war, and loneliness to reach the heights of acclaim. Click below to learn more.

Maria La Divina is a best book club book for discussion, an intimate portrait of the world's most iconic opera singer.