Belletrist: All of Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss’ 2025 Book Club Picks

Mar. 15, 2025

Emma Roberts (left) and Karah Preiss in Sept. 2024.Photo:Gregg Deguire/Variety via Getty

Gregg Deguire/Variety via Getty

Emma Robertsand Karah Preiss are beginning a new year with their book club.The friends foundedBelletrist, an online reading community, in 2017, and have chosen over 70 books across genres to share with readers since. Belletrist chooses a new book to read every month, and has since expanded to offer club members the opportunity to have books delivered to their doorsteps, through apartnership with Tertulia.Roberts told PEOPLE in a Nov. 2024 email interview that when it comes to selecting books for the club, “there is no formula.”“It’s genuinely whatever moves us,” she said. “But I will say this … we try to pick books that we read and then need to talk about. That’s what makes a good Belletrist pick. You read it and you’re like: I gotta talk to someone about this — now!”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Our aim has always been to deepen the connection between readers and books, and help facilitate conversation with community members,” Preiss said in a statement. “We’re excited about having more authors engage with our community on a forward basis.”Read on for all of Belletrist’s 2025 book club selections.

Emma Robertsand Karah Preiss are beginning a new year with their book club.The friends foundedBelletrist, an online reading community, in 2017, and have chosen over 70 books across genres to share with readers since. Belletrist chooses a new book to read every month, and has since expanded to offer club members the opportunity to have books delivered to their doorsteps, through apartnership with Tertulia.

Roberts told PEOPLE in a Nov. 2024 email interview that when it comes to selecting books for the club, “there is no formula.”“It’s genuinely whatever moves us,” she said. “But I will say this … we try to pick books that we read and then need to talk about. That’s what makes a good Belletrist pick. You read it and you’re like: I gotta talk to someone about this — now!”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Our aim has always been to deepen the connection between readers and books, and help facilitate conversation with community members,” Preiss said in a statement. “We’re excited about having more authors engage with our community on a forward basis.”Read on for all of Belletrist’s 2025 book club selections.

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In 1990, Grégoire Bouillier received an unexpected phone call from the woman who had left him five years earlier, asking him to come to the birthday party for another woman he’d never met. This touching memoir follows the author’s journey through heartbreak, literature and finding love again.

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source: people.com