The Penguin Hotline Recommends: Gifts for Book Club

Everyone who’s read this book immediately wanted to talk about it afterwards, and if that doesn’t scream book club, I don’t know what does.

If your book club gets together to live thousands of lives, this book will blow your minds. If you could rewrite your life, change its course, would you?

Sarah Dessen creates the magic of summer, falling in love for the first time, and dealing with growing up and growing out of your younger feels. Reminisce with your book club pals with this incredible YA read.

This book! It’s one of those reading-while-walking-down-the-sidewalk-and-hope-no-one-bumps-into-you books. It’s thrilling and heartbreaking all at once. Definitely the kind of book to start conversation (be prepared to have book club last at least three hours).

This one is for book clubs who love reading about books. Rowley has such an inviting (and funny!) voice that makes you feel like you’ve been best friends with the narrator for years.

Taylor Jenkins Reid is a mastermind and creates a story all about music and love and fame and heartbreak that makes you forget you’ve never actually heard this band perform live before.