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The Power Players of Celebrity Book Clubs
- Oprah Winfrey helped spark a long-running trend by spotlighting books on her show, inspiring fans to buy and read her picks.
- Reese Witherspoon launched a club in 2017 to support female-driven stories and added an adaptation pipeline.
- Roxane Gay launched The Audacious Book Club in 2021 to spotlight underrepresented American writers.
- Belletrist, started by Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss in 2017, partners with brands and boosts indie bookstores.
- Mindy's Book Studio, a 2022 imprint, partners with Amazon to promote and publish diverse voices.
- TeaTime Books, led by Dakota Johnson since 2024, curates reads and creates film partnerships through TeaTime Pictures.
- RuPaul’s Book Club launched in 2024 with a focus on promoting queer voices and inspirational fiction.
- The movement includes mobile libraries like the Rainbow Book Bus to combat book bans in several U.S. cities.
- The clubs are expanding publishing and entertainment ecosystems by linking reads to TV, film, and events.
- Celebrities are using clubs to promote diverse authors and broaden access to reading.
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