curated list
books recommended by celebrities
What actors, musicians, athletes, and public figures actually read — Reese Witherspoon, Oprah, Emma Watson, Andrew Luck, Sarah Jessica Parker, and dozens more. Aggregated from public statements and book-club picks, every recommendation linked to its source.
Aggregated across 24 people we track · 60 books ranked by how many on this list have publicly recommended each one.
most recommended books on this list
- 2 people
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy and translated by Rosamund Bartlett · 2012
2 recommenders
- 2 people
Conversations with Friends: A Novel
Sally Rooney · 2017
2 recommenders
- 2 people
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond · 2016
2 recommenders
- 2 people
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg · 2013
2 recommenders
- 2 people
Little Women (Puffin in Bloom)
Louisa May Alcott · 2004
2 recommenders
- 2 people
Rebecca: Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
Daphne du Maurier · 2013
2 recommenders
- 2 people
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
Jodi Kantor · 2019
2 recommenders
- 2 people
The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition
Paulo Coelho · 2014
2 recommenders
- 2 people
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)
Don Miguel Ruiz · 2001
2 recommenders
- 2 people
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle · 2004
2 recommenders
- 2 people
The Seat of the Soul: 25th Anniversary Edition with a Study Guide
Gary Zukav · 2012
2 recommenders
- 2 people
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
Morgan Parker · 2017
2 recommenders
- 2 people
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed · 2012
2 recommenders
- 1 person
1939: The Lost World of the Fair
David Gelernter · 1995
1 recommender
- 1 person
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
and The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra · 2014
1 recommender
- 1 person
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
Laura Taylor Namey · 2023
1 recommender
- 1 person
A Meatloaf in Every Oven
Frank Bruni & Jennifer Steinhauer · 2017
1 recommender
- 1 person
A New Way to Age: The Most Cutting-Edge Advances in Antiaging
Suzanne Somers · 2020
1 recommender
on this list
Reese Witherspoon
Lena Dunham
Emma Watson
Tom Hanks
Natalie Portman
Oprah Winfrey
Mindy Kaling
Selena Gomez
Sarah Jessica Parker
Roxane Gay
Lebron James
Jennifer Aniston
Gwyneth Paltrow
Matthew Mcconaughey
Andy Cohen
Leonardo DiCaprio
Noname
Aaron Rodgers
Patti Smith
Kim Kardashian
Kaia Gerber
Joaquin Phoenix
Fran Lebowitz
Florence Welch
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