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VB Book Club
Our Favorite Reads Right Now
New year, new reads… Here are the books we're loving around VB HQ right now—plus, what you've got on your must-read list, too. (Thanks for sharing with us @veronicabeard!)
If You Love the Greats
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
A collection of the writer's previously uncollected essays, from 1968 to 2000, that traces her journey as a writer.
A collection of the writer's previously uncollected essays, from 1968 to 2000, that traces her journey as a writer.
If You Love Memoirs
Aftershocks: A Memoir by Nadia Owusu
A beautifully written story of identity, Aftershocks follows the peripatetic upbringing of the author, the daughter of a Ghanaian man and Armenian-American woman—from Italy and England to Ghana, Ethiopia and Uganda to the U.S.
A beautifully written story of identity, Aftershocks follows the peripatetic upbringing of the author, the daughter of a Ghanaian man and Armenian-American woman—from Italy and England to Ghana, Ethiopia and Uganda to the U.S.
If You Love The Great Gatsby
Nick by Michael Farris Smith
A prequel to The Great Gatsby that puts the focus on Nick Carraway. Before he landed in West Egg, in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s dizzying Jazz Age, he was a soldier in the trenches of WWI, in love with the bohemian Ella…
A prequel to The Great Gatsby that puts the focus on Nick Carraway. Before he landed in West Egg, in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s dizzying Jazz Age, he was a soldier in the trenches of WWI, in love with the bohemian Ella…
If You Love Coming-of-Age Stories
The Divines by Ellie Eaton
A freelance journalist reflects on her time at an English boarding school, where the girls flip their hair and chain-smoke cigarettes and scandal thrives…
A freelance journalist reflects on her time at an English boarding school, where the girls flip their hair and chain-smoke cigarettes and scandal thrives…
If You Love the Red Carpet
Unfinished by Priyanka Chopra Jonas
The actress' memoir, from her childhood in India to the beauty pageants to the A List in Hollywood.
The actress' memoir, from her childhood in India to the beauty pageants to the A List in Hollywood.
If You Want to Read What the Veronicas Are Reading
Who's reading Arianna Huffington and who's taking a crash course in Bitcoin? Head on over here to find out.
If You Want to Read What Our Followers Are Reading
The Power of Now Journal by Eckhart Tolle — @kelleybergolet
Little Victories: Perfect Rules for Imperfect Living by Jason Gay — @writinginblackandwhite
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger — @melissalleblanc
One Word That Will Change Your Life by Dan Britton, Jimmy Page, and Jon Gordon — @kradich0609
This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens— @christinamshea
Verity by Colleen Hoover — @heistyle68 @cal_clem
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins — @lily.friday
Atomic Habits (Mr-Exp): An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear — @pugandkoko
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid — @onepiecedesigns
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett — @bpatelstraub
The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness by Susannah Cahalan — @kellikansascity @miss_jamie_leigh
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig — @emmacgillette
The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger — @pugandkoko
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid — @kirstenschmidtke
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See — @swclement
The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live by Heather Armstrong — @kellikansascity
Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon by Charles Slack — @jeanjbeard2020
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni — @fudamary
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga — @zinath_k
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart — @alissaross6
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama — @teresa.poggenpohl @kirstenschmidtke @whlvr87
The Boy On The Bridge by M.R. Carey — @nicholasmenefee
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah — @jenalatriano
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens — @onepiecedesigns
No One Asked For This by Cazzie David — @courtycook
The Push by Ashley Audrain — @jmmizzy
Didn't See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart by Rachel Hollis — @miss_jamie_leigh