Welcome to GH Book Club — your destination for ☀️one feel-good book☀️ every month!
Bookworms already know that reading feels great, no matter what the content. But the GH book club takes that a step further. If you’re on the hunt for a new way to spend your time that doesn’t involve doomscrolling, we’re here to suggest reigniting your passion for reading by joining the GH Book Club. What sets us apart from other book clubs you may already be a part of, is that each month, we focus solely on reads that will make you feel great, delivering a jolt of positivity each month with an uplifting, engrossing page-turner that will engage your mind and make you smile.
At the end of each year, our hope is that your bookshelf will be filled to the brim with thought-provoking, inspiring fiction and nonfiction picks from both well-known and emerging authors — and that you discover a rekindled (or totally newfound) reading habit. And if that’s not convincing enough, cultivating a reading habit may even improve your memory and longevity.
How to join: Sign up for Good Housekeeping‘s newsletter to get a monthly reminder when a new book has been chosen. Then, buy the book. Finally, share this page with your friends so you can enjoy the book together. Don’t forget to check back here the first week of every month to learn about our favorite new read and share what you loved about this month’s book in the comments!
With every book hand-picked by Good Housekeeping editors, we can just about guarantee these reads will improve your life and add a creative outlet to your day-to-day routine, whether through compelling stories and inspiring character journeys, peeks into others’ lived experiences or ideas that challenge the status quo and offer new perspectives. We hope you love these books just as much as we do.
PICK OF THE MONTH (January 2023)
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Everybody in Geeta’s remote Indian village thinks she murdered her husband, and she’s in no hurry to correct them. Being a “self-made” widow comes with some measure of respect, or at least invisibility, which enables her to run her handcrafted-jewelry business (not to mention her life) without interference. But when other women start consulting Geeta for her presumed expertise, she finds herself with an unsavory side hustle on her hands — and without as much control over her own destiny as she thought. This funny, feel-good read is a rollicking ride rife with memorable characters involved in ill-fated hijinks. It also serves up clever commentary on class, power dynamics and the role of women in society, with a feminist history lesson to boot.
BUY THE BOOK:
Order The Bandit Queens on Amazon or Bookshop.org — or pick it up at your local library — and read along with us!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Parini Shroff received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied under Elizabeth McCracken, Alexander Chee and Cristina García. She is a practicing attorney and currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bandit Queens is her debut novel.
EARLIER BOOK CLUB PICKS:
• January 2021: The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life by Lauren Martin BUY NOW
• February 2021: This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith BUY NOW
• March 2021: The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan BUY NOW
• April 2021: The Little French Bridal Shop by Jennifer Dupee BUY NOW
• May 2021: The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin BUY NOW
• June 2021: Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty by Lauren WeisbergerBUY NOW
• July 2021: What a Happy Family by Saumya Dave BUY NOW
• August 2021: The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta BUY NOW
• September 2021: Seeing Ghosts by Kat Chow BUY NOW
• October 2021: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead BUY NOW
• November 2021: Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen by Annabel Abbs BUY NOW
• December 2021: These Precious Days by Ann Patchett BUY NOW
• January 2022: Wahala by Nikki May BUY NOW
• February 2022: Foreverland by Heather Havrilesky BUY NOW
• March 2022: Chorus by Rebecca Kauffman BUY NOW
• April 2022: Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett BUY NOW
• May 2022: I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston BUY NOW
• June 2022: You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi BUY NOW
• July 2022: Fire Season by Leyna Krow BUY NOW
• August 2022: All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews BUY NOW
• September 2022: On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton BUY NOW
• October 2022: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng BUY NOW
• November 2022: Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro BUY NOW
• December 2022: We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman BUY NOW
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