Planning what your club will read next year? These are the best book club books of 2027 that we're most looking forward to, starting with January and February's new releases. One continues a series your members may already be deep in, and the rest are standalone novels any club can pick up fresh.
Books are listed in order of publication date, and we'll keep adding to this list as more 2027 releases are announced, so bookmark it and check back. Looking for something that's already out? See our top 25 book club books of 2025, or check what clubs are reading right now on our Top Books page.
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January 2027 Book Club Books
The year opens with the seventh A Court of Thorns and Roses book, a new TJ Klune, and literary picks from Elif Shafak and Nicole Dennis-Benn, plus a dark sister story and a dual-timeline mystery set in Manhattan's oldest house.
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A Court of Forgotten Melody Publication date: January 12, 2027. In the seventh A Court of Thorns and Roses book, Prythian's old alliances are crumbling as Koschei the Deathless closes in, and the Night Court's Inner Circle scatters to find any advantage it can before peace gives way. Buy the Book Add to Shelf |
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The Stars Look Like Home Publication date: January 12, 2027. Burke the dog believes he's immortal until he learns otherwise. Then he gives himself one last job: find someone to love Jake, the grieving professor who finally feels like home. Don't worry, the dog does not die. Buy the Book Add to Shelf |
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In One Brief Moment All Eternity Publication date: January 12, 2027. What if Emma Bovary could take the pen from Flaubert? Booker-shortlisted Elif Shafak retells his life through the women who shaped him, real and fictional, moving from Paris to Istanbul, Cairo and Beirut as she asks who gets remembered and who gets erased. Buy the Book Add to Shelf |
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Black Gold Publication date: January 12, 2027. Faye dreams of a life beyond her Maroon community's coffee farms in Jamaica's Blue Mountains. When her mother falls ill and must sell their ancestral land, a modeling scout offers a way out, and a career in high fashion tests what it means to be truly free. Buy the Book Add to Shelf |
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The Truth About Ruby Cooper Publication date: January 26, 2027. In 1999, an incident involving 16-year-old Ruby and her sister Erin's boyfriend splits their Boston family in two, sending Ruby and her mother to Ireland. Told by both sisters over decades, this twisty suspense novel from the author of Strange Sally Diamond slowly reveals what really happened. Buy the Book Add to Shelf |
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The Jewel of Sugar Hill Publication date: January 26, 2027. In the 1800s, ambitious Eliza Brown sets out to win Aaron Burr and buy Manhattan's most beautiful house. In 2010, a disgraced architect looks into her father's death at the same crumbling mansion. Both stories center on the real Morris-Jumel Mansion, the oldest house in Manhattan. Buy the Book Add to Shelf |
February 2027 Book Club Books
February brings the long-awaited sequel to The Love Hypothesis and a literary horror novel with the feel of a Southern gothic.
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The Two-Body Problem Publication date: February 2, 2027. Olive Smith has her PhD and her happy-ever-after with Adam, but academia has no fairy tales. Clashing schedules, a brutal job market and her wish to be seen as more than Dr. Carlsen's girlfriend test them in this sequel to The Love Hypothesis. Buy the Book Add to Shelf |
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Wells Without Water Publication date: February 9, 2027. When a 15-year-old walks into a police station trying to kill everyone inside, legal investigator Carm Franklin goes home to Loblolly Grove and finds his community gripped by strange violence. A literary horror novel from the author of Sky Full of Elephants. Buy the Book Add to Shelf |