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Emma Roberts' Belletrist Book Club Picks

Emma Roberts is an actress (Scream Queens, American Horror Story, Nancy Drew) who co-founded the Belletrist book club with Karah Preiss in 2017. The club names a book most months, across literary fiction, memoir and genre-leaning titles. This list gathers its gothic, speculative and love-story picks, plus two favourites Roberts names in interviews.

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Cover of Rebecca

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier · 1938

Roberts names it a favourite. Her pitch is a gothic romance vibe that still feels contemporary.

Cover of Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion · 1968

Roberts calls it her favourite Didion, and she bought a first edition for her 30th birthday.

Cover of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab · 2020

The December 2020 Belletrist pick: a fantasy about a woman cursed to be forgotten.

Cover of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin · 2022

Two friends become creative partners and launch a hit video game. Friendship is the engine here.

Cover of How to Be Eaten

How to Be Eaten

Maria Adelmann · 2022

A darkly comic fairy-tale reimagining set inside a trauma support group.

Cover of The Lightness

The Lightness

Emily Temple · 2020

Roberts has called it one of her favourite Belletrist picks.

Cover of The Between

The Between

Tananarive Due · 1995

Tananarive Due's Black horror novel, re-released for its 25th anniversary. Roberts praised it.

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Pet

Akwaeke Emezi · 2010

A YA novel from Akwaeke Emezi about monsters and friendship, and one Roberts recommends.

Cover of Build Your House Around My Body

Build Your House Around My Body

Violet Kupersmith · 2021

A ghostly debut in which two young women vanish decades apart. Roberts recommends it.

Cover of Writers & Lovers

Writers & Lovers

Lily King · 2020

A struggling writer copes with loss and heartbreak. It's the club's love-story entry.

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Cherish Farrah

Bethany C. Morrow · 2022

Roberts said it absolutely sucked her in, and she singled out the author conversation too.

Cover of Fledgling

Fledgling

Octavia E. Butler · 2001

Octavia E. Butler's vampire novel, and the club's November 2022 pick.