Kaia Gerber is a model and actress who started an online book club in spring 2020. It became the Library Science Book Club, run with Alyssa Reeder and formally launched in March 2024. The list covers its picks, which lean toward debut fiction, translations, memoirs, essays and plays rather than bestsellers.
“The club's first pick, in spring 2020. Gerber chose it for the charged connection between two mismatched classmates.”
“Alice Winn's novel was the club's April 2023 selection. No reason for the choice was given.”
“Maggie O'Farrell's novel appears as the club's January 2026 pick. No comment on why accompanies it.”
“Albertine Sarrazin's 1960s French novel, chosen in February 2024, follows a young woman who escapes jail and falls for a criminal.”
“Kaveh Akbar's debut was the first official pick after the website launched. Its narrator is a son investigating his late mother's life, and she discussed it with the author.”
“Michelle Zauner's memoir deals with strict parenting and the work of reconciling cultural identity with personal ambition.”
“Carmen Maria Machado's March 2023 memoir recounts an emotionally abusive queer relationship.”
“A 2020 pick centered on Kya, a girl raised outside society who becomes a murder suspect.”
“Gerber called Kate Elizabeth Russell's novel psychologically relevant and said it doesn't romanticise the abuse at its center.”
“Sagan's French classic turns up in the archive twice, in 2020 and again in 2025.”
“Wilde's classic is the one nineteenth-century title here, listed for April 2023.”
“Lillian Fishman's novel dates to June 2023 and was included when the club recapped its earlier choices.”