The LARB Book Club

The LARB Book Club
The LARB Book Club is one of the Los Angeles Review of Books’s signature membership perks where we discuss the seasonal selection directly with the author on our podcast and have an online discussion with members. Past book clubs have featured a range of authors and books, from Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer, Helen Oyeyemi's Boy, Snow, Bird, and Gary Shteyngart’s Our Country Friends to Natalie Diaz’s Postcolonial Love PoemKink ed by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, George Saunders’s A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, Kate Evans’s graphic novel Threads: From the Refugee Crisis, and K-Ming Chang’s Gods of Want. 

LARB Friend-level members get a copy of the book along with the conversation, and LARB Supporter-level members are welcome to join the conversation and take advantage of discounts at participating bookstores around the country. Join today!
  • “Mobility” by Lydia Kiesling

    “Mobility” by Lydia Kiesling

    LARB Book Club is thrilled to announce our Fall 2023 Book Club title: Mobility by Lydia Kiesling! To join the Book Club, where we put you in...

    Aug 31, 2023

  • “Muscle Memory” by Jenny Liou

    “Muscle Memory” by Jenny Liou

    The LARB Book Club is thrilled to announce our Spring 2023 Book Club reading: Muscle Memory by Jenny Liou! To join the Book Club, where we put you in...

    Feb 25, 2023

  • “The Furrows” by Namwali Serpell

    “The Furrows” by Namwali Serpell

    The Furrows was the fall 2022 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a copy...

    Oct 1, 2022

  • “Gods of Want” by K-Ming Chang

    “Gods of Want” by K-Ming Chang

    Gods of Want was the summer 2022 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a...

    Aug 14, 2022

  • “Grey Bees” by Andrey Kurkov

    “Grey Bees” by Andrey Kurkov

    Grey Bees was the spring 2022 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a copy...

    May 16, 2022

  • “Unsettled Ground” by Claire Fuller

    “Unsettled Ground” by Claire Fuller

    Unsettled Ground was the summer 2021 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a...

    Aug 2, 2021

  • “Black Moses”by Alain Mabanckou

    “Black Moses”by Alain Mabanckou

    Black Moses was the fall 2020 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a copy...

    Oct 19, 2020

  • “Breasts and Eggs” by Mieko Kawakami

    “Breasts and Eggs” by Mieko Kawakami

    Breasts and Eggs was the summer 2020 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a...

    Jul 27, 2020

  • “Gun Island” by Amitav Ghosh

    “Gun Island” by Amitav Ghosh

    Gun Island: A Novel was the summer 2019 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and...

    Sep 29, 2019

  • “The Parade” by Dave Eggers

    “The Parade” by Dave Eggers

    The Parade was the spring 2019 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a copy...

    May 26, 2019

  • “Talent” by Juliet Lapidos

    “Talent” by Juliet Lapidos

    Talent was the winter 2019 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a copy of...

    Feb 24, 2019

  • “Kudos” by Rachel Cusk

    “Kudos” by Rachel Cusk

    Kudos was the summer 2018 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a copy of...

    Jun 17, 2018

  • “Gun Love” by Jennifer Clement

    “Gun Love” by Jennifer Clement

    Gun Love was the spring 2018 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a copy of...

    May 5, 2018

  • “The Idiot” by Elif Batuman

    “The Idiot” by Elif Batuman

    The Idiot was the spring 2017 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a copy...

    Apr 6, 2017

  • “The Terranauts” by T.C. Boyle

    “The Terranauts” by T.C. Boyle

    The Terranauts was the winter 2017 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a...

    Nov 17, 2017

  • “Paint It Black” by Janet Fitch

    “Paint It Black” by Janet Fitch

    Paint It Black was the summer 2016 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a...

    Jul 1, 2016

  • “Dreamland” by Sam Quinones

    “Dreamland” by Sam Quinones

    Dreamland was the spring 2016 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a copy...

    Jan 22, 2016

  • “Early Warning” by Jane Smiley

    “Early Warning” by Jane Smiley

    Early Warning was the summer 2015 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a...

    May 10, 2015

  • “The Art of Stillness” by Pico Iyer

    “The Art of Stillness” by Pico Iyer

    The Art of Stillness was the spring 2015 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and...

    Feb 12, 2015

  • “Perfidia” by James Ellroy

    “Perfidia” by James Ellroy

    Perifidia was the winter 2015 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a copy...

    Nov 10, 2014

  • “Mount Terminus” by David Grand

    “Mount Terminus” by David Grand

    Mount Terminus was the summer 2014 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a...

    Sep 22, 2014

  • “Boy, Snow, Bird” by Helen Oyeyemi

    “Boy, Snow, Bird” by Helen Oyeyemi

    Boy, Snow, Bird was the spring 2014 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a...

    May 28, 2014

  • “The Color Master” by Aimee Bender

    “The Color Master” by Aimee Bender

    The Color Master was the winter 2014 LARB Book Club pick. To join the Book Club, where we put you in conversation with editors and members and send a...

    Jan 2, 2014