This is the Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club pick for May – and it’s the perfect beach read

Fans of authors Emily Henry and Colleen Hoover are said to love this book

Wednesday 15 May 2024 11:16 EDT

Reece Witherspoon started her book club in 2017 (2024 Invision/iStock/The Independent )

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What do Big Little Lies, Where the Crawdads Sing and Daisy Jones & The Six all have in common? They were all adapted for screen by Reese Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine – and previous picks in Reese Witherspoon’s book club.

First, we had Oprah’s Book Club, and now, everyone from Dua Lipa to Graham Norton and Florence Welch share and discuss their favourite books online. But the most popular of all is Reese’s.

The Legally Blonde actor debuted her book club in 2017, growing a following of 2.5 million loyal subscribers of Reese’s Book Club and 2.9 million on Instagram. From thrillers, romances and beach reads to historical fiction and more, there’s a tome for every taste.

There’s no particular formula to choosing the books, but the only criterion is that a woman must be at the centre of the story.

As for May 2024, The Reese Book Club’s pick is How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang. A love story with a twist, it follows two writers with a complicated history who end up working on the same TV show. Here’s everything you need to know.

‘How to End a Love Story’ by Yulin Kuang, published by Avon books: £9.19, Amazon.co.uk

A light-hearted tome that’s perfect for your next beach holiday, How to End a Love Story follows Helen Zhang, a bestselling author, and Grant Shepard, a screenwriter with movie-star looks.

When they’re thrown together to adapt Helen’s books for a television show, the two must grapple with what happened between them 13 years before.

Having never forgiven him for what went down, Grant Shepard is the last person Helen wants to see. But when sparks start to fly on set, everything becomes impossibly complicated. Described as page-turning, funny and romantic, Kuang’s novel is the ultimate summer read.

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