TeaTime Book Club

TeaTime Book Club is a celebrity book club founded in March 2024 by American actress Dakota Johnson.[1] The club operates primarily through Instagram and is affiliated with Johnson's production company, TeaTime Pictures, which she co-founded with former Netflix development executive Ro Donnelly.[2]

History

TeaTime Book Club launched on March 1, 2024.[1] The club emerged from Johnson's work at TeaTime Pictures, where she searches for intellectual property to adapt for film and television.[3] The first selection was Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino.[4]

Format

The book club operates through an Instagram broadcast channel. Members receive monthly book selections along with supplementary content, including author interviews, curated playlists, and contextual materials.[1][5] The club maintains a Bookshop.org storefront for purchasing selected titles.[6]

In an interview with Bustle, Johnson stated: "I want to fall down the rabbit hole every time I read… to invest in the book, invest in the language, invest in the references."[1]

Book selections

TeaTime Book Club focuses primarily on contemporary fiction, with an emphasis on debut novels.[4][7] Below are the books that have been selected as of June 2026:

2024

Month Title Author
March Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino[1]
April The Hearing Test Eliza Barry Callahan[7]
May Cinema Love Jiaming Tang[7]
June We Were the Universe Kimberly King Parsons[8]
July Pink Slime Fernanda Trías[3]
August The Anthropologists Ayşegül Savaş[4]
September The Hypocrite Jo Hamya[9]
October Model Home Rivers Solomon[7]
November Don't be a Stranger Susan Minot[10]
December Rental House Weike Wang[11]

2025

Month Title Author
January Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke[12]
February The Lamb Lucy Rose[12]
March Loca Alejandro Heredia[12]
April The Antidote Karen Russell[12]
May Audition Katie Kitamura[12]
June Flashlight Susan Choi[12]
July The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams[12]
August Make Your Way Home Carrie R. Moore[12]
September The Dilemmas of Working Women Fumio Yamamoto[13]
October The Wilderness Angela Flournoy[14]
November The Ten Year Affair Erin Somers[15]
December Thirst Trap Gráinne O'Hare[16]

2026

Month Title Author
January The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath[17]
February Discipline Larissa Pham[18]
March Diorama Carol Bensimon[19]
April Under Water Tara Menon[20]
May My Dear You Rachel Khong[21]
June Mare Emily Haworth-Booth[22]

Connection to TeaTime Pictures

The book club is connected to TeaTime Pictures, the production company Johnson founded with Ro Donnelly in 2019.[2] The company has produced the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award-winning film Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) and the Roku comedy series Slip (2023).[23] In July 2025, TeaTime Pictures signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television.[24]

Reception

The book club is part of a trend of celebrity book clubs, launched in the 2020s, alongside ventures by Reese Witherspoon, Emma Roberts, Dua Lipa, and Kaia Gerber.[25] Johnson has described her approach as emphasizing engagement with literary texts.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Fussman, Cal (March 5, 2024). "Dakota Johnson On Her New Book Club, TeaTime Pictures & Madame Web". Bustle.
  2. ^ a b Fleming Jr., Mike (October 24, 2019). "Dakota Johnson, Ro Donnelly Launch TeaTime Pictures; Sets TV Deal With Platform One Media". Deadline Hollywood.
  3. ^ a b May, Naomi (July 5, 2024). "Dakota Johnson Explains Why Her Exciting New Book Club Is Breaking The Mould". ELLE UK.
  4. ^ a b c Book Notification (August 6, 2025). "TeaTime Book Club Picks".
  5. ^ Davis, Jasmine (June 3, 2024). "Dakota Johnson's Book Club Just Shared Its Summer Read For June!". Brit + Co.
  6. ^ TeaTime Book Club Bookshop. Bookshop.org.
  7. ^ a b c d Doyle, Clementine (January 9, 2025). "The Best Picks From Dakota Johnson's Book Club, TeaTime". Women.com.
  8. ^ Publishers Weekly (June 10, 2024). "Book Club Picks for June 2024".
  9. ^ Tertulia (September 2024). "What Book Clubs Are Reading in September".
  10. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  11. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h AfterBuzz TV (August 19, 2025). "Dakota Johnson Reveals 2025 Book Club Selections".
  13. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  14. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  15. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  16. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  17. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  18. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  19. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  20. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
  21. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
  22. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
  23. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 29, 2024). "Dakota Johnson And Ro Donnelly's TeaTime Pictures Taps Samantha Racanelli As President Of Production, Reups Deal With Boat Rocker". Deadline Hollywood.
  24. ^ Petski, Denise (July 15, 2025). "Dakota Johnson & Ro Donnelly Ink First-Look Deal With Sony Pictures Television For TeaTime Pictures". Deadline Hollywood.
  25. ^ S Magazine (January 20, 2025). "5 Celebrity Book Clubs Worth Joining in the New Year".

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