Get the Scoop With These 8 Books for Pop Culture Fans

The official April 2026 pick for Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club, Into the Blue, is a spellbinding, decades-spanning love story that is perfect for any pop culture lover. 

It’s the summer of 2000, and AJ Graves is stuck working in her small-town video rental store. All she thinks about is her dream of acting in New York—until the enchanting Noah Drew walks in, of the Drew acting dynasty. Soon enough, they spend all their time together, until one day Noah sets off, leaving AJ with no idea of his whereabouts.

Seven years later, AJ has found herself cast in a New York production—with none other than now Hollywood heartthrob Noah. Reading lines with one another, the same explosive chemistry fires between them, as they’re forced to confront what happened all those years ago. 

If you love second-chance romances and star-crossed dentisty, this “intoxicating” epic is for you (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times-bestselling author). 

Bringing together the voices of three generations of women, this “mesmerizing tale of star-crossed love and of the dark secrets in a fracturing family [...] leaves you haunted, amazed, and, like every great read, irrevocably changed” (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times-bestselling author of Pictures of You). 

Family matriarch and famed writer Harriet Wolf has just one final confession to make on her deathbed. Years later, her family is brought together to discuss what Harriet left behind. Is the answer in the final book of her series, or will her great love story be lost to time? 

Reading much like a celebrity biography, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo centers on a legendary, reclusive Hollywood star who decides to detail her life to an unknown magazine reporter.  A TikTok sensation, “that speaks to the Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor in us all,” Evelyn Hugo reflects on the sacrifices she had to make to get to the top, including the love she’s had and lost, notably with her seven husbands (Kirkus Reviews). 

Magazine reporter Monique Grant has no idea why she’s been chosen to write Evelyn’s biography, but she knows this is the opportunity that can jumpstart her career. From her breakout in 1950s Hollywood to her choice to leave the business in the 80s, a “heartbreaking, yet beautiful” tale unfolds, showcasing “Tinseltown drama at its finest” (Jamie Blynn, US Weekly; Redbook).

Recently adapted into a Hulu show starring David Tennant, Rivals explores the cutthroat industry of 1980s British television, where anything goes, and everyone is disposable. With the Corinium TV franchise on the chopping block, Lord Baddigham has hired the mega-famous talk show host, Declan O’Hara. 

Baddingham has also brought on board the charming, all-business executive Cameron Cook. In charge of producing Declan’s program, Cameron and Declan immediately clash, with a storm of chaos to follow. 

That’s when the ever-so-handsome bad boy, Rubert Campbell-Black, enters the picture. A “fun, sexy, and unputdownable [...] classic,” this is for anyone who lives for the drama among the affluent elite (Marian Keyes, international-bestselling author). 

We can’t talk about pop culture without including the ever-iconic Sex and the City. The basis of the HBO hit series of the same name, this collection, based on author Candace Bushnell’s own column, details the loves, joys, and tragedies of being a young woman in Manhattan. 

Meet, or reintroduce yourself to writer Carrie, the iconic Samantha Jones, and of course, the always close by Mr. Big, in this quintessential cult classic. 

Chani Horowitz has just wrapped up grad school, and what does she have to show for it? While all her classmates are snagging book deals, she’s stuck writing puff pieces. That’s until she’s hired to write a profile on Gabe Parker—who’s not only a movie star, but Chani’s biggest crush. 

She’s prepared to nail this interview, but what comes next is something she could have never anticipated. Ten years later, Chani is reeling from a brutal divorce and has recently returned to Los Angeles, now with the writing career she always wanted.

No matter what she publishes, that whirlwind weekend with Gabe follows her. When his team reaches out to her for a second interview, Chani’s first thought is to politely decline. But her heart says otherwise—she needs to know if Gabe is still thinking about her, like she has been thinking about him after all these years. 

Selected as one of the Best Books of the Year by Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, and other outlets, “You will absolutely devour this book. It’s filled with delightful banter, hot romance, and a love story that’s worthy of the big screen” (Kate Spencer, author of In a New York Minute). 

From the New York Times-bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners comes a “beautifully written and remarkably compelling” second-chance romance (Sarah J. Maas, New York Times-bestselling author). 

Over a two-week vacation, Sam and Tate fell hopelessly in love with one another, in the way first loves do. Sam was the only person Tate felt comfortable revealing her biggest secret—that she’s the long-lost daughter of a famous film star—breaking her heart all the more when he betrayed her. 

Fourteen years have passed, and Tate is realizing her dreams as an up-and-coming actress, thinking only of Sam once in a while. Walking into the film set, he’s the last person she anticipates seeing, and yet he’s actually the same man she remembered. Will she be able to open her heart and give Sam another chance?

Once a bestselling writing duo, no one knows what caused Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen’s fallout. Not only was their partnership severed, but the duo is not even on speaking terms. But they’ll be forced to reunite once more to write the final book on their contract. 

Never again did Katrina and Nathan think they’d be holed up in a room together, spending late nights putting together plot points and reworking drafts. Will they be able to work through what happened and write a romance novel for the ages?