TeaTime Book Club is a celebrity book club founded in March 2024 by American actress Dakota Johnson.Fussman, Cal (March 5, 2024). "Dakota Johnson On Her New Book Club, TeaTime Pictures & Madame Web". Bustle. 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.Fleming Jr., Mike (October 24, 2019). "Dakota Johnson, Ro Donnelly Launch TeaTime Pictures; Sets TV Deal With Platform One Media". Deadline Hollywood.
History
TeaTime Book Club launched on March 1, 2024. The club emerged from Johnson's work at TeaTime Pictures, where she searches for intellectual property to adapt for film and television.May, Naomi (July 5, 2024). "Dakota Johnson Explains Why Her Exciting New Book Club Is Breaking The Mould". ELLE UK. The first selection was Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino.Book Notification (August 6, 2025). "TeaTime Book Club Picks".
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.Davis, Jasmine (June 3, 2024). "Dakota Johnson's Book Club Just Shared Its Summer Read For June!". Brit + Co. The club maintains a Bookshop.org storefront for purchasing selected titles.TeaTime Book Club Bookshop. Bookshop.org.
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."
Book selections
TeaTime Book Club focuses primarily on contemporary fiction, with an emphasis on debut novels.Doyle, Clementine (January 9, 2025). "The Best Picks From Dakota Johnson's Book Club, TeaTime". Women.com. Below are the books that have been selected as of June 2026:
2024
Month Title Author March Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino April The Hearing Test Eliza Barry Callahan May Cinema Love Jiaming Tang June We Were the Universe Kimberly King ParsonsPublishers Weekly (June 10, 2024). "Book Club Picks for June 2024". July Pink Slime Fernanda Trías August The Anthropologists Ayşegül Savaş September The Hypocrite Jo HamyaTertulia (September 2024). "What Book Clubs Are Reading in September". October Model Home Rivers SolomonNovemberDon't be a Stranger Susan MinotDecemberRental House Weike Wang
2025
Month Title Author January Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria RilkeAfterBuzz TV (August 19, 2025). "Dakota Johnson Reveals 2025 Book Club Selections". February The Lamb Lucy Rose March Loca Alejandro Heredia April The Antidote Karen Russell May Audition Katie Kitamura June Flashlight Susan Choi July The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams August Make Your Way Home Carrie R. MooreSeptemberThe Dilemmas of Working Women Fumio YamamotoOctoberThe WildernessAngela FlournoyNovemberThe Ten Year AffairErin SomersDecemberThirst TrapGráinne O'Hare
2026 MonthTitleAuthorJanuaryThe Bell JarSylvia PlathFebruaryDiscipline Larissa PhamMarch DioramaCarol BensimonAprilUnder WaterTara MenonMayMy Dear YouRachel KhongJuneMareEmily Haworth-BoothJulyThe WavesVirginia Woolf AugustBeginning Middle EndValeria LuiselliSeptemberHello, LimerenceMomo YamaguchiOctoberVerityColleen Hoover
Connection to TeaTime Pictures
The book club is connected to TeaTime Pictures, the production company Johnson founded with Ro Donnelly in 2019. The company has produced the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award-winning film Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) and the Roku comedy series Slip (2023).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. In July 2025, TeaTime Pictures signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television.Petski, Denise (July 15, 2025). "Dakota Johnson & Ro Donnelly Ink First-Look Deal With Sony Pictures Television For TeaTime Pictures". Deadline Hollywood.
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.S Magazine (January 20, 2025). "5 Celebrity Book Clubs Worth Joining in the New Year". Johnson has described her approach as emphasizing engagement with literary texts. See also TeaTime Pictures Dakota Johnson Book discussion club
References
External links TeaTime Book Club on Instagram TeaTime Pictures official website TeaTime Book Club on Bookshop.org