{"id":53264,"date":"2025-08-08T00:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T00:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53264\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T00:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T00:31:07","slug":"see-all-of-the-stars-2025-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53264\/","title":{"rendered":"See All of the Star\u2019s 2025 Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Natalie Portman<\/a> is proud to share her love of reading!<\/p>\n

The A-list actress helms the aptly-named Natalie\u2019s Book Club, an online book club for literature lovers worldwide. Each month, Portman announces a new read, and chats with the author in a recorded conversation for followers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to find books that deepen our understanding of ourselves and of the world around us,” Portman says of her selection process on the book club’s website<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cI believe that reading books is one of the first ways we start practicing empathy,\u201d Portman continues. \u201cWe feel for characters in stories as we might for ourselves or our own friends. Whenever we imagine someone else\u2019s life \u2014 their hopes and fears, their feelings and thoughts \u2014 we are practicing empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n

See below for all of Portman\u2019s 2025 book club selections, so far.<\/p>\n

July: \u2018A Different Kind of Power\u2019 by Jacinda Ardern <\/p>\n

The cover of ‘A Different Kind of Power’ by Jacinda Ardern.<\/p>\n

In this powerful memoir, Ardern details how she made history as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand at age 37, also becoming the then-youngest female head of government. She also reflects on navigating motherhood for the first time amidst her political career.\n<\/p>\n

June: \u2018The English Understand Wool\u2019 by Helen DeWitt <\/p>\n

The cover of ‘The English Understand Wool’ by Helen DeWitt.<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old girl who narrates this novel was raised by a French mother and English father in Marrakech, who provided a staunch set of rules for her to follow. But during the family’s annual Ramadan trip abroad, she finds her worldviews put to the test.\n<\/p>\n

May: \u2018Consider Yourself Kissed\u2019 by Jessica Stanley <\/p>\n

The cover of ‘Consider Yourself Kissed’ by Jessica Stanley.<\/p>\n

Riverhead Books<\/p>\n

Coralie, an Australian transplant in London, feels lost in her new home until she meets Adam and his young daughter. This humorous and heartfelt novel traces a decade in the couple\u2019s life together \u2014 and Coralie\u2019s own journey toward self-discovery.\n<\/p>\n

April: \u2018Autocracy, Inc\u2019 by Anne Applebaum <\/p>\n

The cover of ‘Autocracy Inc.’ by Anne Applebaum.<\/p>\n

This nonfiction account from the Pulitzer-prize winning writer analyzes 21st century autocratic states worldwide, and how democracies can best organize underneath them.\n<\/p>\n

March: \u2018Saving Five\u2019 by Amanda Nguyen <\/p>\n

The cover of ‘Saving Five’ by Amanda Nguyen.<\/p>\n

AUWA<\/p>\n

Amanda Nguyen\u2019s life was permanently altered when she was raped while attending Harvard in 2013. After she decided to file her rape kit anonymously, however, Nguyen learned that she had mere months to press charges before her case was destroyed. This probing memoir tells that story, along with Nguyen\u2019s path forward as an activist.\n<\/p>\n

February: \u2018The Coin\u2019 by Yasmin Zaher <\/p>\n

The cover of ‘The Coin’ by Yasmin Zaher.<\/p>\n

The narrator of this novel is a young Palestinian teacher, who strives to find a place for herself in New York City. As she becomes involved in a Birkin bag-reselling scheme, and her childhood memories become enmeshed with her present, her unraveling becomes the heart of this captivating story.\n<\/p>\n

January: \u2018Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock\u2019 by Jenny Odell <\/p>\n

The cover of ‘Saving Time’ by Jenny Odell.<\/p>\n

The bestselling author of How to Do Nothing takes on productivity culture in this probing book, which asks how we can reclaim our free time in a demanding world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Natalie Portman is proud to share her love of reading! The A-list actress helms the aptly-named Natalie\u2019s Book…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[353,49,48,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-53264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}