Jenna Bush Hager’s 2025 Reading List

The 12 books Jenna Bush Hager recommended in 2025, with the reasons in their own words. See all the books Jenna Bush Hager recommends.

Other years: 2026 · 2024 · 2023

12 books recommended in 2025

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

by Emma Knight

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

This Is a Love Story

by Jessica Soffer

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

The Dream Hotel

by Laila Lalami

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

Heartwood

by Amity Gaige

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

The Names

by Florence Knapp

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

A Family Matter

by Claire Lynch

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

Happy Wife

by Meredith Lavender, Kendall Shores

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

My Other Heart

by Emma Nanami Strenner

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

Buckeye

by Patrick Ryan

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

The Irish Goodbye

by Heather Aimee O'Neill

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

Cursed Daughters

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

On Jenna Bush Hager’s Jenna Bush Hager Book Club list from the Today Show (Read With Jenna)