The Best September Pick From Reese's Book Club Of All Time, According To Reviews

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Reese's Book Club picks is a great place to look when you're in search of something to read for fall. Comb through the archives and you're likely to find , the one that has earned the highest distinction goes to the September 2017 pick, Celeste Ng's "Little Fires Everywhere," which also made our best thriller and mystery picks from Reese's Book Club list.

Since its 2017 release, the novel has repeatedly garnered positive reviews from readers all around the world. While the novel's Goodreads and Amazon reviews are impressive, they're not the only factors that made the September 2017 pick worthy of this title. Whether it be debates over whether or not Mia and Elena can be considered good mothers, or rich conversations about how much of an impact class and privilege have on the choices we make in life, the book has consistently sparked many insightful discussions.

Consistency was the keyword we focused on as there were September picks like "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens, which is an excellent book on audio, that showed strong average ratings, but didn't maintain widespread approval across such a large readership. "Little Fires Everywhere" consistently earned praise for its riveting narrative, deeply layered characters, and the thoughtful way Ng explored complex themes such as identity, motherhood, and the intricate dynamics of social class.

"Little Fires Everywhere" made its way to becoming one of Reese's Book Club's most iconic picks, and it's easy to see why. On Goodreads, the book maintains an average 4-star rating with more than a million raters and an even more impressive 4.4-star rating on Amazon from nearly 200,000 reviewers, not to mention it was voted Readers' Favorite Fiction from the Goodreads Choice Awards and was also selected as the Best Literature & Fiction of Amazon Editors' pick. 

One Goodreads top 50 reviewer wrote, "Dang! If this book does not get your brain churning, well, then you did not read the same book I just did!This book is filled with so many scenarios with so many questions and no perfect answers. Every situation is a little pile of kindling and any of the questionable solutions will only ignite the fire..." More than 750 people liked the review, with one user who replied, "This would be a great book to review in a book club. I can only imagine the conversations." 

On Amazon, a reader described the story as "a novel that surpasses any other that I have ever read. I don't know how Celeste Ng did it. It is a brilliantly written novel with intricate, rich and wholly vivid characters whose lives are so fully intertwined you can't help but read on in bewildered awe of how Celeste Ng created these characters." And in fact, avid fans of the book felt the TV adaptation, despite its star-studded cast, didn't do Celeste Ng's unforgettable storytelling justice.