01The Bell Jar
“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.”source

Dakota Johnson is an actor and producer who founded TeaTime Book Club in March 2024 through her company TeaTime Pictures. The Instagram club leans toward literary fiction and debut novels rather than bestsellers, with author interviews each month. Selections below come from TeaTime.
01“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.”source
02“Get ready for the best, most fun and wild journey.”source
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04“This month we're reading THE ANTIDOTE by Karen Russell. It's a gripping Dust Bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town. You'll never forget this book.”source
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06“It's so inspiring it may just set you on a journey to the best year yet.”source
07“Our book club is literary fiction. It's not beach reads. It's not silly. It's not all female authors, but it is female-forward, and it's a lot of first-time novelists.”source
08“Our October pick brings the haunted houses, scary secrets, and chilling revelations.”source
09“Our August book pick is THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS by Ayşegül Savaş. It's about finding your place and time in the world.”source
10“When you sign up to our channel we will send you down a rabbit hole.”source
11“TeaTime's May book pick was Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang, a sweeping and tender novel about gay men in rural China and the women who marry them.”source
12“Our April book pick is THE HEARING TEST by Eliza Barry Callahan. It's a novel about a woman who must reorient her relationship to the world in the wake of sudden deafness.”source
13“This is a book that I will recommend to people for the rest of my life. It feels like we're setting the bar so high, which I am proud of.”source