With her book club, Belletrist, actress Emma Roberts aims to change the image of a girl who loves to read, making it sexy and cool. A great feature of this book club is that it highlights one indie bookstore of the month from around the USA. Books are recommended on a monthly basis, and Roberts will often attend Belletrist Q&As and readings at indie bookstores, especially across Los Angeles. The Instagram page is active and engaged, building a community around reading. Roberts and Karah Preiss, who helps her run the book club, seem to lean toward books of essays and memoirs written by women, but there are also novels and young adult books in the mix.
Some of their notable (often indie) reads include Joy Enough by Sarah McColl, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, Bringing Down the Colonel by Patricia Miller, Touch by Courtney Maum, and a special love for all things Joan Didion.