Another month, another Reese's Book Club pick. The media mogul and actress led January with Laura Dave's The First Time I Saw Him, the latest installment in her The Last Thing He Told Me saga, which Witherspoon produces through her production company, Hello Sunshine. February's pick proves that the book lover in chief is clearly on a twisty thriller kick—and my heart is thumping.
The Reese's Book Club February Pick Is a Dazzling Thriller That's Got My Heart *Thumping*
You're going to devour it
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Published Feb 3, 2026
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Witherspoon selected In Her Defense. This is author Philippa Malicka's debut—a psychological thriller that puts a celebrity libel trial front and center. TV star Anna Finbow takes her daughter's therapist to court, alleging brainwashing and libel after the therapist, Jean Guest, claims that Mary's memories have been triggered by a traumatic stint in a prestigious Roman art school and childhood. It's all a tangled web of deceit, and the most unlikely witness will step forward. Anna's former employee, Augusta “Gus” Bird, somehow holds the keys to the truth of what really happened.
"You are going to lose your mind over this book," Witherspoon says in her announcement. "You don't know what's real, and you don't know who to trust. You're going to lose your mind over it."
The book is hot off the press, releasing today. All I know is I need to get my hands on it, stat.
