These days, it seems like every famous person is starting their own book club. Reese Witherspoon has the monopoly on books about to be adapted into prestige miniseries; Dakota Johnson and Dua Lipa offer their own quirky bookshelf picks every month; and others, like Kaia Gerber, run clubs mostly on Instagram vibes. Now, it sounds like another celebrity book club is about to hit the literary scene: On Tuesday, Katie Couric announced she’s starting her own, dubbed KCBC (short for Katie Couric Book Club, if that wasn’t clear).
On her Substack — where, naturally, KCBC will take place — Couric said she’s starting the club because her 2026 New Year’s resolution is to “scroll less, read more.” Apparently, her goal is to read one book every month. Sounds like a pretty achievable goal to me, especially when you’ve got 90,000 subscribers to hold you accountable. “I love to read,” Couric told People. “And I found that keeping up with current events, scrolling social media — doomscrolling more often than not — was just taking too much of my headspace and not leaving me with enough time to read great books.”
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So what is Couric Nation filling its headspace with instead? The club is kicking things off with The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans, which Couric said was given to her by a friend for Christmas. The inaugural club meeting — which will be held on Substack and include a conversation with Evans — is scheduled for January 19, so you’d better read quickly.
