The following were the most popular book club books during May based on votes from book club readers in more than 92,000 book clubs registered at Bookmovement.com:
1. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Doubleday)
2. James: A Novel by Percival Everett (Doubleday)
3. The Wedding People: A Novel by Alison Espach (Holt)
4. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead)
5. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (Simon & Schuster)
6. The Women: A Novel by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press)
7. The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (Gallery Books)
8. The Briar Club: A Novel by Kate Quinn (Morrow)
9. The Measure by Nikki Erlick (Morrow)
10. All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Crown)
Rising Stars:
The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris by Evie Woods (One More Chapter)
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron Books)