Queen of clubs

... celebrity book clubs, that is. And Harry Potter star Emma Watson leads the way

1. EMMA WATSON ‘I’ve been discovering so much I’ve felt like my head was about to explode,’ says Harry Potter star Emma Watson when discussing her voracious reading with the 136,000 followers of her online club, Our Shared Shelf. Watson launched the feminist book club at the start of the year and she and group members discuss a book every two months. Recommended reading Journalist Caitlin Moran’s funny memoir How To Be A Woman. Where to find it goodreads.com/ group/show/179584-emma-s-bookclub---our-shared-shelf

2. PAT KENNY

Broadcaster Kenny’s Eason Book Club is a gem, with witty and insightful contributions from his panellists, Mrs Brown’s Boys star Rory Cowan, singer Brian Kennedy and former Fianna Fáil minister Mary O’Rourke. Recommended reading The current book of the month is Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan, the fourth novel from Ruth Gilligan, which is about Jewish refugees fleeing the European pogroms who mistakenly disembark in Cork instead of New York. Where to find it They meet on the last Thursday of every month. Email patkenny@newstalk.com with Book Club in the subject bar or tweet @patkennynt

3. REESE WITHERSPOON

The Hollywood star has a knack for anticipating bestsellers: Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl and Cheryl Strayed’s Wild were scooped up by her production company before they were published. Her influence is huge – the day she shared a video of herself raving about Jessica Knoll’s thriller, Luckiest Girl Alive, it hit the Top 100 on Amazon. Recommended reading Jojo Moyes’s weepy Me Before You and The Story Of A New Name by Elena Ferrante. Where to find it On Instagram via the hashtag #rwbookclub

4. FLORENCE + THE MACHINE

Pop siren Florence Welch runs her club with fan Leah Moloney. Here you can see stars interact, including Girls creator Lena Dunham and U2 – who were asked to join after they sent Welch a Seamus Heaney poetry collection. Recommended reading Heartburn, the autobiographical novel by screenwriter Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally). Where to find it On Twitter/Instagram (@ BetweenTwoBooks), or at florenceandthemachinefanclub.com/between-two-books.html

5. RICHARD & JUDY

Before Joseph O’Connor’s Star Of The Sea made the book club slot on ITV’s Richard & Judy, it had sold 3,500 copies. Afterwards, it shifted more than a million. The pair have also helped make millionplus bestsellers out of Alice Sebold, Kate Mosse and Victoria Hislop. Recommended reading The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins. Where to find it Online at richardandjudy. co.uk