Yellowface A Reese’s Book Club Pick

A New York Times Bestseller and Reese’s Book Club Pick that Stephen King called “Hard to put down, harder to forget.”

From R.F. Kuang, the brilliant mind behind Babel, comes a wickedly sharp thriller that will have you racing through pages while questioning everything about ambition, identity, and what we’re willing to steal to get ahead.

June Hayward has always lived in the shadow of her friend Athena Liu, a literary sensation who seems to have it all. But when Athena dies in a freak accident, June makes a split-second decision that changes everything: she takes Athena’s unpublished manuscript about Chinese laborers in World War I and claims it as her own.

What follows is a dizzying spiral of white lies, rebranding (hello, Juniper Song), and bestseller status. But Athena’s shadow grows longer, and June discovers that some secrets refuse to stay buried. As evidence emerges and social media closes in, she’ll learn exactly how far she’s willing to go to protect what she’s stolen.

Yellowface is a razor-sharp satire that tackles cultural appropriation, the publishing industry’s obsession with diversity, and the terrifying power of online mobs. Kuang’s immersive first-person narrative pulls you into June’s increasingly desperate mindset, creating a psychological thriller that’s as darkly funny as it is unsettling.

This is the book everyone’s talking about—a compulsively readable story that will linger long after you’ve turned the final page.

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