See All of Dua Lipa’s Service95 Book Club Recommendations

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If you’ve ever wished you could get book recommendations from the ‘Dance the Night’ and ‘Levitating’ singer, dream no further

Dua Lipa isn’t just one of today’s buzziest performers — she’s also a dedicated bookworm.

The “Dance The Night” and “Levitating” singer launched a book club in 2023 through her editorial platform Service95 . Each month, Lipa, 30, picks a new book to read; one that highlights the club’s belief that literature can “represent diverse global voices, telling powerful stories spanning fiction, memoir and manifesto,” per the platform’s website.

Lipa also includes abundant bonus material with each selection, including author interviews (also available on her Spotify Book Club podcast ), playlists and discussion guides. Service95 Recommends , an additional resource on the site, includes even more of Lipa’s favorite reads, along with picks from guests like Lisa Taddeo and Monica Lewinsky .

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Lipa’s book club choices and bonus material can be found on the Service95 site . See all of her picks below:

This novel, soon to be a major motion picture starring Jenna Ortega , follows the unlikely companionship between Klara, a robotic Artificial Friend, and her teenage owner. “At a time when AI’s impact is questioned daily, this novel feels prescient,” Lipa says of the novel. “But at its core this is a book about our humanity — what it means to be human and why that is irreplaceable.”

Akbar’s novel — the first from the acclaimed poet — follows Cyrus, a grieving, recovering addict interested in martyrdom, who ends up on a cross-country pilgrimage of his own. “ Martyr! fizzes with chaotic energy and a thirst for life that is at odds with Cyrus’s obsession with death,” Lipa says of the novel, which she calls, “profound, sincere, regularly comedic and quite unlike anything I’ve ever read before.”

Lipa says Cash’s buzzy novel about the dysfunctional Flynn family “can feel like scrolling an overstimulating social feed.” But you also won’t want to put the book down, the singer teases. “It’s funny, fast and intoxicating,” Lipa adds. “Believe the hype.”

Ypi’s acclaimed memoir tells of her coming-of-age amidst the collapse of communism in Albania. “ Free is about what happens when freedom arrives and turns out to be far messier than anyone imagined,” Lipa says.

The acclaimed writer’s long-awaited sophomore novel follows Rothko Taylor, who returns home to Edgecliff after 15 years in prison. Lipa says the book “takes an unflinching look at family trauma, addiction, gender identity, homophobia, love and desire.”

This 2023 short story collection from the author of Small Things Like These follows the seemingly ordinary lives of everyday people. “Her stories are small gems: deceptively short, but they carry the heft of a great novel... So Late In The Day is a lesson in what you risk losing if you can’t bring yourself to change,” Dua said.

Lipa’s April 2026 pick is the first play selected for her book club. Jerusalem tells the story of Johnny Byron, a wanted man living in rural England.

“I first read Jerusalem at 15, studying for my English GCSEs and Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron has stayed with me ever since,” Lipa said of the book. “When I finally saw legendary actor Mark Rylance perform the role onstage in 2022, it was everything I had imagined. Now, I want you to have that experience.”

Gay’s 2014 essay collection is a probing look at modern feminism, as well as the perfect read for Women’s History Month. “By moving effortlessly from pop culture to politics, taking in race, class, sexuality and body image, Roxane explores how our experiences as women are as distinct as they are unifying,” Lipa notes of the book.

This probing novel follows a family who must readjust their lives when the patriarch comes back into their orbit.

“I was on the edge of my seat from beginning to end, and the story of this fragile family and the legacy of inherited trauma keeps coming back to me,” Lipa says.

In Ronson’s debut memoir, the famed DJ looks back on his star-studded career in the New York City nightlife scene. “As a self-confessed night person, I can’t think of a better way to start the new year than a book that celebrates the energy and joy of the dance floor,” Lipa says.

This Norwegian Christmas story follows two young sisters, who take up work during the holiday season in order to support their family. “This book really stayed with me,” Lipa said, adding that the novel “made me think of how small acts of kindness can be a genuine miracle.” And if you love this one, the author’s newest, Winter Stories , is also out now.

Atwood’s dystopian classic “terrified” Lipa when she read it in high school, the singer says. “As Margaret says, the future exists in an infinite number of possibilities,” Lipa continues. “ The Handmaid’s Tale explores just one of these. The point of prophecy is to provide a warning — and it’s up to us to listen and choose the future we want to live in.”

“This is a book that constantly keeps you guessing,” Lipa says of Szalay’s novel, which follows protagonist István over decades. “Even down to the dialogue, which is like nothing I’ve ever read before.”

This propulsive literary thriller from the author of Erasure examines a series of murders across Money, Miss., and the team of detectives who connect the crimes to America’s larger history of lynchings. “It’s Percival at his very best – delivering one-liners that will make you howl with laughter, while simultaneously punching you in the gut,” Lipa says.

Lipa’s latest pick details the trial of Robert Farquharson, who drove over an Australian cliff with his three sons on Father’s Day 2005. Robert survived, but all of the boys drowned. The court case that follows becomes a national spectacle. “What [the author] reveals along the way is not simply a courtroom drama but a sharp and forensic analysis of the human condition,” Lipa notes of the book.

Though compact, this Booker Prize longlisted novel tells an affecting and engrossing story, inspired by the real life 2021 drowning of over 20 people in the English Channel. “This book challenged me profoundly,” Lipa says. “It moved me, and stayed with me.”

The world thought they knew artist Jean-Michael Basquiat, who rose to fame throughout the 1980s for his era-defining work. But this striking book details his relationship with girlfriend and muse Suzanne Mallouk, painting a portrait of their artistic kinship and enigmatic love story. “As much as anything, this is a love letter to an almost mythical New York City that no longer exists,” Lipa says.

In this novel that made Lipa “reflect on what an honor it is to care for someone you truly love,” friends Laura and Alina see their lives and friendship change when one decides to forgo pregnancy and the other becomes a mother.

Porter’s debut novel centers on a man and his two young children, who are reeling from the sudden loss of their wife and mother. When Crow, a human-sized bird, arrives at their London home, he refuses to leave until he’s helped the family through their grief. “Max Porter ripped up the rule book of what a novel should do and instead presents us with something so wild, so mind-bending and just so beautiful ,” Lipa says.

Orange’s acclaimed novel follows 12 Native American characters whose stories intersect when they travel to the Big Oakland Powwow. “Among the tragedy that is foreshadowed throughout, there is also redemption and humanity,” Lipa says of the book, which was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

This sprawling saga follows the Barnes family as parents Dickie and Imelda and children Cass and PJ, experience a host of trials and tribulations while living in their small Irish community. “As the book builds pace, it sucks you into a whirlpool of tension, where all escape routes are cut off,” Lipa says of the novel.

Tokarczuk’s novel about a reclusive woman who becomes intertwined in a murder investigation after her neighbors’ deaths won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. It’s the perfect pick for a cold winter’s night. “Darkly humorous, deadly serious and with a quirky cast of characters that will stay with you forever, this is definitely not to be missed,” Lipa says of the book.

Written as a letter from the narrator, Little Dog, to his mother, a Vietnamese immigrant who cannot speak English, Lipa says this stunning novel has “poetic language [that] dances on every page.”

Saunders’ acclaimed novel reimagines the story of Willie Lincoln, the son of former President Abraham Lincoln, and the purgatory the boy must navigate after his death at 11 years old. “The voices of these spirits — the wretched and the brave, and the dead boy Willie Lincoln — will stay with me forever,” Lipa says.

This moving coming-of-age novel, translated from the original Spanish by Mara Faye Lethem, follows a transgender woman in Madrid, as she embarks on a journey to discover herself amidst the changing landscape of her city in the ‘80s and ‘90s.

“This is an important book, one that reminds us of the often painful and treacherous reality of growing up trans,” Lipa says. “This is a book to savor.”

Lipa’s first young adult pick follows Sephy and Callum, childhood friends who begin a romance in a parallel society, in which Black citizens (Crosses) are the ruling class and White citizens (Noughts) are seen as second-class. “Like many people my age, I was partly raised by Malorie Blackman,” Lipa says. “She creates worlds you want to carry with you and each story encourages its young readers to ask the important questions in life.”

This gripping historical account explores the conflict in Northern Ireland through the lens of Jean McConville, a woman whose abduction and murder kicked off a national conversation about violence within the country.

Lipa calls this book “a masterclass in the art of the ‘nonfiction novel.’”

Told through a letter between lovers Ludwik and Janusz, this moving novel set against 1980s Communist Poland interweaves forbidden love with a fraught political moment in Europe’s history.

“It’s poetic and tender, burning with a quiet rage at the persecution the LGBTQ+ community in Poland has suffered for decades and continues to fight against today,” Lipa says.

The lead singer of indie rock project Japanese Breakfast shares a new, personal look at her life away from music. In this moving memoir, written with “raw honesty,” Zauner reflects on her Korean American identity, and her complicated relationship with her mother, who died from cancer in 2014. An ode to grief, food and family.

Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows a wealthy Manhattan couple throughout the 1920s and ‘30s, and is told through a variety of formats: a novel, a memoir and a journal, to name a few.

“I was obsessed and you might just be too,” Lipa says of the book .

The author of The Kite Runner pens “an illuminating story of the cultural and political history of Afghanistan” with this novel, says Lipa. The book follows two Kabul women whose lives become connected through war and fate.

While chosen for Lipa’s January read, Emma Cline’s second novel is the perfect addition to your beach bag this summer. The novel follows the misadventures of a young woman, and her relationship with an older man, leading up to a Labor Day party. It “shimmers with tension” and “flirts with danger,” according to Lipa.

Bennett’s acclaimed second novel follows the Vignes twins — two sisters who are Black, one of whom is White-passing, and the lives they live as adults. Lipa says the book “brilliantly surfaces a multitude of questions about race, class and gender.”

Lipa calls this classic family saga “irresistible.” Bonus material for the book includes a conversation with the late author’s son and more information about the 1928 Colombia Banana Massacre , which inspired scenes in the sprawling, seminal novel.

A musician’s memoir feels fitting for Lipa, who announced Just Kids , her only nonfiction pick so far, as her September book. Legendary punk singer and poet Patti Smith details her life as a young artist in 1960s and 1970s New York City, as well as her treasured friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, in this National Book Award-winning autobiography.

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This 2006 novel , which takes place during the Nigerian Civil War (also known as the Biafran War) follows multiple characters as they navigate love and relationships during a time of political unrest. Lipa calls this book one of “love, jealousy, infidelity and forgiveness,” and author Adichie also wrote an exclusive essay about the importance of Igbo culture and language in writing.

Set in both Korea and Japan, Pachinko follows four generations of a Korean family, as well as their experiences with identity, womanhood and colonialism. Author Min Jin Lee was interested in the history of Koreans in Japan, as well as the popular game Pachinko, and writes about how these inspirations helped inform her novel.

Lipa has “a thing for heartbreaking books,” she said about her June pick. Shuggie Bain , set in Thatcher-era, working-class Scotland, focuses on the relationship between young Hugh (nicknamed Shuggie) and his alcoholic mother, Agnes. Bonus book club material includes a playlist inspired by the book’s Glasgow setting , which is also author Douglas Stuart’s hometown.

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Source: Lifestyle