Lauren Reid
Community & Membership Manager
Welcomes new members, keeps readers engaged, manages the community, and encourages participation in discussions.
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authors, and stories
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About the Club
Welcome to The Executive Book Club.
The Executive Book Club is a promotional and reader-engagement platform that connects authors with an active community of readers through curated book features, author spotlights, and meaningful conversations. More than a traditional reading group, we are a growing literary and book discovery community focused on connecting readers with diverse stories and fresh voices.
With a community of 15,000+ active readers across the US, UK, Australia, South and West Africa, alongside a growing global audience, we introduce members to books across a wide range of genres, helping them discover stories they may not have encountered otherwise.
At the heart of our community are our weekly virtual reader meetings, where members come together to discuss books, exchange perspectives, and explore themes, characters, and ideas in depth. These sessions create a welcoming space built around genuine connection and a shared love of storytelling.
We also host Author Spotlight sessions, giving authors the opportunity to meet readers through live, interactive discussions. These sessions allow members to learn more about the book, its inspiration, and the creative process behind it.
Before officially introducing a book to our community and recommending it to members, we host a Spotlight session with the author. This creates a more personal connection between readers and the story while making the overall reading experience more engaging.
Following each Spotlight, members can share their reviews, thoughts, and reflections, helping extend the book's visibility and encourage further engagement on platforms such as Goodreads.
Our goal is simple: to help readers discover meaningful stories while giving authors the opportunity to reach an engaged audience, receive valuable feedback, and build lasting relationships with readers.
At The Executive Book Club, stories are celebrated, conversations matter, and readers and authors connect.
15,000+
Engaged readers across five continents and growing every week.
“At The Executive Book Club, stories bring us together — and the conversations they spark keep us coming back, page after page, season after season.”
The Founder
About The Founder
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Jasmine Wampler
Founder & Creator
Jasmine Wampler, the creator of The Executive Book Club, fell in love with reading when she was very young. Over time, her personal enthusiasm for books evolved into a mission to motivate others to read and exchange thoughts. With this goal in mind, she established The Executive Book Club as a space for individuals who value the impact of books, thoughtful conversations, and ongoing learning. Through this endeavor, she aims to foster a richer reading culture and create a community where knowledge and stories are shared.
Our Team
Our Top Team & Host
Priya & Riya Nair
Facilitator
Guides book discussions and creates an engaging space where members can freely share ideas and perspectives.
James Whitfield
Reviews & Reader Engagement Manager
Coordinates reader reviews, gathers feedback, and encourages meaningful engagement with featured books across the community and platforms like Goodreads.
Elena Marlowe
Curator
Carefully selects and recommends books that inspire learning, creativity, and thoughtful conversation.
Thandiwe Mokoena
Creative Team
They collaborate closely with hosts and organizers to produce polished event assets, timely announcements, and consistent branding that elevates the member experience. They help ensure every update, from countdowns to notifications, feels intentional, informative, and on-brand.
Hillary Salvation
C.F.O. — Chief Financial Officer [Manager]
Hillary Salvation is the Chief Financial Officer (Manager) at The Executive Book Club working alongside KAYBEE to oversee financial operations and receive payments for our event-scheduling author spotlight programme. Hillary manages financial controls, tracks key metrics, and supports strategic decisions that strengthen membership engagement across upcoming discussions, Meet the Author sessions, reader impact spotlights, and special announcements. Committed to responsible financial stewardship, Hillary helps ensure every event is supported by careful planning, transparency, and long-term stability.
The Curated Shelf
Books our members are reading.
Fantasy
The Library of Broken Worlds
Alaya Dawn Johnson
A dazzling fantasy about a girl who discovers a library where every book is a world — and someone is destroying them one by one.
Fiction
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived.
Literary Fiction
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
A modern love story about two friends, often in love but never lovers, who become creative partners in the world of video game design.
Fantasy
The House in the Cerulean Sea
T.J. Klune
A magical, warm-hearted story about a caseworker who discovers an orphanage of magical children and learns what it means to build a home.
Literary Fiction
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
A modern retelling of David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, told by a boy born to a teenaged single mother.
Historical Fantasy
Babel
R.F. Kuang
An orphan boy is brought to London's Royal Institute of Translation, where he discovers the dark underpinnings of empire and language.
Author of the Month
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Ethan McKenzie
Canadian Novelist & Literary Storyteller
Featured BookLost Between the Lines
Ethan McKenzie is a Canadian novelist whose work explores the quiet spaces between identity, memory, relationships, and the choices that shape who we become. His writing blends emotional depth with thoughtful storytelling, inviting readers to look beyond what is written and discover the stories hidden between the lines.
“Sometimes the chapters that change us most are the ones we never knew we were writing.”
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Featured Reads
June – July featured reads.
Fiction
The Light Between Words
by Amara Okonkwo
A luminous debut about memory, identity, and the stories we tell to survive.
Set across two continents and three generations, this novel weaves a tapestry of voices that ask what we carry forward and what we leave behind. A moving exploration of diaspora, belonging, and the quiet courage of everyday lives.
About the Author
Amara Okonkwo is a Nigerian-British novelist whose work explores diaspora, memory, and belonging. A graduate of the University of Lagos and the University of East Anglia, her short fiction has appeared in Granta and The Paris Review. The Light Between Words is her debut novel.
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Non-Fiction
The Art of Stillness
by Daniel Hartwell
Why reclaiming focus is the most radical act of our time.
A rigorous and deeply human investigation into how attention shapes our reality. Drawing on neuroscience, philosophy, and personal narrative, Hartwell makes a compelling case for reclaiming focus in an age of endless distraction.
About the Author
Daniel Hartwell is a science journalist and former editor at Nature. He holds a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from University College London and writes on attention, technology, and the human mind. The Art of Stillness is his third book.
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Historical Fiction
Letters from the Rue de Sévigné
by Margaux Lefèvre
Some stories are too dangerous to remain untold.
Paris, 1942. A young librarian discovers a hidden archive of letters that could change the course of the war. A sweeping, emotionally rich novel about courage, complicity, and the power of the written word.
About the Author
Margaux Lefèvre is a French historian turned novelist. After two decades researching the French Resistance, she turned to fiction to bring those stories to a wider audience. Letters from the Rue de Sévigné is her first novel in English.
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Memoir
The Long Way Home
by James A. Whitfield
A life measured not in achievements, but in the people who shaped it.
From a small town in the American South to the halls of global finance, Whitfield's memoir is a meditation on ambition, family, and the cost of success. Honest, lyrical, and ultimately hopeful.
About the Author
James A. Whitfield spent thirty years in global finance before turning to writing. A native of Macon, Georgia, he holds an MBA from Wharton and now writes full-time from his home in Charleston. The Long Way Home is his first memoir.
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ANNUAL LITERARY SALON — NEW YORK
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Author Spotlight: In Conversation with a Debut Novelist
100+ Events Hosted
The Executive Book Club has successfully hosted over 100 engaging events, including book discussions, reading sessions, and literary gatherings that bring members together to connect and learn.
Upcoming Events Scheduled & Past Events
From the Archive
Live session highlights.
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Award Winning.
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Celebrating authors whose works have received notable recognition and have made a significant impact in the literary world.
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Essays and field notes for the executive reader — on leading discussions, building community, and reading with intent. Tap any article to open the full write-up.
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