Natalie Portman’s October Book Club Pick Is a ‘Wickedly Entertaining’ Spy Novel & It’s on Major Sale Today

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So, did you know that Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman has a book club? If you didn’t know that before, you definitely do now, and her October 2024 Book Club pick is something readers can’t get enough of (and it’s on sale)!

On Oct 1, Portman shared a rare selfie to the Instagram account @natsbookclub. She shared the selfie showing her book club pick: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner. The caption read, “I can’t wait for us all to read the new Rachel Kushner — a novel about a secret agent sent to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists in rural France. #OctoberBookPick @realrachelkushner.”

And like we said, it’s on major sale on Amazon.

The novel Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner is a 416-page psychological fiction novel that’s about an American spy who does dirty work in France and specifically checks on the anarchist, rural commune of French subversives. There’s love, a charismatic leader, and more that complicated the mission.

Described as both darkly humorous and “wickedly entertaining” by The Guardian, this new release has earned high praise from both readers and critics alike. Along with that, it’s a NYT bestseller, shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, and longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award.

And for a very limited time, it’s nearly 25 percent off.

Other books Portman has given her stamp of approval to are Get the Picture by Bianca Bosker, Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, Parade by Rachel Cusk, and Swimming in Paris: A Life in Three Stories by Colombe Schneck, to name a few.

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