A Complete Guide to Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club Picks

"The Dictionary of Lost Words" by Pip Williams ($11)

• What it's about: This book follows a girl named Esme, who grows up among scholars working to put together the first Oxford English Dictionary. When she starts discovering words that are being left out of the dictionary, though, Esme decides to do her best to chronicle stories that often remain untold.
• What Witherspoon says: "'The Dictionary of Lost Words' by Pip Williams, is a beautiful exploration of history and the power of language. For anybody who loves words and celebrates them, this subversive story weaves together love, loss and literature in a perfectly lyrical way."