The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club: A Novel

by Jojo Moyes

416 pages, Paperback

Published November 18, 2025

About the author

Jojo Moyes is a British novelist.

Moyes studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University and subsequently worked for The Independent for 10 years. In 2001 she became a full time novelist.

Moyes' novel Foreign Fruit won the Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) Romantic Novel of the Year in 2004.

She is married to journalist Charles Arthur and has three children.

Reviews

[Ashley Brooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Giver of Stars is a beautiful story about the strength and power in female friendships. It creates a story of women from an historical time who had to take great courage and agency to accomplish what they did. It reminds us of the importance and beauty of community, friendship, and the families we create. An excellent, and important read, that shows us how little we have progressed in 120 years, and inspires us to find our own strength and move forward to a better future.

[Amanda Olson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like historical fiction so this book was wonderful for me. If you like Kristin Hannah's The Women, this book is for you. I liked the characters and that it is based on real events. I liked the ending but I wish it could have said a little more. I have a couple questions. My only complaint is almost over hypes one area of "married love".