More than 17 years after publishing her first novel, author Kathryn Stockett published her second novel, The Calamity Club, in May of 2026 to immense anticipation. The Calamity Club was an instantaneous bestseller, reaching number one on the New York Times list and remaining on the list in some capacity for the past 16 weeks with the likes of Theo of Golden and Yesteryear.
Readers have devoured Stockett’s sophomore novel, placing it on several “Most Read” and bestseller lists since May. On Goodreads, the novel is still ranked number two on its list of the “Most Read Books in the United States” as of this week, with over 25,000 users shelving it as read. So far on the platform, The Calamity Club holds a 4.62 average rating amongst 294,000 ratings. Users commend the novel in their reviews on the site for being a “masterpiece,” “intense,” and a “perfect storm.”
Stockett began working on the novel in 2013, but seven years and 800 pages later, in 2020, she found herself stuck and abandoned the project. After Stockett met Julie Grau, co-founder of the indie publisher Spiegel & Grau, the two began working on the book together for a number of years. Once Stockett’s original publisher canceled her contract, she agreed to publish the work with Spiegel & Grau instead. The Calamity Club was released in 2026, 17 years after Stockett’s smash hit debut, The Help.
View this post on InstagramSet in the era of the Great Depression, The Calamity Club follows three women in 1933. Meg, an orphaned 11-year-old living in an asylum in Lafayette County; Birdie, an outspoken 24-year-old who is trying her best to keep her family afloat; and Charlie, Meg’s mother, who was deemed unfit to care for her and is desperate to find her daughter. The novel follows the ways the three protagonists’s lives converge and explores the meaning of sisterhood, bravery, and what it means to control one’s life.
The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett is out now and available wherever books are sold.
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