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“So immersive, exciting, and downright fabulous, you never want it to end.”—Oprah DailyThe multimillion-copy-selling author of The Help returns with a bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what’s rightfully theirs—and the power of friendship to change everything.Oxford, Mississippi, 1933.Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable "big girls" at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed.Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she’s left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister’s seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies.Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates—and Meg’s—converge, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan for them to take control of their lives. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women’s freedom is fragile, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences.The Calamity Club will make you laugh, cry, and cheer—an epic testament to underestimated women who know that calamity can be the spark of new beginnings. This is Kathryn Stockett at her most confident, heartfelt, and hilarious—the triumphant return of one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. Read more
Listening Length: 28 hours and 44 minutes
Author: Kathryn Stockett
Narrator: Jenna Lamia, January LaVoy
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Audible.com Release Date: May 05, 2026
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau by Spotify Audiobooks
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Language: English
ASIN: B0FTB8MDVN
Best Sellers Rank: #2 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1 in Historical Fiction (Books) #1 in Historical Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #1 in Friendship Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
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Format: Kindle
Excellent. I read The Help on a whim all those years ago and was spellbound by the author's ability to weave a complex story across multiple narrators. When I'd heard that her second novel was coming out, I added it to my library wishlist as fast as I could. Then, the second I got word it was available, I couldn't help but immediately dive in... and, because her first novel made such an impression upon me, I had so much trust in the author's ability to deliver a story that I hadn't even bothered to read the blurb. Going in blind into the Calamity Club was a discovery! I was charmed, entertained, amused, and once again, spellbound by Stockett's ability to shift between narrators. One, a somewhat sheltered but very bright and kindhearted woman Birdie. And the other, a charming and very intelligent 11-year-old seemingly orphaned girl, Meg. But beyond this, her ability to weave together a story featuring the fringes of society, giving people -- women, of various walks of life -- a voice in an era where women might have the vote, but are still subjected to a variety of society norms, laws, and double standards, is still very compelling. I adored Meg, and I was so invested in seeing how things would turn out for her. And the strong female cast that Stockett features here only adds to the story's strengths. Having read a few comments here on length, while I agree the story is a little long and the try-fail cycle of getting the underground business off the ground may feel pointless for some, it didn't bother me and only served to showcase the strength of the women. There were so many characters in this book that one could examine closer, from the aching pain of Rory's story to the quiet pain of the accidental loss of someone struggling with emotional struggles and alcoholism to the desperation of destitution, and the lengths one might go just to survive. There's so much within these pages to mine and consider, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. My only critique is that I felt it ended so abruptly! I wanted just one further chapter, a glimpse of Meg's future... Still: an excellent read, and the Acknowledgements/Author's Note on the research involved in this one was one that made me think about how far we've come... and the direction of where we might go in the future.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2026 by Chazza Everafter
Format: Hardcover
You will not find a single spoiler in this review. You will not even find many facts about the plot, because you have already seen those from the publisher, the author, or the bookseller. All the people whose job is to convince you to buy the book, as they convinced me. My only vested interest is to let you know whether or not this is in my humble opinion worth reading, worth your time. Let me assure you, this is well worth your time. I will also share the truth from a reader who does not regret spending the money on this hardcover. In fact, compared to some recent reads, this one comes in under the mark for money. Is it that good. That is for you to decide as far as stories go. As far as storytelling goes, Kathryn Stockett has officially landed in my top five favorite authors. She can spin a tale, keep you turning pages, and braid multiple storylines together so they meet cleanly in the end. She handles a large cast of characters with depth, history, and personality, and somehow you remember every single one because they are written to be exactly that. Memorable. She takes you on a ride that is equal parts sharp, funny, painful, and honest. She throws truths in your face that you may not want to look at, and if you are old enough to remember the echoes of the time she is writing about, you will feel them. I am 65, and while I was too young to understand it then, I know now that fiction is sometimes the closest thing we have to the truth. This novel may be labeled fiction, but it is as close to fact as a story can get, wrapped in humor, heart, and those Southern idioms that hit harder than they first appear. The first time I read “She is like a one armed wallpaper hanger,” I laughed, then stopped and thought about how much weight that little phrase carried. While I didn’t read that one here, it’s the same kind of funny and somewhat true phrases she turns. I will not say this is the best story I have ever read, because it is not. But it is absolutely worth reading, and it is entertaining enough that even compared to the best books I have ever held in my hands, this one earns a place in my top ten. For a woman who has been reading for well over 60 years, that is saying something. The first thing that stands out is what I call readability. It flows. You sit down with this six hundred page brick of a book, and before your first bathroom break you are already a third of the way through and half the day has disappeared. I may be from New York, but somewhere along the way this book gave me a Mississippi accent in my writing. Not in my voice, but in the rhythm of the words. I keep reminding myself that speaking properly and turning a verse are not the same thing. And six hundred pages is not enough. I wanted more. I wanted every character to keep going, to get what they deserved, good or bad. But I suspect the author had given all she had to give by the time the final truths came to light. This is light reading on a deep level. If that does not make sense now, it will once you finish. It is deep in the way that gives your mind something to chew on long after you close the book. In today’s political climate, this story will matter even more. Future writers will do what Stockett has done here. They will tell the truth about times that textbooks prefer to soften or skip. If you read this book and do not enjoy it for its storytelling but also do not feel the sting of the injustices woven through it, then plainly speaking, you are part of the problem and not part of the solution. Kathryn Stockett knows how to turn a phrase. Maybe it is because she grew up in Mississippi, or maybe she is simply gifted at her craft. Either way, it works. This story twists, turns, entertains, and reminds you that your twenty dollars were well spent. A right fine read!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2026 by NONNA of 8
Format: Kindle
There is an exceptionally fine novel buried inside The Calamity Club. Kathryn Stockett returns to Mississippi, this time in 1933, with humor and heartbreak, socialites and orphans, the haves and have-nots of Depression-era Oxford, and no shortage of stubborn faith that the overlooked and the outcast might just outwit them all. What Stockett does best here she does very well indeed. The alternating voices of Birdie and Meg are the book’s greatest achievement. Both women are drawn with compassion and psychological depth, their chapters carrying an uncommon intimacy that feels authentic rather than performed. Birdie in particular is a remarkable literary creation: a woman navigating impossible social pressures with a dignity that never tips into sentimentality. When the book is working, the best of Stockett’s writing works with heart-rending force. The pity is that her story takes too long to find its footing, and in the final pages, she rushes to a close before earning the cohesive ending the novel deserves. Strengths: Voice, History, and a Dickensian Canvas The novel’s historical subject matter is handled with considerable courage. The eugenics program operating in the background of the story, and the involuntary sterilizations that form its dark moral center, are presented without sensationalism. Stockett understands the power dynamics at work and the way economic vulnerability, race, and gender intersect to make certain women invisible and therefore expendable. This is not comfortable reading, but it is important reading, and the book is most alive when it leans into this material. There is also something genuinely Dickensian in Stockett’s ambition here. The novel peoples its world with a richly drawn ensemble: none more memorable than Mrs. Garnett Pittman, the sadistic orphanage director, who arrives on the page fully formed in her menace and self-righteousness. Like the great villains of Dickens, she is both larger than life and entirely believable, a creature of institution and appetite. The social panorama Stockett constructs — the interweaving plots, the gallery of vivid secondary characters, the dark humor lurking at the edges of respectable society — owes something to that tradition, and wears the debt well. Equally impressive is the portrayal of the women who work in the town’s brothel. Stockett refuses the dual traps of romanticizing or moralizing their circumstances, their choices rendered as the practical calculations of women with few options and considerable survival intelligence. The compassion with which they are drawn is one of the book’s true moral accomplishments. The sense of time and place is another of the book’s real strengths. Oxford, Mississippi in 1933 is evoked with sensory confidence: the heat, the social rituals, the particular textures of a small Southern university town in the Depression. When the atmosphere is working, it functions almost as a third character. Weaknesses: Editing, Pacing, and the Sophomore Problem And yet. The book needed a great editor, and the evidence suggests it did not fully have one. The opening chapters are quite confusing, with a point-of-view structure that takes too long to establish itself and an ensemble of characters introduced too quickly to distinguish. Several readers will put the book down in those early pages, as I almost did, but Stockett shares in the blame for that. The dialogue, Stockett’s signature strength, becomes a liability here. Conversations that illuminate character are welcome; conversations that go on for six pages because no one was willing to cut them are not. There is a version of this novel that is half as long and twice as good, and one wishes fiercely for it while reading certain middle chapters. The pacing sags badly in the book’s second third, and no amount of historical atmosphere fully rescues those stretches. The ending is the most disappointing element. After the slow accumulation of moral weight in the novel’s best passages, the dénouement arrives with startling haste. Plot threads that deserved careful resolution are tied off briskly, the final pages feeling less like a conclusion than a deadline met. There is also, it must be said, a certain commercial gravity at work. After the enormous success of The Help and its beloved film adaptation, Stockett’s sophomore novel carries the burden of expectation in ways that seem to have shaped the choices made here. The book sometimes feels designed to satisfy rather than to challenge, to deliver recognizable pleasures rather than extend its author’s range. That is not the worst failure a novel can have, but it is a real one. The Help succeeded because it felt like a book Stockett had to write. The Calamity Club sometimes feels like a book she was under contract to deliver. The Bottom Line Four stars, honestly earned. The best passages here are as good as anything Stockett has written. Birdie and Meg deserve the attention of readers who care about women’s historical fiction, the intersection of race, gender, and economic power in America, and the long shadow of eugenics still hovering over us today. The novel’s moral gravity is real, if not always matched by its execution. The Calamity Club is a flawed, frequently compelling, occasionally frustrating reading experience — recommended with real enthusiasm for what it achieves, and high hopes for what comes next.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2026 by TNScones
Format: Kindle
It was really hard to put this book down. Each character brought such vibrancy, making them seem so real. The trials that each character dealt with were so interesting and how they were connected to one another truly made the story! This book was warm, humorous, and heart-wrenching. I loved it and highly recommend it. It’ll be one I will think about for a long time!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2026 by Susan
Format: Hardcover
Some authors have a true gift of detail, character development and story telling. Stockett is one such author. So far above the rest. I am thoroughly enjoying her book, and because of her talent it will stay with me for a long, long time. Her writing draws you way into the big picture. Thank you for the care you took in telling this story. And today I finished this book. Yes, we see many good authors, but few as great as this one. I am keeping this hardback in my stack of favorites. It is remarkable character development, detailing, layering and storytelling. Thanks again. My daughter said,”You should read ‘The Help.’”
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Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2026 by TC Gal
Format: Kindle
The Calamity Club drew me in from the very start. What a rich, beautifully written story, filled with pathos (sometimes heart-wrenchingly so) and even humor in the face of difficulties. The embedded historical facts that affected women in particular are unconscionable. The strength of Meg, Birdie, Charlie, and others while navigating one calamitous challenge after another is inspiring. The characters are so multifaceted and wonderfully developed, I felt almost as though I knew them personally. I even found myself thinking a lot about them each time I put the book down (which was hard to!). I was sorry when finally finished. Thank you, Kathryn, for writing this utterly engaging story. I fully expect to see it brought to the screen some day, as with The Help!!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2026 by MJS
Format: Kindle
I loved reading this book. Kathryn Stockett is such an amazing storyteller. Each character is carefully and thoughtfully developed and you grow to love each one and even somehow you can feel sorry for the villain. It is moving, funny, tragic, uplifting all at once. Even though it is a pretty long book, I cannot imagine having to pare it down without losing its story.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2026 by G. Nutt
Format: Kindle
Absolutely fabulous and wonderfully engaging book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. The author demonstrated her immense and undeniable talent in her previous work, The Help, and now she has showcased that same remarkable ability once again in The Calamity Club. I especially love and appreciate her masterful use of different dialects and varied linguistic styles to tell her compelling story and bring her characters to life. I genuinely wish that she would write and publish more than just two novels over the span of seventeen years, as her talent deserves to be shared with readers more frequently.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2026 by Donna T