Stephen Curry, Underrated: Powerful, underrepresented stories about defying the odds.Literati currently features 17 Luminaries to choose from, including: Getting started is simple: Just click 'Get Started,' enter your info (first and last name, email, and password), and choose a Luminary. What's more? At the end of the month, the Luminary hosts an online discussion. Then, subscribers are encouraged to read and follow along via the desktop site or Literati app where they can participate in forum-style discussions (all of which are organized by chapter to prevent accidental spoilers) with other members of the book club, watch author interviews, and attend virtual events (which often include an 'Ask the Author' session where members can communicate with the author directly). The Luminary could be a celebrity, influencer, activist, creator, author, artist, etc.Įach Luminary chooses a book each month. Literati is unlike any book subscription box out there in that it allows subscribers to choose a virtual book club based on the 'Luminary' who hosts it. During the lockdown, the company launched a successful line of celebrity-led book clubs-now, Literati features more than 17 book clubs to choose from (all of which are led by a thought leader). A post shared by Literati how it started: Before Literati was an innovative book club subscription, the Austin-based company started as a simple book box subscription for young readers.