Jenna Bush Hager

**Jenna Welch Hager** (née **Bush**; born November 25, 1981) is an American news personality, author, and journalist. She is the co-host of _Today with Jenna & Friends_, the fourth morning news program of _Today._ Hager is the daughter of the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. Hager is also a granddaughter of the 41st president of the United States, George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush.

## Book Club: Read with Jenna

In March 2019 on the Today Show, Hager introduced her book club Read with Jenna.

### Book Club Picks

|**Featured Month**|**Book** **Title**|**Author**|
| --- | --- | --- |
|December 2025|_Pride and Prejudice_|Jane Austen|
|November 2025|_Cursed Daughters_|Oyinkan Braithwaite|
|October 2025|_The Irish Goodbye_|Heather Aimee O'Neill|
|September 2025|_Buckeye_|Patrick Ryan|
|August 2025|_My Other Heart_|Emma Nanami Strenner|
|July 2025|_Happy Wife_|Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores|
|June 2025|_A Family Matter_|Claire Lynch|
|May 2025|_The Names_|Florence Knapp|
|April 2025|_Heartwood_|Amity Gaige|
|March 2025|_The Dream Hotel_|Leila Lalami|
|February 2025|_This is a Love Story_|Jessica Soffer|
|January 2025|_The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus_|Emma Knight|
|December 2024|_Devotions_|Mary Oliver|
|November 2024|_This Motherless Land_|Nikki May|
|October 2024|_The Mighty Red_|Louise Erdrich|
|September 2024|_Blue Sisters_|Coco Mellors|
|August 2024|_The Wedding People_|Alison Espach|
|July 2024|_All the Colors of the Dark_|Chris Whitaker|
|June 2024|_Swift River_|Essie Chambers|
|May 2024|_Real Americans_|Rachel Khong|
|April 2024|_Husbands_|Holly Gramazio|
|March 2024|_The House on Mango Street_|Sandra Cisneros|
|March 2024|_The Great Divide_|Cristina Henriquez|
|February 2024|_Good Material_|Dolly Alderton|
|January 2024|_The Waters_|Bonnie Jo Campbell|
|December 2023|_We Must Not Think of Ourselves_|Lauren Grodstein|
|November 2023|_The Sun Sets in Singapore_|Kehinde Fadipe|
|October 2023|_How to Say Babylon_|Safiya Sinclair|
|September 2023|_Amazing Grace Adams_|Fran Littlewood|
|August 2023|_Summer Sisters_|Judy Blume|
|July 2023|_Banyan Moon_|Thai Thao|
|June 2023|_The Celebrants_|Steven Rowley|
|May 2023|_Chain-Gang All-Stars_|Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah|
|April 2023|_Camp Zero_|Michelle Min Sterling|
|March 2023|_Black Candle Women_|Diane Marie Brown|
|February 2023|_Maame_|Jessica George|
|January 2023|_Sam_|Allegra Goodman|
|December 2022|_The Secret History_|Donna Tartt|
|November 2022|_The Cloisters_|Katy Hays|
|October 2022|_The Whalebone Theatre_|Joanna Quinn|
|September 2022|_Solito_|Javier Zamora|
|August 2022|_The Many Daughters of Afong_|Jamie Ford|
|July 2022|_The Measure_|Nikki Erlick|
|June 2022|_These Impossible Things_|Salma El-Wardany|
|May 2022|_Remarkably Bright Creatures_|Shelby Van Pelt|
|April 2022|_Memphis_|Tara M. Stringfellow|
|March 2022|_Groundskeeping_|Lee Cole|
|February 2022|_Black Cake_|Charmaine Wilkerson|
|January 2022|_The School for Good Mothers_|Jessamine Chan|
|December 2021|_Bright Burning Things_|Lisa Harding|
|November 2021|_The Family_|Naomi Krupitsky|
|October 2021|_The Lincoln Highway_|Amor Towles|
|September 2021|_Beautiful Country_|Qian Julie Wang|
|August 2021|_The Turnout_|Megan Abbott|
|July 2021|_Hell of a Book_|Jason Mott|
|June 2021|_Malibu Rising_|Taylor Jenkins Reid|
|May 2021|_Great Circle_|Maggie Shipstead|
|April 2021|_Good Company_|Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney|
|March 2021|_What's Mine and Yours_|Naima Coster|
|February 2021|_Send for Me_|Lauren Fox|
|February 2021|_The Four Winds_|Kristin Hannah|
|January 2021|_Black Buck_|Mateo Askaripour|
|December 2020|_The Bluest Eye_|Toni Morrison|
|November 2020|_White Ivy_|Susie Yang|
|October 2020|_Leave the World Behind_|Rumaan Alam|
|September 2020|_Transcendent Kingdom_|Yaa Gyasi|
|August 2020|_Here For It_|R. Eric Thomas|
|August 2020|_The Comeback_|Ella Berman|
|July 2020|_Friends and Strangers_|J. Courtney Sullivan|
|June 2020|_A Burning_|Megha Majumdar|
|May 2020|_All Adults Here_|Emma Straub|
|April 2020|_Valentine_|Elizabeth Wetmore|
|March 2020|_Writers & Lovers_|Lily King|
|February 2020|_The Girl With the Louding Voice_|Abi Daré|
|January 2020|_Dear Edward_|Ann Napolitano|
|December 2019|_Late Migrations_|Margaret Renkl|
|November 2019|_Nothing to See Here_|Kevin Wilson|
|October 2019|_The Dutch House_|Ann Patchett|
|September 2019|_The Dearly Beloved_|Cara Wall|
|August 2019|_Patsy_|Nicole Dennis-Benn|
|July 2019|_Evvie Drake Starts Over_|Linda Holmes|
|June 2019|_Searching for Sylvie Lee_|Jean Kwok|
|May 2019|_A Woman Is No Man_|Etaf Rum|
|April 2019|_The Unwinding of the Miracle_|Julie Yip-Williams|
|March 2019|_The Last Romantics_|Tara Conklin|

In 2022, Hager expanded her book list to children's reading, called Read with Jenna Jr.

In September 2023, Hager introduced the podcast she hosts, "Open Book with Jenna," wherein she interviews authors.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jenna Bush Hager
- **image**: Jenna Bush Hager 2017 2.jpg
- **caption**: Hager in 2017
- **birth name**: Jenna Welch Bush
- **birth place**: Dallas, Texas, U.S.
- **alma mater**: University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
- **years active**: 2000–present
- **television**: _Today (U.S. TV program), Today_ correspondent (2009–present)
_Today with Jenna & Friends_ co-anchor (2019–present)
- **party**: Independent politician, Independent
- **children**: 3
- **relatives**: Barbara Bush (born 1981), Barbara Bush
- **family**: Bush family