Natalie Portman is proud to share her love of reading!

The A-list actress helms the aptly-named Natalie’s Book Club, an online book club for literature lovers worldwide. Each month, Portman announces a new read, and chats with the author in a recorded conversation for followers.

“I try to find books that deepen our understanding of ourselves and of the world around us," Portman says of her selection process on the book club's website .

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“I believe that reading books is one of the first ways we start practicing empathy,” Portman continues. “We feel for characters in stories as we might for ourselves or o

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