find out what oprah’s book club is reading right now and see all the oprah winfrey books chosen for her book club list.
In 1996, Oprah Winfrey announced the start of the Oprah Book Club through The Oprah Winfrey Show. Over the next fifteen years, Oprah’s book club list expanded to 70 books and became the most famous celebrity book club of all time. a book by oprah distinguished itself as a thought-provoking book for me to read.
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After a gap of two years, Oprah’s Book Club relaunched in 2012 with Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. The new version of Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club was in collaboration with her magazine and media company. Instead of choosing books every month, Winfrey only chooses titles that speak to her.
You’ll find plenty of intriguing reading among Oprah’s Book Club books. Mixing non-fiction with novels, Oprah’s book club selections are extremely worthy of discussion.
If you’re looking for great book club recommendations, this is your complete guide to Oprah Winfrey’s books.
oprah’s book club 2022
that bird has my wings
jarvis jay teachers
night crawl
mottled leila
find me
viola davis
the path of integrity
marta beck
oprah’s book club 2021
confused
richard powers
the love songs of w.e.b du bois
honore fanonne jeffers
the sweetness of the water
nathan harris
gilead
marilynne robinson
house
marilynne robinson
purple
marilynne robinson
cat
marilynne robinson
oprah’s book club 2020
caste
isabella wilkerson
deacon king kong
james mcbride
hidden valley path
robert colker
american dirt
jeanine cummins
oprah winfrey 2.0 book list
olive, again
elizabeth strout
the water dancer
ta-nehisi coates
become
michelle obama
the sun is shining
anthony ray hinton
an american marriage
tayari jones
here are the dreamers
mbue symbol
warrior of love
glennon doyle melton
the underground railway
colson’s white head
ruby
cynthia link
the invention of wings
sue monk kidd
the twelve tribes of hattie
ayana mathis
wild
cheryl lost
oprah winfrey books
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations by Charles Dickensclassics December 2010
A young orphan’s life changes when he befriends a wealthy spinster and her beautiful adopted daughter. amazon | good reads
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickensclassics December 2010
After 18 years in the Bastille, a French doctor is released to England and is reunited with his daughter Lucie. amazon | good reads
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Freedom by Jonathan Franzencontemporary fiction September 2010
A contemporary look at love and marriage, a novel about a perfect family that is actually falling apart. amazon | good reads
Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpanliterary fiction September 2009
a collection of stories where each one is told through the eyes of a child living in Africa. amazon | good reads
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth by Eckhart Tollenon-fiction January 2008
a spiritual guide that encourages readers to transcend their ego-based state of consciousness and live in the here and now. amazon | good reads
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Folletthistorical fiction November 2007
an epic tale of a 12th century monk driven to build the largest gothic cathedral ever imagined. amazon | good reads
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquezliterary fiction October 2007
Even fifty years later, Florentino will never be able to forget his love for his childhood sweetheart, Fermina. amazon | good reads
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Road by Cormac McCarthyScience Fiction March 2007
A father and son walk down a path trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world in this haunting dystopian novel. amazon | good reads
The Measure of a Man by Sir Sidney Poitier
The Measure of a Man by Sir Sidney Poitiernon-fiction January 2007
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Acclaimed actor Sidney Poitier looks back on his life and career and reflects on what it means to seek the truth. amazon | good reads
Night by Elie Wiesel
Night by Elie Wieselnon-fiction January 2006
The unforgettable memories of a holocaust survivor sent as a teenager to Auschwitz and then to the Buchenwald concentration camps. amazon | good reads
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulknerclassics June 2005
the fall of the compson family, southern aristocrats whose family begins to fall apart and lose its reputation. amazon | good reads
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying by William Faulknerclassics June 2005
The Bundren family travels across Mississippi to bury their mother Addie in Faulkner’s life and love story. amazon | good reads
Light in August by William Faulkner
Light in August by William Faulknerclassics June 2005
The story about the lives of three people in the fictional city of Jefferson, Mississippi, is considered one of Faulkner’s best works. amazon | good reads
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoyclassics May 2004
Married Anna Karenina has an affair with a wealthy army officer that ends up tearing her family apart in this classic Russian tale. amazon | good reads
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullershistorical fiction April 2004
john singer, a deaf and dumb loner, attracts a diverse group of people from his small town in the deep south with his kindness. amazon | good reads
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquezmagical realism January 2004
the struggles of the Buendia family trying to find the balance between the desire for solitude and love. amazon | good reads | more information
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeckclassics June 2003
A retelling of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel that follows two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, in the rich farmlands of California. amazon | good reads
Sula by Toni Morrison
Sula by Toni Morrisoncontemporary fiction April 2002
Two black girls from a small town in Ohio share a secret that will follow them into adulthood and lead them down two very different paths. amazon | good reads
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldcontemporary fiction January 2002
The ups and downs of five generations of the piper family shrouded in family secrets on Cape Breton Island. amazon | good reads
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzencontemporary fiction September 2001
An American family in chaos as the father begins to lose his memory and the adult children grapple with crises of their own. amazon | good reads
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
Cane River by Lalita Tademyhistorical fiction June 2001
an epic story of the journey from slavery to freedom of four generations of black women in rural louisiana. amazon | good reads
Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir
Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkirnon-fiction May 2001
The gripping memoir of a girl who was adopted by the King of Morocco at age five and eventually imprisoned in a desert jail for years. amazon | good reads
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oatescontemporary fiction January 2001
As an adult, Judd Mulvaney tries to piece together what precipitated his family’s decline in glory. amazon | good reads
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus IIIliterary fiction November 2000
A recovering addict tries to hold on to her family’s home from a new immigrant who is trying to buy it. amazon | good reads
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarzhistorical fiction September 2000
In 1919, the drowning of a woman in rural Wisconsin affects the lives of the family members she left behind. amazon | good reads
Open House by Elizabeth Berg
Open House by Elizabeth Bergcontemporary fiction August 2000
A recently divorced woman raising a teenage son opens her home to boarders to help make her mortgage payments. amazon | good reads
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
While I Was Gone by Sue Millercontemporary fiction May 2000
Perfect mom, Jo Becker is forced to come to terms with the secrets of her past when an old housemate resurfaces. amazon | good reads
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrisonliterary fiction April 2000
An eleven-year-old black girl desperately wants blue eyes in Morrison’s first novel set in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio. amazon | good reads
Back Roads by Tawni O’Dell
Back Roads by Tawni O’Dellcontemporary fiction March 2000
With her mother in jail, nineteen-year-old Harley Altmeyer must raise her three younger sisters in the woods of Pennsylvania. amazon | good reads
Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
Gap Creek by Robert Morganhistorical fiction January 2000
a young and strong woman tries to understand the world as a newly married woman who fights against mother nature and human nature. amazon | good reads
A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton
A Map of the World by Jane Hamiltoncontemporary fiction December 1999
When their neighbor’s daughter drowns in their pool, the Goodwin family is torn apart when old accusations surface. amazon | good reads
Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay
Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansaycontemporary fiction November 1999
Forced by her husband’s unemployment, Ellen Grier moves her family to live with her in-laws, whose strict faith stifles her free spirit. amazon | good reads
Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
Tara Road by Maeve Binchycontemporary fiction September 1999
two women, one from ireland and one from america, move house during a summer that brings surprises for each. amazon | good reads
Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
Mother of Pearl by Melinda Hayneshistorical fiction June 1999
In 1950s Mississippi, a black man and the white daughter of the town prostitute grapple with racism and small town life. amazon | good reads
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
White Oleander by Janet Fitchcontemporary fiction May 1999
The story of Ingrid, a beautiful poet imprisoned for murder, and her daughter Astrid, who floats into foster homes in Los Angeles. amazon | good reads
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
The Reader by Bernhard Schlinkhistorical fiction February 1999
examining the relationship of a fifteen-year-old boy with a woman twice his age in post-war Germany. amazon | good reads
Jewel by Bret Lott
Jewel by Bret Lottliterary fiction January 1999
When their fifth child is born with autism, Brenda and Leston learn that while she offers unique challenges, their little girl is truly a blessing. amazon | good reads
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Where the Heart Is by Billie Lettsliterary fiction December 1998
a pregnant teen dumped by her boyfriend in sequoyah, oklahoma discovers the kindness of the deeply caring townspeople. amazon | good reads
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
Midwives by Chris Bohjalianthriller October 1998
In 1981, a rural Vermont midwife is tried for murder for performing an emergency C-section on a mother. amazon | good reads
I Know THis Much is True by Wally Lamb
I Know THis Much is True by Wally Lambcontemporary fiction June 1998
In Three Rivers, Connecticut, Dominick Birdsey battles his twin brother’s paranoid schizophrenia. amazon | good reads
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticatliterary fiction May 1998
A twelve-year-old girl is forced to leave Haiti and move to New York to live with a mother she barely remembers. amazon | good reads
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlencontemporary fiction April 1998
A woman runs away from her abusive husband to start a new life with her young son, always worried that her husband will find them. amazon | good reads
Paradise by Toni Morrison
Paradise by Toni Morrisonliterary fiction January 1998
the battle between two communities, one matriarchal and one patriarchal, explores race relations in oklahoma. amazon | good reads
The Treasure Hunt by Bill Cosby
The Treasure Hunt by Bill Cosbychildren December 1997
a children’s story by comedian bill cosby about a boy who searches his room for treasure and discovers that his loved ones are the real treasure.
The Best Way to Play by Bill Crosby
The Best Way to Play by Bill Crosbychildren December 1997
a children’s story from comedian bill cosby about a boy who desperately wants a video game and finds it pales in comparison to his own imagination.
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbonsliterary fiction October 1997
ellen foster, an eleven-year-old girl in the rural south, plots the death of her abusive father after the death of her mother. amazon | good reads
The Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Crosby
The Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Crosbychildren September 1997
a children’s story by comedian bill cosby about a boy who faces peer pressure when his friends play a game where they say mean things to other kids.
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gainesliterary fiction September 1997
A school teacher befriends an incarcerated black man after being the sole survivor of a store shooting that killed a white man. amazon | good reads
The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelounon-fiction May 1997
maya angelou recounts her journey moving to new york to fully embrace her life as a writer in harlem. amazon | good reads
The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynoldsliterary fiction April 1997
A fifteen-year-old girl fears the wrath of her grandfather, leader of an ultra-conservative Christian group, if he finds out that she is pregnant. amazon | good reads
Stones From the River by Ursula Hegi
Stones From the River by Ursula Hegihistorical fiction February 1997
A World War II novel about a German woman born with dwarfism who learns that everyone is unique in their own way. amazon | good reads
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamiltoncontemporary fiction November 1996
the story of ruth, who was raised by a disillusioned mother and eventually marries an abusive husband. amazon | good reads
The Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Song of Solomon by Toni Morrisonliterary fiction October 1996
the coming-of-age story of the death of macon “milkman”, the son of the richest black family in a small southern town. amazon | good reads
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchardcontemporary fiction September 1996
oprah’s book club top pick about a family struggling to cope with their worst nightmare: the disappearance of a child. amazon | good reads
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