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May 7, 2024 · Oprah has been recommending has been recommending her favorite books to readers via Oprah’s Book Club since 1996. Here's the complete list.
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- "The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois" by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers. Available on Amazon and Bookshop from $21.38. The great scholar W. E. B. Du Bois once wrote about the problem of race in America, and what he called "Double Consciousness," a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive.
- "The Sweetness of Water" by Nathan Harris. Available on Amazon and Bookshop from $14. In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry — freed by the Emancipation Proclamation — seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle.
- "Gilead" by Marilynne Robinson. Available on Amazon and Bookshop from $10.49. In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears.
- "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson. Available on Amazon and Bookshop from $12.49. In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.
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- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. "This story changed the way I see what it means to be a migrant in a whole new way," Oprah said of American Dirtby Jeanine Cummins, her latest Apple Book Club pick.
- Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout. Oprah selected Olive, Againas her Apple Book Club pick because she fell in love the with prickly protagonist "despite her flaws."
- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. For her first selection of the new chapter of Oprah's Book Club with Apple, Oprah selected Ta-Nehisi Coates' first novel, The Water Dancer.
- Becoming by Michelle Obama. "I want the whole world to read this book. I know everyone is already pre-ordering, and if you’re in a book club, you should read it together," Oprah said, announcing her December 2018 selection. "
Aug 22, 2019 · Of the 70 books she recommended on her show between 1996 and 2011, 59 made it onto the USA Today Bestseller List. 22 hit number one – including Tolstoy’s classic, Anna Karenina. Her most-recommended author was Toni Morrison – many of us are so grateful that Oprah helped spotlight her incomparable books.
Sep 17, 2010 · To date, Oprah has chosen 65 selections for her book club. Get the most out of your reading with exclusive Q&A with the authors, character guides, reading questions, quizzes, video and more! Browse the complete Oprah's Book Club book archive, a list of dozens of best-sellers.
Over the next fifteen years, the Oprah book club list expanded to 70 books and became the most famous celebrity book club ever. An Oprah book was distinguished as being a thought-provoking book for you to read.
Oprah's Book Club encourages avid readers to discover new authors and books that ignite conversation. Take a look at Oprah's complete list of recommended books and reviews.
