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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.
Sep 14, 2021 · The Deep End of the Ocean (1996) On September 17, Oprah announced the creation of Oprah’s Book Club, with Jacquelyn Mitchard’s novel as her first selection. Oprah invited viewers to read along, and the book rocketed to the top of bestseller lists. A book club was born!
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In addition to its place as an Oprah’s Book Club pick, this New York Times bestseller has been shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction. Richard Powers’ Bewilderment tells the story of a father, astrobiologist Theo Byrne, raising his son, Robin, after his wife’s death. As Oprah herself explai...
Another New York Times bestseller, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers‘ The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois has also been longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction and the Aspen Words Literary Prize, shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction, among other accolades. Written by a prolific ...
A selection from President Obama’s summer reading list, winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and holder of other honors including its place in Oprah’s own book club, Nathan Harris’ The Sweetness of Water follows brothers Prentiss and Landry as they work on the Walker Family’s homestead in the aftermath of the Emancipation Pr...
For her first selections of the year, Oprah showcased a quartet of novels by Marilynne Robinson: 2004’s Gilead, 2008’s Home, 2014’s Lila, and 2020’s Jack. This series, described as “is an intergenerational story about faith, race, and love,” introduces readers to the inhabitants of Gilead, Iowa, and the dichotomies of American life. In addition to ...
Episodes & Images. View the latest episode descriptions, premiere dates and download unit photography for Apple Original "Oprah's Book Club" on Apple TV+.
Feb 6, 2020 · 1. 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 Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, her latest Apple Book Club pick. The book follows the journey a woman and her young son take to the United States after their family is murdered in an act of cartel violence.
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Sep 17, 2010 · Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman. Paradise by Toni Morrison. Oprah's Book Club selections 1996–1997. Create your own Oprah's Book Club bookmark. 1997. The Best Way to Play by Bill Cosby. The Treasure Hunt by Bill Cosby. The Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Cosby. A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons.
Sep 17, 2019 · Before there was Reese or Jenna, there was the original book club maven — Oprah. "There is no best life without books," Winfrey wrote on Instagram to mark 25 years of "Oprah's Book Club" in 2021 ...
