Oprah’s Book List + Printable PDF [All 100+ Recommendations & Updated Monthly]
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Discover the most recent book pick for Oprah’s Book List plus see the complete list of all the books (+ printable PDF) that Oprah has chosen for her book club since the very beginning.
While there are now many other “celebrity” book clubs in existence, most of them haven’t been around quite as long as Oprah’s which started in 1996. New titles by celebrated authors have been going on Oprah’s book list now for more than two decades.
The goal of Oprah’s Book Club has always been to connect book lovers with a community of other book lovers. To accomplish that, she chooses every book recommendation for Oprah’s Book List personally and chooses books that inspire thought and conversation.
Some of the books chosen are written by new, emerging authors, while others are already celebrated authors. This gives us, the readers, a chance to find new authors that appeal to us and also to become reacquainted with some that are already well-known.
This list of Oprah’s book recommendations is updated monthly, or as often as Oprah actually recommends a new book for her book list, and is organized with the newest book first.
Contents
- Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#101 + )
- Oprah’s 100th Book Recommendation
- Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#81 – 99)
- Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#61 – 80)
- Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#41 – 60)
- Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#21 – 40)
- Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#1 – 20)
- FAQs About Oprah’s Book List
- Printable PDF Of Oprah’s Book List
- Related Posts on Book Clubs:
Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#101 + )
- #106 – Familiaris by David Wroblewski
- #105 – Long Island by Colm Toibin
- #104 – The Many Lives Of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
- #103 – Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
- #102 – Wellness by Nathan Hill
- #101 – The Covenant Of Water by Abraham Verghese
Oprah’s 100th Book Recommendation
- #100 – Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#81 – 99)
- #99 – Bittersweet by Susan Cain
- #98 – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- #97 – That Bird Has My Wings by Jarvis Jay Masters
- #96 – Nightcrawling by Leila Motley
- #95 – Finding Me by Viola Davis
- #94 – The Way Of Integrity by Martha Beck
- #93 – Bewilderment by Richard Powers
- #92 – The Love Songs Of W.E.B. DuBois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
- #91 – The Sweetness Of Water by Nathan Harris
- #90 – Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- #89 – Home by Marilynne Robinson
- #88 – Lila by Marilynne Robinson
- #87 – Jack by Marilynne Robinson
- #86 – Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
- #85 – Deacon King Kong by James McBride
- #84 – Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind Of An American Family by Robert Kolker
- #83 – American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
- #82 – Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
- #81 – The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#61 – 80)
- #80 – Becoming by Michelle Obama
- #79 – The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
- #78 – An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- #77 – Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
- #76 – Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle
- #75 – The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- #74 – Ruby by Cynthia Bond
- #73 – The Invention Of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- #72 – The Twelve Tribes Of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
- #71 – Wild by Cheryl Strayed
- #70 – A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- #69 – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- #68 – Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
- #67 – Say You’re One Of Them by Uwem Akpan
- #66 – The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
- #65 – A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
- #64 – The Pillars Of the Earth by Ken Follett
- #63 – Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- #62 – Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- #61 – The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#41 – 60)
- #60 – The Measure Of A Man by Sidney Poitier
- #59 – Night by Elie Wiesel
- #58 – A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
- #57 – Light In August by William Faulkner
- #56 – The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
- #55 – As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
- #54 – The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
- #53 – Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- #52 – The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
- #51 – One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- #50 – Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
- #49 – East Of Eden by John Steinbeck
- #48 – Sula by Toni Morrison
- #47 – Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
- #46 – A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
- #45 – The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
- #44 – Cane River by Lalita Tademy
- #43 – Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi
- #42 – Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
- #41 – We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#21 – 40)
- #40 – House Of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
- #39 – Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwartz
- #38 – Open House by Elizabeth Berg
- #37 – The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- #36 – While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
- #35 – The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- #34 – Back Roads by Tawni O’Dell
- #33 – Daughter Of Fortune by Isabel Allende
- #32 – Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
- #31 – A Map Of The World by Jane Hamilton
- #30 – Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay
- #29 – River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
- #28 – Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
- #27 – Mother Of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
- #26 – White Oleander by Janet Fitch
- #25 – The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve
- #24 – The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
- #23 – Jewel by Bret Lott
- #22 – Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
- #21 – Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
Oprah’s Book List Recommendations (#1 – 20)
- #20 – What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
- #19 – I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
- #18 – Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
- #17 – Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
- #16 – Here On Earth by Alice Hoffman
- #15 – Paradise by Toni Morrison
- #14 – The Best Way To Play by Bill Cosby
- #13 – The Treasure Hunt by Bill Cosby
- #12 – The Meanest Thing To Say by Bill Cosby
- #11 – A Virtuous Woman by Kay Gibbons
- #10 – Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
- #9 – A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
- #8 – The Heart Of A Woman by Maya Angelou
- #7 – Songs In Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris
- #6 – The Rapture Of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
- #5 – Stones From the River by Ursula Hegi
- #4 – She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
- #3 – The Book Of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
- #2 – Song Of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- #1 – The Deep End Of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
FAQs About Oprah’s Book List
Does Oprah’s Book Club Still Exist?
Oprah’s original book club was launched in 1996 and was announced on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah’s book list expanded over the next 15 years to include 70 books, became one of the most famous celebrity book clubs ever, and caused any book that had Oprah’s book list stamped on it to automatically be considered a distinguished piece of writing and well worth the read.
Then, Oprah’s book list had a gap of several years, relaunching in 2012 with what’s now called Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. The new version is in conjunction with Oprah’s media company and instead of choosing books every month, she picks them somewhat sporadically and only when they truly “speak” to her.
Printable PDF Of Oprah’s Book List
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