As if we couldn’t love Oprah any more than we already do, she’s given us so many truly amazing books that have changed lives, gave us hope, and were just downright guilty pleasures. Oprah revealed her new book for the month and we’re making sure you don’t miss a beat by providing a complete list of all the best books she’s recommended!
Oprah first started her official Book Club way back in 1996 and, boy, did she ever get us all reading! A little known fact is that right before she started her official list, she recommended Maryanne Williamson’s “A Return to Love” first. Total game changer.
Since then, Oprah has recommended more than 100 books, many of which were almost complete unknowns and turned around to be all-time best-sellers for the year. These days more and more celebs are making recommendations like Jenna Bush’s Monthly Book Club and even Reese Witherspoon’s Book Picks. While we love both of them, the one thing we know for sure is that you can never go wrong when Oprah makes a recommendation.
Our personal favorite of all time was “The Underground Railroad: A Novel” by Colson Whitehead. It’s gripping, keeps you on the edge of your seat, and painfully forces us to face and understand more of our country’s history. Check that one out here!
(Almost) each month Oprah lists out another pick and since her show is no longer on the air (we miss it so much) sometimes a book or two slips through the cracks. We’ll be updating this article with her new book choice each and every time she adds one so you never miss out. Plus we’ll provide you a list of some of her best-sellers that go all the way back to when she started back in ’96. If those books are on sale, you’ll see the price reflected next to each choice. Let’s kick things off!
The Complete 2020 List (So Far)
Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. There are some months missing, but that’s only because a new book wasn’t chosen for that given month. Don’t worry, there are still plenty of great ones to choose from!
Oprah’s New Book / August 2020 / Caste
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. Read more here!
June 2020 / Deacon King Kong
From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird and the bestselling modern classic The Color of Water, one of the most anticipated novels of the year: a wise and witty tale about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting. Read more here!
April 2020 / Hidden Valley Road
The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science’s great hope in the quest to understand the disease. Read more here!
January 2020 / American Dirt
American Dirt will leave readers utterly changed. It is a literary achievement filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity on every page. It is one of the most important books for our times. Already being hailed as “a Grapes of Wrath for our times” and “a new American classic,” Jeanine Cummins’s American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. Read more here!
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