Oprah's Book Club picks
Oprah's Book Club, 1996-. A booksellers and book clubs list. See the original list
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A Lesson Before Dying
Ernest J. Gaines, 1993
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for
A Million Little Pieces
James Frey, 2003
On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Edwidge Danticat, 1994
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for
Cry, The Beloved Country
Alan Paton, 1948
On 1 of the 15 lists it was eligible for
Daughter of Fortune
Isabel Allende, 1998
On 1 of the 12 lists it was eligible for
Fall on Your Knees
Ann-Marie MacDonald, 1996
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for
I Know This Much Is True
Wally Lamb, 1998
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for
River, Cross My Heart
Breena Clarke, 1999
On 1 of the 22 lists it was eligible for
Songs In Ordinary Time
Mary McGarry Morris, 1995
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for
The Deep End of the Ocean
Jacquelyn Mitchard, 1996
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for
The Rapture of Canaan
Sheri Reynolds, 1995
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
David Wroblewski, 2008
On 1 of the 14 lists it was eligible for
We Were the Mulvaneys
Joyce Carol Oates, 1996
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
Pearl Cleage, 1997
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for
The lists that agree with this one most
| List | Books in common |
|---|---|
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | 8 |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | 8 |
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | 5 |
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | 5 |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | 5 |