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Oprah's Book Club (original and 2.0)

Description: The books chosen for Oprah Winfrey's Book Clubs (1996-2010) and then restarted as Oprah's Book Club 2.0 in 2012.

Rank Title Author Added

1

The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

28,665 members

539 reviews

4.2

13 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, 4leschats, Alphawoman, kara.shamy, najem_mostapha, Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, roneill0

2

by Cormac McCarthy

38,919 members

1,512 reviews

4.1

10 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, PaulCranswick, Rob.Larson, gypsysmom, Alphawoman, kara.shamy, najem_mostapha

3

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

43,863 members

478 reviews

3.9

10 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, Bici47, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

4

by Jeffrey Eugenides

29,070 members

660 reviews

4.1

9 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, Bici47, sjurban, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707

5

44,052 members

698 reviews

4.1

9 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, Bici47, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, Alphawoman, najem_mostapha, steller0707

6

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

30,932 members

445 reviews

3.9

9 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Alphawoman, Rchlwtsn, steller0707, roneill0

7

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce Carol Oates

6,685 members

101 reviews

½ 3.6

9 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, Bici47, sjurban, PaulCranswick, Alphawoman, roneill0

8

I Know This Much Is True

10,925 members

180 reviews

4.1

9 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, PaulCranswick, cej1027, najem_mostapha, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

9

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

19,514 members

247 reviews

4

8 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, Bici47, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, kara.shamy, flippinpages

10

12,340 members

177 reviews

3.9

8 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, gypsysmom, Alphawoman, sarahellenwallace, ManWithAnAgenda

11

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

49,683 members

780 reviews

4.2

8 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, Bici47, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, roneill0

12

by Pearl S. Buck

15,308 members

290 reviews

4

8 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, sjurban, PaulCranswick, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963

13

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen

17,871 members

356 reviews

3.8

7 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, cej1027, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, roneill0

14

She's Come Undone

13,108 members

219 reviews

3.8

6 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

11,965 members

271 reviews

4

8 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, thecoroner, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

16

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

42,048 members

491 reviews

3.9

7 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, roby72, Bici47, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963

17

12,927 members

240 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, PaulCranswick, ahef1963, 4leschats, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Daughter of Fortune

by Isabel Allende

9,592 members

203 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, sjurban, gypsysmom, 4leschats, sarahellenwallace

19

by John Steinbeck

27,393 members

480 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, thecoroner, Bici47, Alphawoman, steller0707

20

The Pillars of the Earth

30,389 members

806 reviews

4.2

6 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, steller0707

21

House of Sand and Fog

by Andre Dubus III

7,091 members

122 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, PaulCranswick, Alphawoman

22

by William Faulkner

16,903 members

238 reviews

3.9

6 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, roby72, Bici47, PaulCranswick, steller0707

23

by Jonathan Franzen

10,699 members

425 reviews

3.8

6 Members: LucindaLibri, thecoroner, Bici47, gypsysmom, Alphawoman, roneill0

24

The Book of Ruth

by Jane Hamilton

4,012 members

54 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, Alphawoman

25

by Rohinton Mistry

10,002 members

271 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707

26

by Kaye Gibbons

3,660 members

64 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, ManWithAnAgenda

27

The Deep End of the Ocean

by Jacquelyn Mitchard

3,915 members

57 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, cej1027

28

by Maeve Binchy

4,806 members

57 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Alphawoman

29

Where the Heart Is

by Billie Letts

7,379 members

111 reviews

3.8

5 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963

30

Breath, Eyes, Memory

by Edwidge Danticat

3,185 members

72 reviews

3.8

5 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, cej1027, gypsysmom, steller0707

31

The Pilot's Wife

by Anita Shreve

8,085 members

121 reviews

½ 3.4

5 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom

32

Cry, the Beloved Country

10,585 members

194 reviews

4

5 Members: LucindaLibri, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707

33

Fall on Your Knees

by Ann-Marie MacDonald

5,818 members

127 reviews

3.9

5 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Alphawoman

34

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

by Milan Kundera

24,897 members

305 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom

35

10,239 members

208 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

36

The Water Dancer

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

3,714 members

131 reviews

4.1

4 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707, roneill0

37

A Million Little Pieces

10,349 members

238 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, sarahellenwallace

38

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

11,194 members

494 reviews

4

4 Members: LucindaLibri, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707

39

by Toni Morrison

8,912 members

117 reviews

3.9

4 Members: LucindaLibri, PaulCranswick, kara.shamy, steller0707

40

While I Was Gone

3,658 members

55 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

41

The Invention of Wings

by Sue Monk Kidd

5,808 members

341 reviews

4.1

4 Members: LucindaLibri, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707

42

by Chris Bohjalian

6,051 members

126 reviews

3.8

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, ahef1963

43

Light in August

by William Faulkner

10,386 members

113 reviews

4

4 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, ahef1963, Alphawoman

44

by A. Manette Ansay

2,385 members

56 reviews

3.1

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

45

by Bernhard Schlink

14,548 members

410 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47, PaulCranswick, steller0707

46

by Tawni O'Dell

2,005 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

47

by Elizabeth Berg

3,013 members

62 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

48

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

by David Wroblewski

9,189 members

426 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47, gypsysmom

49

by Toni Morrison

15,912 members

271 reviews

3.9

4 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, gypsysmom, steller0707

50

by Lalita Tademy

3,251 members

57 reviews

3.9

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

51

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison

12,571 members

137 reviews

4

3 Members: LucindaLibri, gypsysmom, steller0707

52

River, Cross My Heart

by Breena Clarke

1,369 members

15 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, PaulCranswick, Alphawoman

53

The Rapture of Canaan

by Sheri Reynolds

2,228 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Alphawoman

54

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

by Malika Oufkir

2,189 members

50 reviews

3.8

3 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, 4leschats

55

A Lesson Before Dying

by Ernest J. Gaines

6,253 members

108 reviews

3.9

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47

56

The Heart of a Woman

by Maya Angelou

2,846 members

17 reviews

3.9

3 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47, steller0707

57

An American Marriage

by Tayari Jones

4,952 members

284 reviews

3.9

3 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707

58

Songs in Ordinary Time

by Mary McGarry Morris

2,266 members

24 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

59

A Virtuous Woman

by Kaye Gibbons

2,001 members

31 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

60

by Anna Quindlen

3,778 members

61 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

61

by Alice Hoffman

3,370 members

58 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

62

A Map of the World

by Jane Hamilton

4,780 members

60 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47

63

The Awakening {Norton Critical Edition}

1,122 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, steller0707

64

by Christina Schwarz

4,370 members

67 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

65

2,029 members

20 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

66

James and the Giant Peach

23,724 members

386 reviews

3.9

2 Members: PaulCranswick, ManWithAnAgenda

67

by Gwyn Hyman Rubio

2,776 members

32 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

68

by Jeanine Cummins

4,999 members

224 reviews

4.1

2 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy

69

by Toni Morrison

5,670 members

57 reviews

3.8

2 Members: LucindaLibri, steller0707

70

by Michelle Obama

11,270 members

396 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: gypsysmom, steller0707

71

by Robert Morgan

3,087 members

56 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: LucindaLibri, Alphawoman

72

by Joseph Heller

44,340 members

578 reviews

4.1

2 Members: PaulCranswick, gypsysmom

73

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

by Pearl Cleage

1,651 members

21 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban

74

Deacon King Kong

by James McBride

2,209 members

111 reviews

4.2

2 Members: gypsysmom, steller0707

75

Mother of Pearl

by Melinda Haynes

2,131 members

18 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri

76

Behold the Dreamers

2,384 members

116 reviews

3.9

2 Members: LucindaLibri, steller0707

77

Say You're One of Them

2,471 members

76 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47

78

by Cynthia Bond

896 members

118 reviews

3.8

2 Members: LucindaLibri, PaulCranswick

79

Stones from the River

4,934 members

69 reviews

4

Member: LucindaLibri

80

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

by Anthony Ray Hinton

1,218 members

54 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: kara.shamy

81

The Best Way to Play

864 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: LucindaLibri

82

'Til the Well Runs Dry

by Lauren Francis-Sharma

172 members

18 reviews

3.8

Member: kara.shamy

83

The Treasure Hunt

471 members

3 reviews

4

Member: LucindaLibri

84

The Meanest Thing to Say

1,112 members

13 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: LucindaLibri

85

The Sound and the Fury, A Norton Critical Edition

by David Minter

2,055 members

22 reviews

4.1

Member: PaulCranswick

86

The Weight of Water

by Anita Shreve

3,382 members

60 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: PaulCranswick

87

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

by Sidney Poitier

1,985 members

46 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: LucindaLibri

88

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

by Eckhart Tolle

7,725 members

113 reviews

4

Member: LucindaLibri

89

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

by Cheryl Strayed

10,167 members

554 reviews

3.9

Member: LucindaLibri

90

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

by Ayana Mathis

1,769 members

107 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: LucindaLibri

91

by Glennon Doyle

1,052 members

33 reviews

3.8

Member: LucindaLibri

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