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Description: The books chosen for Oprah Winfrey's Book Clubs (1996-2010) and then restarted as Oprah's Book Club 2.0 in 2012.
Based on tag: Oprah's Book Club
Members: 20 participating members
LucindaLibri, mmignano11, sjurban, gypsysmom, steller0707, PaulCranswick, Bici47, Alphawoman, ahef1963, thecoroner, roby72, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, cej1027, najem_mostapha, 4leschats, sarahellenwallace, Rchlwtsn, Rob.Larson, flippinpages

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The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

25,816 members

495 reviews

4.2

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

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Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

37,007 members

419 reviews

3.9

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

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by Cormac McCarthy

33,337 members

1,387 reviews

4.1

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

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37,156 members

608 reviews

4.1

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

5

by Jeffrey Eugenides

26,667 members

622 reviews

4.1

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

6

I Know This Much is True

10,010 members

167 reviews

4.1

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

7

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

27,127 members

405 reviews

4

8 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Alphawoman, Rchlwtsn, steller0707

8

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

16,769 members

221 reviews

4

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

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by Pearl S. Buck

13,428 members

262 reviews

4

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

10

11,072 members

168 reviews

3.9

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

11

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

10,448 members

237 reviews

4

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

12

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce Carol Oates

6,002 members

91 reviews

½ 3.6

8 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, Bici47, sjurban, PaulCranswick, Alphawoman

13

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

35,344 members

438 reviews

3.9

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

14

26,551 members

565 reviews

½ 4.3

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

15

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

43,200 members

681 reviews

4.2

6 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, Bici47, PaulCranswick, ahef1963

16

Pillars of the Earth

26,452 members

744 reviews

4.2

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

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by John Steinbeck

22,469 members

406 reviews

½ 4.4

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

18

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen

16,273 members

340 reviews

3.8

6 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, cej1027, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

19

by William Faulkner

14,366 members

212 reviews

3.9

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

20

She's Come Undone

12,256 members

206 reviews

3.8

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

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by Rohinton Mistry

8,972 members

248 reviews

½ 4.4

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

22

Daughter of Fortune

by Isabel Allende

8,522 members

189 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, thecoroner, sjurban, 4leschats, sarahellenwallace

23

House of Sand and Fog

by Andre Dubus III

6,520 members

117 reviews

½ 3.7

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

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by Jonathan Franzen

9,326 members

403 reviews

3.8

5 Members: LucindaLibri, thecoroner, Bici47, gypsysmom, Alphawoman

25

Cry, the Beloved Country

9,113 members

174 reviews

4

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

26

The Pilot's Wife

by Anita Shreve

7,514 members

118 reviews

½ 3.4

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

27

Where the Heart Is

by Billie Letts

6,736 members

106 reviews

3.8

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

28

Fall on Your Knees

by Ann-Marie MacDonald

5,352 members

123 reviews

3.9

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

29

by Maeve Binchy

4,293 members

50 reviews

½ 3.6

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

30

The Book of Ruth

by Jane Hamilton

3,691 members

49 reviews

½ 3.5

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

31

by Kaye Gibbons

3,396 members

63 reviews

½ 3.7

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

32

Breath, Eyes, Memory

by Edwidge Danticat

2,812 members

66 reviews

3.8

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

33

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

by Milan Kundera

21,904 members

264 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, PaulCranswick, gypsysmom

34

by Bernhard Schlink

13,111 members

390 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47, PaulCranswick, steller0707

35

by Toni Morrison

12,915 members

227 reviews

3.9

4 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, gypsysmom, steller0707

36

A Million Little Pieces

9,553 members

231 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47, sjurban, sarahellenwallace

37

Light in August

by William Faulkner

8,971 members

101 reviews

4

4 Members: LucindaLibri, roby72, ahef1963, Alphawoman

38

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

8,458 members

427 reviews

4

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

39

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

by David Wroblewski

8,368 members

408 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47, gypsysmom

40

by Toni Morrison

7,370 members

96 reviews

3.8

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

41

by Chris Bohjalian

5,615 members

122 reviews

3.8

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, ahef1963

42

The Invention of Wings

by Sue Monk Kidd

5,006 members

316 reviews

4.1

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

43

The Deep End of the Ocean

by Jacquelyn Mitchard

3,607 members

55 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, cej1027

44

While I Was Gone

3,420 members

53 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

45

by Lalita Tademy

2,926 members

54 reviews

3.9

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

46

by Elizabeth Berg

2,787 members

60 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

47

by A. Manette Ansay

2,219 members

56 reviews

3.1

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

48

by Tawni O'Dell

1,838 members

41 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

49

River, Cross My Heart

by Breena Clarke

1,234 members

13 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, PaulCranswick, Alphawoman

50

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison

10,460 members

122 reviews

4

3 Members: LucindaLibri, gypsysmom, steller0707

51

8,943 members

177 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: PaulCranswick, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

52

A Lesson Before Dying

by Ernest J. Gaines

5,324 members

103 reviews

3.9

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47

53

A Map of the World

by Jane Hamilton

4,435 members

58 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Bici47

54

by Christina Schwarz

4,027 members

65 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, Alphawoman

55

An American Marriage

by Tayari Jones

3,699 members

248 reviews

3.9

3 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707

56

by Anna Quindlen

3,511 members

59 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

57

by Alice Hoffman

3,071 members

53 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

58

The Water Dancer

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

2,460 members

107 reviews

4.1

3 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy, steller0707

59

The Heart of a Woman

by Maya Angelou

2,396 members

16 reviews

3.8

3 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47, steller0707

60

Songs in Ordinary Time

by Mary McGarry Morris

2,102 members

24 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

61

The Rapture of Canaan

by Sheri Reynolds

2,100 members

35 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, Alphawoman

62

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

by Malika Oufkir

1,984 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban, 4leschats

63

1,866 members

16 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

64

A Virtuous Woman

by Kaye Gibbons

1,859 members

32 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri, sjurban

65

The Awakening (Norton Critical Editions)

979 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: PaulCranswick, gypsysmom, steller0707

66

by Joseph Heller

38,901 members

513 reviews

4.1

2 Members: PaulCranswick, gypsysmom

67

James and the Giant Peach

18,908 members

352 reviews

3.9

2 Members: PaulCranswick, ManWithAnAgenda

68

by Michelle Obama

7,700 members

332 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: gypsysmom, steller0707

69

by Toni Morrison

4,724 members

46 reviews

3.8

2 Members: LucindaLibri, steller0707

70

by Jeanine Cummins

3,224 members

172 reviews

4.1

2 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy

71

by Robert Morgan

2,833 members

57 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: LucindaLibri, Alphawoman

72

Say You're One of Them

2,121 members

68 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: LucindaLibri, Bici47

73

Behold the Dreamers

1,862 members

100 reviews

3.9

2 Members: LucindaLibri, steller0707

74

Mother of Pearl

by Melinda Haynes

1,837 members

18 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: mmignano11, LucindaLibri

75

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

by Pearl Cleage

1,547 members

22 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: LucindaLibri, sjurban

76

by Cynthia Bond

810 members

114 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: LucindaLibri, PaulCranswick

77

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

by Cheryl Strayed

8,388 members

507 reviews

3.9

Member: LucindaLibri

78

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

by Eckhart Tolle

6,544 members

103 reviews

4

Member: LucindaLibri

79

Stones from the River

4,602 members

68 reviews

4

Member: LucindaLibri

80

The Weight of Water

by Anita Shreve

3,143 members

55 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: PaulCranswick

81

The Sound and the Fury [Norton Critical Edition]

by William Faulkner

1,824 members

21 reviews

4.1

Member: PaulCranswick

82

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

by Sidney Poitier

1,752 members

44 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: LucindaLibri

83

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

by Ayana Mathis

1,541 members

104 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: LucindaLibri

84

Deacon King Kong

by James McBride

1,467 members

84 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: steller0707

85

The Meanest Thing to Say

878 members

13 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: LucindaLibri

86

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

by Anthony Ray Hinton

823 members

42 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: kara.shamy

87

by Glennon Doyle

797 members

26 reviews

3.8

Member: LucindaLibri

88

The Best Way to Play

677 members

4 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: LucindaLibri

89

The Treasure Hunt

395 members

3 reviews

4

Member: LucindaLibri

90

'Til the Well Runs Dry

by Lauren Francis-Sharma

155 members

20 reviews

3.8

Member: kara.shamy

91

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson

3,613 members

147 reviews

½ 4.4

92

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

by Robert Kolker

1,352 members

84 reviews

4.2

93

Hello Beautiful

by Ann Napolitano

748 members

38 reviews

4

94

by Marilynne Robinson

10,565 members

361 reviews

3.9

95

Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver

2,029 members

85 reviews

½ 4.3

96

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

893 members

25 reviews

½ 4.3

97

The Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese

708 members

28 reviews

½ 4.4

98

by Elizabeth Strout

1,917 members

123 reviews

4.2

99

The Light Between Oceans

by M. L. Stedman

7,167 members

494 reviews

3.9

100

by Marilynne Robinson

2,400 members

111 reviews

4

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Started: LucindaLibri
October 2012
Type: Unnumbered, Adding restricted

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