
Oprah's Book Club
“Read. Watch. Discuss.”
2019 · 1 season · 14 episodes · Talk
Get a front row seat for unguarded conversations with incredible authors. Each episode features a book handpicked by Oprah, along with an interview about issues that it brings to light. It’s a book club for today's world—a window to other worlds.
Seasons
1 season · 14 episodes- 1
Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Water Dancer
1 Nov 2019 58m
Oprah and Ta-Nehisi discuss the 10-year process of writing his #1 best-selling debut novel and the cultural conversation it has provoked. Plus, Ta-Nehisi visits Monticello, which inspired his book's setting.
- 2
Elizabeth Strout: Olive, Again
18 Jan 2020 43m
Elizabeth tells Oprah how her celebrated protagonist reappeared and why she finds the everydayness of life to be extraordinary.
- 3
Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (1)
6 Mar 2020 1h 6m
Jeanine and Oprah are joined by authors Reyna Grande, Julissa Arce, and Esther Cepeda for a raw, revealing conversation about the novel.
- 4
Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (2)
6 Mar 2020 40m
Latinx people who saw themselves reflected in the book share insights into real-life migrant experiences.
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Robert Kolker: Hidden Valley Road
12 Jun 2020 52m
Oprah has in-depth discussions with author Kolker and surviving members of the Galvin family about living this extraordinary true story.
- 6
James McBride: Deacon King Kong
30 Jul 2020 19m
Oprah and McBride discuss how his novel speaks to the current moment, his focus on the Black experience, and the inspiration for his characters.
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Isabel Wilkerson: Caste
2 Oct 2020 36m
Calling the book ”a must-read for all of humanity,” Oprah asks Wilkerson what compelled her to write it and why we need a new language for race.
- 8
Marilynne Robinson: Gilead
23 Apr 2021 12m
Oprah talks to Robinson about her Pulitzer Prize-winning second novel, finding the character of John Ames, and how faith shapes her writing.
- 9
Marilynne Robinson: Home
30 Apr 2021 8m
Robinson explains what inspired her to revisit the story of Gilead from different points of view and why she chose to address the subject of race.
- 10
Marilynne Robinson: Lila
7 May 2021 11m
Oprah and Robinson discuss finding new layers in established characters, what America looks like at its best, and how loneliness can be a privilege.
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Marilynne Robinson: Jack
14 May 2021 15m
Discussing the fourth Gilead novel, Robinson opens up about its interracial romance, her writing process, and the possibility of more stories.
- 12
Nathan Harris: The Sweetness of Water
23 Jul 2021 29m
Oprah sits down with Harris to discuss his debut novel's inspiration, his writing process, and how a biracial upbringing shaped his point of view.
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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
23 Sept 2021 27m
The acclaimed poet opens up to Oprah about the inspiration for her epic debut novel and what she hopes to impart about the Black experience.
- 14
Richard Powers: Bewilderment
22 Oct 2021 29m
Oprah and Powers talk about his first novel since a Pulitzer Prize win, finding empathy through our differences, and his hopes for our planet.
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