Oprah's Book Club
Oprah's Book Club
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Oprah's Book Club

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4.0 / 10
2019
1 season
14 episodes
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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.

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Seasons

  • Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Water Dancer

    1.Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Water Dancer

    01-11-201958m

    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 i...

  • Elizabeth Strout: Olive, Again

    2.Elizabeth Strout: Olive, Again

    18-01-202043m

    Elizabeth tells Oprah how her celebrated protagonist reappeared and why she finds the everydayness of life to be extraordinary.

  • Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (1)

    3.Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (1)

    06-03-202066m

    Jeanine and Oprah are joined by authors Reyna Grande, Julissa Arce, and Esther Cepeda for a raw, revealing conversation about the novel.

  • Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (2)

    4.Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (2)

    06-03-202040m

    Latinx people who saw themselves reflected in the book share insights into real-life migrant experiences.

  • Robert Kolker: Hidden Valley Road

    5.Robert Kolker: Hidden Valley Road

    12-06-202052m

    Oprah has in-depth discussions with author Kolker and surviving members of the Galvin family about living this extraordinary true story.

  • James McBride: Deacon King Kong

    6.James McBride: Deacon King Kong

    30-07-202019m

    Oprah and McBride discuss how his novel speaks to the current moment, his focus on the Black experience, and the inspiration for his characters.

  • Isabel Wilkerson: Caste

    7.Isabel Wilkerson: Caste

    02-10-202036m

    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.

  • Marilynne Robinson: Gilead

    8.Marilynne Robinson: Gilead

    23-04-202112m

    Oprah talks to Robinson about her Pulitzer Prize-winning second novel, finding the character of John Ames, and how faith shapes her writing.

  • Marilynne Robinson: Home

    9.Marilynne Robinson: Home

    30-04-20218m

    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.

  • Marilynne Robinson: Lila

    10.Marilynne Robinson: Lila

    07-05-202111m

    Oprah and Robinson discuss finding new layers in established characters, what America looks like at its best, and how loneliness can be a privilege.

  • Marilynne Robinson: Jack

    11.Marilynne Robinson: Jack

    14-05-202115m

    Discussing the fourth Gilead novel, Robinson opens up about its interracial romance, her writing process, and the possibility of more stories.

  • Nathan Harris: The Sweetness of Water

    12.Nathan Harris: The Sweetness of Water

    23-07-202129m

    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.

  • Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

    13.Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

    23-09-202127m

    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.

  • Richard Powers: Bewilderment

    14.Richard Powers: Bewilderment

    22-10-202129m

    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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