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Little Wonder

by Sophie Chen Keller · 2026 · Fiction

“[Little Wonder] will make you consider the extraordinary power and devotion of a mother's love in a whole new way.” — via Book Club, June 2026

The Way of Integrity

Finding the Path to Your True Self

by Martha Beck · 2021 · Self-Help

“[This book] is filled with aha moments and practical exercises that can guide us as we seek enlightenment.” — via Book Club, November 2022

John of John

by Douglas Stuart · 2026 · Fiction

“Award-winning author Douglas Stuart, who many of you know from Shuggie Bain, brilliantly weaves a complex and compelling story that ultimately shows us the power of love in a world that is hostile, in a world that is judgmental.” — via Book Club, May 2026

Go Gentle

by Maria Semple · 2026 · Fiction

“A whirlwind of secret rendezvous and a new chance at love. It's all about what [Adora Hazzard] is willing to risk. This is one wild ride of a story.” — via Book Club, April 2026

Kin

by Tayari Jones · 2025 · Fiction

“This is a masterpiece of a novel that contemplates the meaning and complications of love and friendship, and it will live with you long after you turn the last page.” — via Book Club, February 2026

Some Bright Nowhere

by Ann Packer · 2025 · Fiction

“The story is going to leave you questioning the obligations of marriage and the differences between male and female friendships.” — via Book Club, November 2025

A Guardian and a Thief

by Megha Majumdar · 2025 · Fiction

“Megha Majumdar is wise beyond her years. She's able to bring in cultural conflicts and interweave the way people live and relate to each other in such a way that leaves us spellbound.” — via Book Club, October 2025

Culpability

by Bruce Holsinger · 2025 · Fiction

“The novel is so prescient, it could be now or anytime in the future.” — via Book Club, July 2025

The Sweetness of Water

by Nathan Harris · 2021 · Fiction

“As I read this masterful novel I kept thinking—this young 29-year-old is a first-time author, so how did he do this?” — via Book Club, June 2021

All the Way to the River

by Elizabeth Gilbert · 2025 · Memoir

“It’s a journey of forgiveness and healing that could only be written by a writer as exceptional as this one.” — via Book Club, September 2025

Bridge of Sighs

by Richard Russo · 2007 · Fiction

“This book is written by the one and only Richard Russo, Pulitzer Price-winning author of Empire Falls and Nobody's Fool. He is a master at capturing the ordinary moments that reveal some of the deepest truths, especially in small town novels” — via Book Club, August 2025

The River Is Waiting

by Wally Lamb · 2025 · Fiction

“Wally Lamb takes us on incredible and transformative journey from the depths of despair to the healing power of being able to face the truth—and eventually find forgiveness.” — via Book Club, June 2025

The Emperor of Gladness

by Ocean Vuong · 2025 · Fiction

“Ocean Vuong's ability to [...] take characters that have ordinary lives and give extraordinary meaning to those lives makes us each think of our lives differently. He is a brilliant writer, a poet and a master of words.” — via Book Club, May 2025

Matriarch

by Tina Knowles · 2025 · Memoir

“You're going to want to clear your schedule when you start this book as you will be totally riveted by the twists and the turns of this deeply personal and compelling story.” — via Book Club, April 2025

The Tell

by Amy Griffin · 2025 · Memoir

“I was just floored when I read Amy's story. What she discovered about herself, about her past--[it] made me recognize how powerful the desire to forget is, and also how powerful the desire to remember is.” — via Book Club, March 2025

Dream State

by Eric Puchner · 2025 · Fiction

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Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan · 2021 · Fiction

“It’s a small book, but with a mighty story.” — via Book Club, December 2024

From Here to the Great Unknown

by Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough · 2024 · Memoir

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Tell Me Everything

by Elizabeth Strout · 2024 · Fiction

“Tell Me Everything has all the things-- romance, and mystery and secrets... and even a possible murder.” — via Book Club, September 2024

Familiaris

by David Wroblewski · 2024 · Fiction

“David takes us on an extraordinary journey that brilliantly interweaves history, philosophy, adventure and mysticism to explore the meaning of love, friendship and living your life's true purpose.” — via Book Club, June 2024

Long Island

by Colm Toibin · 2024 · Fiction

“This novel has everything you need to know in its own completely riveting story.” — via Book Club, May 2024

The Many Lives of Mama Love

by Lara Love Hardin · 2023 · Memoir

“This book is about redemption, about joy, about hope, about reclaiming yourself, and what you rightly deserve in life.” — via Book Club, February 2024

Let Us Descend

by Jesmyn Ward · 2023 · Fiction

“A vital work for our culture.” — via Book Club, October 2023

Wellness

by Nathan Hill · 2023 · Fiction

“You're about to be taken on an incredible ride.” — via Book Club, September 2023

The Covenant of Water

by Abraham Verghese · 2023 · Fiction

“It's one of the best books I've ever read in my entire life. ... It is one of the most transportive, the most deeply felt novels I have ever experienced.” — via Book Club, May 2023

Hello Beautiful

by Ann Napolitano · 2023 · Fiction

“There is drama, there is love, there is grief. [It's] an extraordinarily moving book.” — via Book Club, March 2023

Bittersweet

by Susan Cain · 2022 · Self-Help

“[This book] has the power to transform the way you see your life and even the world.” — via Book Club, February 2023

Demon Copperhead

by Barbara Kingsolver · 2022 · Fiction

“The novel speaks to so many of our country's relevant issues, but most importantly, it's absolutely riveting.” — via Book Club, October 2022

That Bird Has My Wings

by Jarvis Jay Masters · 2009 · Memoir

“His story... profoundly touched me then, and still does today,” — via Book Club, September 2022

Nightcrawling

by Leila Mottley · 2022 · Fiction

“This young poet wowed me with her ode and elegy to Oakland, and her acute and insightful depictions of youth, injustice, the legacy of incarceration and the resilience of community and chosen family.” — via Book Club, June 2022

Finding Me

by Viola Davis · 2022 · Memoir

“I was so moved by this book that I just had to share it with our entire OBC audience.” — via Book Club, April 2022

Bewilderment

by Richard Powers · 2021 · Fiction

“[It] contains some of the most beautiful sentences I've ever read.” — via Book Club, September 2021

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

by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers · 2021 · Fiction

“I was so enraptured by the story of this modern Black family, and how author Honorée Fanonne Jeffers wove the larger fabric of historical trauma through the family's silence through generations.” — via Book Club, August 2021

Gilead

by Marilynne Robinson · 2004 · Fiction

“It's just so beautiful. The only word for this book is 'sublime.'” — via Book Club, March 2021

Home

by Marilynne Robinson · 2008 · Fiction

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Lila

by Marilynne Robinson · 2014 · Fiction

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Jack

by Marilynne Robinson · 2020 · Fiction

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Deacon King Kong

by James McBride · 2020 · Fiction

“Deacon King Kong reminds us that when we come together as a community in compassion and empathy, our love triumphs.” — via Book Club, June 2020

Hidden Valley Road

by Robert Kolker · 2020 · Society

“This is a riveting true story of an American family that reads like a medical detective journey.” — via Book Club, April 2020

The Sun Does Shine

by Anthony Ray Hinton · 2018 · Memoir

“You will be swept away into this unbelievable, dramatic true story.” — via Book Club, June 2018

Behold the Dreamers

by Imbolo Mbue · 2016 · Fiction

“It's got everything that's grabbing the headlines in America right now. It's about race and class, the economy, culture, immigration and the danger of the us-versus-them mentality” — via Book Club, June 2017

Love Warrior

by Glennon Doyle Melton · 2016 · Memoir

“You're gonna absolutely love this book and the spirit of it, whether you're married or single, whether you're a mom or not.” — via Book Club, September 2016

Ruby

by Cynthia Bond · 2014 · Fiction

“To say that it is deep or profound--it doesn't even begin to describe it. ... The prose is luscious. You're going to want to spoon feed it to yourself.” — via Book Club, April 2014

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens · 1859 · Fiction

“I'm going old school.” — via Book Club, December 2010

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens · 1861 · Fiction

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Say You’re One of Them

by Uwem Akpan · 2008 · Fiction

“First-time author Uwem Apkan writes each story through the eyes of children and masterfully both captures the innocence and the horror of the unimaginable events these children witness” — via Book Club, September 2009

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

by David Wroblewski · 2008 · Fiction

“It's so engaging, so gripping, so epic, that I wanted absolutely everybody to share the joy of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle...I think that this is right up there with the greatest American novels ever written.” — via Book Club, September 2008

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez · 1985 · Fiction

“This is one of the greatest love stories I have ever read. ... It is so beautifully written that it really takes you to another place in time, and will make you ask yourself: How long could you, or would you, wait for love?” — via Book Club, October 2007

The Measure of a Man

by Sidney Poitier · 2000 · Memoir

“It's a beautifully crafted book, written like poetry. Because, just as [Poitier] speaks so eloquently, he also writes that way, too.” — via Book Club, January 2007

A Million Little Pieces

by James Frey · 2003 · Memoir

“It's a gut-wrenching memoir that is raw and it's so real. It's a wild ride through addiction and rehab that has been called electrifying, intense, mesmerizing and even gruesome.” — via Book Club, September 2005

Light in August

by William Faulkner · 1932 · Fiction

“If you have not read this author, you cannot say that you have been baptized as a real reader until you have read this author” — via Book Club, June 2005

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner · 1929 · Fiction

“If you have not read this author, you cannot say that you have been baptized as a real reader until you have read this author.” — via Book Club, June 2005

As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner · 1930 · Fiction

“If you have not read this author, you cannot say that you have been baptized as a real reader until you have read this author.” — via Book Club, June 2005

The Good Earth

by Pearl S. Buck · 1931 · Fiction

“Reading Pearl Buck's writing feels like reading poetry to me. I just love the quiet rhythm of the words. They evoke the simple beauty of the characters and the harsh mystery of China's ancient culture.” — via Book Club, September 2004

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers · 1940 · Fiction

“I love this book! I had heard about this book for years and then my dear friend Julia Roberts did an interview in O, The Oprah Magazine and she listed this as one of her favorite books of all times.” — via Book Club, April 2004

Sula

by Toni Morrison · 1973 · Fiction

“Her stories are fiction, but nowhere will you find greater truths about life. She laid the foundation of my love for reading.” — via Book Club, April 2002

Fall on Your Knees

by Ann-Marie MacDonald · 1996 · Fiction

“..Many times during the reading of Fall on Your Knees, I would say, 'How can that be happening now?' And then I'd say, 'It's a book. It's a book. It's a book.” — via Book Club, January 2002

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen · 2001 · Fiction

“The Corrections is a grandly entertaining novel for the new century —a comic, tragic masterpiece about a family breaking down in an age of easy fixes...” — via Book Club, September 2001

Cane River

by Lalita Tademy · 2001 · Fiction

“I think what [Lalita was] able to do with this story is open the door for a lot of people who want to trace their own roots or look at what their heritage, what that legacy has meant for them.” — via Book Club, June 2001

Stolen Lives

by Malika Oufkir · 1999 · Memoir

“...People read the book and they are changed by it—enlightened by it—opened up by it.” — via Book Club, May 2001

Icy Sparks

by Gwyn Hyman Rubio · 1998 · Fiction

“It's not just about Tourette's syndrome but it's about being consumed by guilt and embarrassment and it's because anybody who's ever experienced being on the outside will appreciate Icy Sparks.” — via Book Club, March 2001

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce Carol Oates · 1996 · Fiction

“I read this book over a year ago, but this family still haunts me.” — via Book Club, January 2001

House of Sand and Fog

by Andre Dubus III · 1999 · Fiction

“It is like--unlike anything I have ever read” — via Book Club, November 2000

Drowning Ruth

by Christina Schwarz · 2000 · Fiction

“Somebody just gave me this book. And I--I went home on a Friday night and stayed up until like one in the morning and then finished it Saturday afternoon. So it's one of those kind of reads. Once you get in it, you can't put it down.” — via Book Club, September 2000

Open House

by Elizabeth Berg · 2000 · Fiction

“So this book is going to ring true to so many people. Anybody, even if you've never divorced but you've ever had a breakup, oh, you're going to see yourself in here.” — via Book Club, August 2000

While I Was Gone

by Sue Miller · 1999 · Fiction

“The story is going to hook you from the first chapter.” — via Book Club, May 2000

The Bluest Eye

by Toni Morrison · 1970 · Fiction

“This is on my top five book list.” — via Book Club, April 2000

Back Roads

by Tawni O'Dell · 2000 · Fiction

“This is one riveting novel.” — via Book Club, March 2000

Daughter of Fortune

by Isabel Allende · 1999 · Fiction

“It's a love story. It's an adventure. It awakens your adventure spirit.” — via Book Club, February 2000

Gap Creek

by Robert Morgan · 1999 · Fiction

“It will take you completely out of your world.” — via Book Club, January 2000

A Map of the World

by Jane Hamilton · 1994 · Fiction

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Vinegar Hill

by A. Manette Ansay · 1994 · Fiction

“Books are about life. And life is about knowing that you can triumph no matter what your circumstances are, you are not a victim. You can triumph.” — via Book Club, November 1999

River, Cross My Heart

by Breena Clarke · 1999 · Fiction

“It is a really powerful story in a very, very quiet kind of way. I'm sure that you're going to enjoy it as a family drama and also as an intimate glimpse into a time and place that we don't often hear about.” — via Book Club, October 1999

Tara Road

by Maeve Binchy · 1998 · Fiction

“I hope you love it as much as I do.” — via Book Club, September 1999

Mother of Pearl

by Melinda Haynes · 1999 · Fiction

“It's a book about racism, it's a book about friendship, it's about family secrets, and mostly, I think it's about everybody's search for love and what that means.” — via Book Club, June 1999

The Pilot’s Wife

by Anita Shreve · 1998 · Fiction

“It's a story that starts tragically with a plane crash. I tell you that, it's the first page. OK? And ends with a wife questioning whether you can ever really know anyone at all.” — via Book Club, March 1999

The Reader

by Bernhard Schlink · 1995 · Fiction

“It's like one of those books that you won't be able to put down.” — via Book Club, February 1999

Jewel

by Bret Lott · 1991 · Fiction

“It isn't depressing. It's inspiring and uplifting.” — via Book Club, January 1999

Where the Heart Is

by Billie Letts · 1995 · Fiction

“Guaranteed to warm your heart.” — via Book Club, December 1998

Midwives

by Chris Bohjalian · 1997 · Fiction

“It's a riveting book that'll hit a nerve with many women. It may even be too intense for you expectant mothers. Let me just warn out you there, so beware.” — via Book Club, October 1998

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

by Pearl Cleage · 1997 · Fiction

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I Know This Much Is True

by Wally Lamb · 1998 · Fiction

“It’s not just a book, it’s a life experience.” — via Book Club, June 1998

Breath, Eyes, Memory

by Edwidge Danticat · 1994 · Fiction

“It's a book about a lot of things, including sexism and sexuality. But the main theme is the relationship between mothers and daughters.” — via Book Club, May 1998

Black and Blue

by Anna Quindlen · 1998 · Fiction

“You'll spend much of the book on pins and needles.” — via Book Club, April 1998

Here on Earth

by Alice Hoffman · 1997 · Fiction

“You're going to love it because it's going to remind you of some of the dumb things we've all done in the name of love.” — via Book Club, March 1998

Paradise

by Toni Morrison · 1997 · Fiction

“When you finish this book, you will know that you have really accomplished something because it is a great journey.” — via Book Club, January 1998

A Virtuous Woman

by Kaye Gibbons · 1989 · Fiction

“Wonderful love story, sweet and tender.” — via Book Club, October 1997

Ellen Foster

by Kaye Gibbons · 1987 · Fiction

“You'll spend much of the book on pins and needles.” — via Book Club, October 1997

A Lesson Before Dying

by Ernest J. Gaines · 1993 · Fiction

“It's an intense book with lessons, I think, for everybody, no matter what race. You will learn a lot about race and how one man's struggle for dignity can affect others.” — via Book Club, September 1997

Songs in Ordinary Time

by Mary McGarry Morris · 1995 · Fiction

“You won't be able to put this book down.” — via Book Club, June 1997

The Heart of a Woman

by Maya Angelou · 1981 · Memoir

“I could fill a book--and maybe one day I will--with lessons from Maya. But she is, as I said, a mother, a mentor and one of my favorite writers of all time.” — via Book Club, May 1997

The Rapture of Canaan

by Sheri Reynolds · 1995 · Fiction

“This book shows how people can get pulled into a belief system and how you can sometimes give up your own power.” — via Book Club, April 1997

Stones from the River

by Ursula Hegi · 1994 · Fiction

“This is a daring one. I know it. It really hope that you will stay with me.” — via Book Club, February 1997

The Book of Ruth

by Jane Hamilton · 1988 · Fiction

“It is not the plot but the voice that will haunt you for a long while--the voice.” — via Book Club, November 1996

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison · 1977 · Fiction

“It's about 10 OPRAH shows rolled into one book.” — via Book Club, October 1996

Becoming

by Michelle Obama · 2018 · Memoir

“She just opens up herself; it's so vulnerable. ... It is Michelle Obama's personal story, of course, but I believe it's going to spark within you the desire to think about your own becoming.” — via Book Club, November 2018

Caste

by Isabel Wilkerson · 2020 · Society

“A must-read for humanity” — via Book Club, August 2020

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

by Ayana Mathis · 2012 · Fiction

“This book touched me so deeply. The spirit of sacred truths just leap from the pages... By the time I got to the last chapter, I was simply silent.” — via Book Club, December 2012

Freedom

by Jonathan Franzen · 2010 · Fiction

“You don’t hear me say this word often, but this book is a masterpiece ... It’s an epic family saga—it’s got everything—sex and love, even rock n’ roll, and everything you want in a book.” — via Book Club, September 2010

The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett · 2007 · Fiction

“Nobody who reads it—looks at a church or a cathedral the same. I made me think about my own life differently, reading that book, the experience of reading that book. What a treasure.” — via Book Club, November 2007

Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides · 2007 · Fiction

“I promise it will grab you from the first sentence.” — via Book Club, June 2007

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy · 2007 · Fiction

“It’s unlike any book I have chosen.” — via Book Club, March 2007

Night

by Elie Wiesel · 2006 · Memoir

“Required reading for all of humanity.” — via Book Club, January 2006

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy · 2004 · Fiction

“From Stiva's debts and infidelity to Levin's idealized dream of a wife and family—from Nikolai's drunken Communist rants to Kitty's naive and passionate heart—Tolstoy weaves an extravagant web.” — via Book Club, May 2004

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez · 2004 · Fiction

“One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez is as steamy, dense and sensual as the jungle that surrounds the surreal town of Macondo!” — via Book Club, January 2004

Cry, the Beloved Country

by Alan Paton · 2003 · Fiction

“The saga of Stephen Kumalo—his struggle as a father, as a reverend, as a brother and as a man—captures the very essence of South Africa.” — via Book Club, September 2003

East of Eden

by John Steinbeck · 2003 · Fiction

“It's the perfect summer read...a novel so rich and full of drama you won't be able to turn the pages fast enough!” — via Book Club, June 2003

A Fine Balance

by Rohinton Mistry · 2001 · Fiction

“I've never encountered pages that took me so far, and removed me from my own way of life and way of thinking...” — via Book Club, November 2001

The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver · 2000 · Fiction

“It's a survival story unlike any other, a wild epic adventure that will transport you to another place, a place where all hell is about to break loose...” — via Book Club, June 2000

White Oleander

by Janet Fitch · 1999 · Fiction

“Page after page, I fell in love with a story that deeply moved me, and vivid passages that described the sky as the color of peaches and compared sorrow to the taste of a copper penny.” — via Book Club, May 1999

She’s Come Undone

by Wally Lamb · 1997 · Fiction

“This book selection is going to take you for a ride--a crazy ride. I describe it as a little wicky-whacky-doodle sometimes. Some bad things happen to the heroine, Delores, but a good portion of it will make you laugh out loud and slap your knee.” — via Book Club, December 1997

American Dirt

by Jeanine Cummins · 2020 · Fiction

“This story changed the way I see what it means to be a migrant in a whole new way,” — via Book Club, January 2020

Olive, Again

by Elizabeth Strout · 2019 · Fiction

“Ah, Olive. She teaches us so much about loneliness, judgment, aging, and loss. And empathy, too.” — via Book Club, November 2019

The Water Dancer

by Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2019 · Fiction

“It is beautiful as it is tragic.” — via Book Club, September 2019

An American Marriage

by Tayari Jones · 2018 · Fiction

“You'll come away with greater empathy and understanding but even if you don’t, it’s just a really great read. It's the perfect book to read along with a friend or family member.” — via Book Club, February 2018

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead · 2016 · Fiction

“Every now and then a book comes along that reaches the marrow of your bones, settles in, and stays forever. This is one. It’s a tour de force, and I don’t say that lightly.” — via Book Club, August 2016

The Invention of Wings

by Sue Monk Kidd · 2014 · Fiction

“It is impossible to read this book and not come away thinking differently about our status as women and about all the unsung heroines who play a role in getting us to where we are.” — via Book Club, January 2014

Wild

by Cheryl Strayed · 2012 · Memoir

“It is stimulating, it is thought provoking, it is soul enhancing. This book is about being brave, when you didn't think you could be.” — via Book Club, March 2012

A New Earth

by Eckhart Tolle · 2005 · Self-Help

“A wake-up call for the planet.” — via Book Club, January 2008

The Deep End of the Ocean

by Jacquelyn Mitchard · 1996 · Fiction

“It's an intense tale that really is a mother's worst nightmare. A lot of you who are mothers think you can't read the book at first, but you really can — trust me.” — via Book Club, September 1996