books recommended by Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history.

Oprah Winfrey is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history.

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books recommended by Oprah Winfrey

The Four Agreements

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Becoming

Becoming

Michelle Obama

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

East of Eden

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

The Road

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

Wild

Wild

Cheryl Strayed

A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance

Rohinton Mistry

An American Marriage

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

Sula

Sula

Toni Morrison

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

A New Earth

A New Earth

Eckhart Tolle

The Corrections

The Corrections

Jonathan Franzen

Light in August

Light in August

William Faulkner

Love in the Time of Cholera

Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez

Love Warrior

Love Warrior

Glennon Doyle

The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton

Freedom

Freedom

Jonathan Franzen

Middlesex

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

She's Come Undone

She's Come Undone

Wally Lamb

The Good Earth

The Good Earth

Pearl S. Buck

The Tiger's Wife

The Tiger's Wife

Téa Obreht

While I Was Gone

While I Was Gone

Sue Miller

After Visiting with Friends

After Visiting with Friends

Michael Haney

A Lesson Before Dying

A Lesson Before Dying

Ernest J. Gaines

A Map of the World

A Map of the World

Jane Hamilton

A Million Little Pieces

A Million Little Pieces

James Frey

A Virtuous Woman

A Virtuous Woman

Kaye Gibbons

Back Roads

Back Roads

Tawni O'Dell

Behold the Dreamers

Behold the Dreamers

Imbolo Mbue

Black and Blue

Black and Blue

Anna Quindlen

Breath, Eyes, Memory

Breath, Eyes, Memory

Edwidge Danticat

Cane River

Cane River

Lalita Tademy

Daughter of Fortune

Daughter of Fortune

Isabel Allende

Drowning Ruth

Drowning Ruth

Christina Schwarz

Ellen Foster

Ellen Foster

Kaye Gibbons

Fall On Your Knees

Fall On Your Knees

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Gap Creek

Gap Creek

Robert Morgan

Here on Earth

Here on Earth

Alice Hoffman

House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog

Andre Dubus III

I Know This Much Is True

I Know This Much Is True

Wally Lamb

Icy Sparks

Icy Sparks

Gwyn Hyman Rubio

Jewel

Jewel

Bret Lott

Midwives

Midwives

Chris Bohjalian

Mother of Pearl

Mother of Pearl

Melinda Haynes

Night

Night

Elie Wiesel

Olive, Again

Olive, Again

Elizabeth Strout

Open House

Open House

Elizabeth Berg

Paradise

Paradise

Toni Morrison

Rapture of Canaan

Rapture of Canaan

Sheri Reynolds

River, Cross My Heart

River, Cross My Heart

Breena Clarke

Ruby

Ruby

Cynthia Bond

Say You're One of Them

Say You're One of Them

Uwem Akpan

Songs in Ordinary Time

Songs in Ordinary Time

Mary McGarry Morris

Stolen Lives

Stolen Lives

Malika Oufkir

Stones from the River

Stones from the River

Ursula Hegi

Tara Road

Tara Road

Maeve Binchy

The Best Way to Play

The Best Way to Play

Bill Cosby

The Book of Ruth

The Book of Ruth

Jane Hamilton

The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean

Jacquelyn Mitchard

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

The Heart of a Woman

The Heart of a Woman

Maya Angelou

The Invention of Wings

The Invention of Wings

Sue Monk Kidd

The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man

Sidney Poitier

The Pillars of the Earth

The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett

The Pilot's Wife

The Pilot's Wife

Anita Shreve

The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

The Reader

The Reader

Bernhard Schlink

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

David Wroblewski

The Sun Does Shine

The Sun Does Shine

Anthony Ray Hinton

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

Ayana Mathis

The Water Dancer

The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Vinegar Hill

Vinegar Hill

A. Manette Ansay

We Were the Mulvaneys

We Were the Mulvaneys

Joyce Carol Oates

What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day

What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day

Pearl Cleage

Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

Billie Letts

White Oleander

White Oleander

Janet Fitch

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