Oprah Winfrey's Book Recommendations

"I was having a birthday party last year, and a friend handed me this. I was so riveted that I asked the author, who almost never gives interviews, to talk with me on OWN. Here's one of my favorite observations in this essential work: "To attain true inner freedom, you must be able to objectively watch your problems instead of being lost in them.... Once you've made the commitment to free yourself of that scared person inside, you will notice that there is a clear decision point at which your growth takes place."

"One of my new favorite books."

"The perfect book to read along with a friend or family member."

"I love this title because the novel redefines the traditional American love story. It's really a love triangle and places it inside a world that a lot of people don't know about, but impacts all of us in really big ways."

"About race and class, the economy, culture, immigration and the danger of the us-versus-them mentality."

"It's about race and class, the economy, culture, immigration, and the dangers of the us versus them mentality. And underneath it all pumps the heart and soul of family love, the pursuit of happiness, and what home really means."

"I have not felt this way about a book since Beloved. I knew early on the book was going to cut me up. I ended up with my soul pierced."

"I knew early on the book was going to cut me up. I ended up with my soul pierced."

"I want the whole world to read this book. This book is everything you wanted to know and so much you didn’t even know you wanted to know. It’s a tour de force. I laughed and I cried. It is exquisitely written. She just opens up herself. It’s so vulnerable, and I’d say that even if I didn’t know her."

"Like so many of us, I’ve read newspaper articles and watched television news stories and seen movies about the plight of families looking for a better life, but this story changed the way I see what it means to be a migrant in a whole new way."

"Changed the way I see what it means to be a migrant in a whole new way."

"I fell in love with Olive not despite her flaws, but because of them."

"One of the most important books of our time."

"Reads like an epic novel. And it is all true!"

"Over the years I've chosen many great novels, very few memoirs for my book club, but this story reads like an epic novel. And it is all true! Mr. Hinton was falsely convicted of murder and spent 30 years on death row before he was finally released."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"So rich and full of drama you won't be able to turn the pages fast enough!"

"[The author] weaves an extravagant web."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Every now and then a book comes along that reaches the marrow of your bones, settles in, and stays forever. This is one."

"I read this book over a year ago, but this family still haunts me."

"It is impossible to read this book and not come away thinking differently about our status as women."

"I've never encountered pages that took me so far, and removed me from my own way of life and way of thinking the way A Fine Balance did."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"It’s not just a book, it’s a life experience."

"Masterfully both captures the innocence and the horror of the unimaginable events these children witness."

"People read Stolen Lives and they are changed by it—enlightened by it—opened up by it."

"[Opens] 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."

"I read it as a testament to the power of vulnerability."

"I remember starting it and just devouring it, not being able to get enough of it, because I fell in love with Scout."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"So astonishing, it left me speechless."

"Captures the very essence of South Africa in transition from a rural, tribal nation of spiritual heritage to a modern country of big cities, violence and upheaval."

"It will drive you crazy with suspense. I loved it, loved it, loved it; I stayed up all night reading it."

"I promise it will grab you from the first sentence."

"It’s got everything—sex and love, even rock n’ roll, and everything you want in a book."

"As steamy, dense and sensual as the jungle that surrounds the surreal town of Macondo!"

"I have never been more excited about a find."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Page after page, I fell in love with a story that deeply moved me."

"Such a beautiful book. I love this book."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"[The author's words] evoke the simple beauty of the characters and the harsh mystery of China's ancient culture."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"One of the greatest love stories I have ever read."

"That, my dear, is called reading."

"Worth waiting for."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"There would have been no Oprah's Book Club if this woman had chosen not to share her love of words with the world."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"The book I love so much—recommended to me by Julia [Roberts]."

"A beautifully crafted book, written like poetry."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"I think that this is right up there with the greatest American novels ever written."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Raw."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"What a wild ride. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."

"You get something new every time."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Required reading for all of humanity."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"One of the things [the author is] able to do in this book is [to let] people know that they are not alone."

"A grandly entertaining novel for the new century."

"An intense tale that really is a mother's worst nightmare."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"I am one-thousand percent better when I do it. Meditation Bob: He’s got it!"

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"[The author] makes you want to be a better person, with his humor and his heart and everything he's had to deal with from the time he was born."

"Honest and brave... The new manifesto for women in the workplace."

"Shows us how to rebuild a world in which all are truly equal and free."

"Reminds us that when we come together as a community in compassion and empathy, our love triumphs."

"A riveting true story of an American family that reads like a medical detective journey."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"I saw so much of my own story in this beautifully written book by Ashley, who—like me—also had to overcome a challenging childhood growing up as a poor, Black girl. Her remarkable memoir about finding love, finding freedom, and finding herself will move you."

"Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of super-soulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement."

"@looklikeoprah2 @maclaineshirley yep..that book "opened the door" for me. #SuperSoulSunday"

"Unlike any book I have chosen."

"A quartet of masterpieces."

"About the difference between deciding to do something and really having to do it."

"Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."

"Fills me with admiration and awe."