Oprah Book Club

An Open Letter to Jonathan Franzen, or How I Learned to Love the Twittersphere

Amanda Guinzburg | Posted 05.09.2012

Amanda Guinzburg

The fact is the digital train has already long left the station and we, those of us who call ourselves writers and artists, have an obligation to get on board so we might impact the nature of the trip.

How America's Most Popular Reader Changed Publishing

usatoday.com | Posted 07.24.2011

As The Oprah Winfrey Show ends its 25-year run on Wednesday, its host says Oprah's Book Club will follow her to her fledgling cable network, OWN. With...

Top 10 Bestselling Books In Oprah’s Book Club

GalleyCat | Jason Boog on May 20, 2011 10:31 AM | Posted 07.20.2011

To commemorate the end of Oprah’s Book Club, the Nielsen Company has compiled a list of the top ten bestselling books from Oprah Winfrey‘s magical...

James Frey Discusses The Big O, His Blasphemous New Book Pre-Oprah Interview

The Fix | Posted 07.16.2011

When she discovered that much of his memoir were fabricated, an irate Oprah Winfrey nearly drove the much-maligned writer to drink. Today he's back on...

Oprah Book Club Of England Equivalent

Metro.co.uk | Posted 01.02.2012

The selected titles were announced yesterday and include four debut novels. Among those on the list are Trespass by Rose Tremain, The Blasphemer by...

Oprah Book Club Pick Off To Slow Start

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — When she learned that Oprah Winfrey had a new book pick coming, Cathy Langer of the Tattered Cover store in Denver ordered hundreds o...

Jonathan Franzen On 'Oprah'

nydailynews.com | Alexander Nazaryan | Posted 05.25.2011

"Patty went even more overboard with Total Jockworld than most, because she could! Because she'd finally escaped from Westchester!" The above was wri...

Oprah Picks 2 Dickens Novels For Book Club

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Better set some time aside for Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. The talk show host has selected a pair of Dickens classics, "A...

Franzen Glasses Thief Speaks

GQ | Posted 05.25.2011

They proceeded to steal the author's glasses off his face, leaving a ransom note with a demand for $100,000 and a Hotmail address by way of contact....

Oprah's 'Freedom' Fancy Is Cannibalistic

chicagotribune.com | Chauncey Mabe | Posted 05.25.2011

Already a best-seller, "Freedom" is going to sell millions of copies. With Oprah's seal of approval, it may become the kudzu of the literary world, ov...

Betty White + Facebook = Book Sales?

Catherine McKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011

Catherine McKenzie

Could I "bet" a bunch of people on Facebook and make a book a bestseller? Well, sure I could try. Why the hell not?

Reading In Private, Or A Social Pursuit?

The New York Times | MOTOKO RICH | Posted 12.08.2011

Reading might well have been among the last remaining private activities, but it is now a relentlessly social pursuit. Gaggles of readers get together...

Oprah Book Club Author Ewem Akpan's New Fiction

The New Yorker | Ewem Akpan | Posted 05.25.2011

A female passenger starts to scream in the molue, or you-beat-me-I-beat-you bus, in front of my battered red Volkswagen Beetle, introducing another ri...

10 Books About Non-Dysfunctional Families

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Last week, we looked ahead to Thanksgiving with the family by showing you that yours is not the only crazy family out there. Sooner or later, we had t...

Blockbuster Books Of The Decade (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Bestsellers are harder to track than you'd think and it's not easy for everyone to agree which are the biggest. Each bestseller list--The New York Tim...

"Say You're One Of Them": Uwem Akpan Is Oprah's New Book Pick

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey has blessed the book world's eternal underdog: the short story. Publishing's surest hitmaker announced Friday that her ...

Oprah Tweet: New Book Club Pick Coming Next Month

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Check your Twitter: Oprah Winfrey has some news. The talk show host tweeted Monday that her first new book club pick in a year will ...

"The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle" By David Wroblewski Chosen As Next Oprah's Book Club Pick

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey announced Friday she'd chosen David Wroblewski's "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" as her latest book club pick, calling the...

In the Hamptons: A Summer Read for the Soul (Video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Gregory

As your sandy summer read dwindles down to its final pages Dan Rattiner's latest book In the Hamptons arrives offering life's saltiest stories told with more heart than a Oprah book club pick.

Oprah Picks Self-Help Guide For Book Club

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey has chosen Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth," a self-help guide by the author of the million-selling "The Power of Now," as...