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Oprah's Book Club 2.0

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nameOprah's Book Club 2.0
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presenterOprah Winfrey
sponsorOprah Winfrey Network
O: The Oprah Magazine
locationWorldwide
year2012
websiteWebsite

O: The Oprah Magazine Oprah's Book Club 2.0 is a book club founded June 1, 2012, by Oprah Winfrey in a joint project between OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network and O: The Oprah Magazine. The club is a re-launch of the original Oprah's Book Club, which ran for 15 years and ended in 2011, but as the "2.0" name suggests, digital media is the new focus. It incorporates the use of various social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter) and e-readers that allow for the quoting and uploading of passages and notes for discussion, among other features.

On March 25, 2019, Apple Inc. and Oprah announced a revival of a video version of Oprah's Book Club that will air on Apple TV+.

History

The book club was announced June 1, 2012. Critics at the time pointed out that her online audience was not as large as it was previously with network television, and the new club would be a test if she still had the "Oprah Effect" with the reading public to create hits as before.

Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selections

DateAuthorTitleCitation
June 2012Cheryl StrayedWild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
December 2012Ayana MathisThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie
January 2014Sue Monk KiddThe Invention of Wings
February 2015Cynthia BondRuby
August 2016Colson WhiteheadThe Underground Railroad
September 2016Glennon Doyle MeltonLove Warrior
June 2017Imbolo MbueBehold the Dreamers
February 2018Tayari JonesAn American Marriage
June 2018Anthony Ray HintonThe Sun Does Shine
November 2018Michelle ObamaBecoming
September 2019Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Water Dancer
November 2019Elizabeth StroutOlive, Again
April 2020Robert KolkerHidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
June 2020James McBrideDeacon King Kong
November 2020Isabel WilkersonCaste: The Origins of Our Discontents
March 2021Marilynne RobinsonGilead; Home; Lila; Jack
June 2021Nathan HarrisThe Sweetness of Water
August 2021Honorée Fanonne JeffersThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
September 2021Richard PowersBewilderment
February 2022Martha BeckThe Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
April 2022Viola DavisFinding Me
June 2022Leila MottleyNightcrawling
September 2022Jarvis Jay MastersThat Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row
October 2022Barbara KingsolverDemon Copperhead
February 2023Susan CainBittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Wholelast1=Italiefirst1=Hilleltitle=Oprah chooses Susan Cain's 'Bittersweet' for book cluburl=https://apnews.com/article/books-and-literature-maya-angelou-entertainment-be1930d477f6c3024eaf56b4f35d53f7work=AP Newsdate=February 15, 2023archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215131854/https://apnews.com/article/books-and-literature-maya-angelou-entertainment-be1930d477f6c3024eaf56b4f35d53f7archive-date=February 15, 2023url-status=live }}
March 2023Ann NapolitanoHello Beautiful
May 2023Abraham VergheseThe Covenant of Water
September 2023Nathan HillWellness
October 2023Jesmyn WardLet Us Descend
February 2024Lara Love HardinThe Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
May 2024Colm TóibínLong Island{{Cite webtitle=Oprah Announces Her 105th Book Club Pickurl=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a60651102/oprah-book-club-105th-pick/access-date=2024-05-07
June 2024David WroblewskiFamiliaris
September 2024Elizabeth StroutTell Me Everything
October 2024Lisa Marie Presley, Riley KeoughFrom Here to the Great Unknown
December 2024Claire KeeganSmall Things Like These
January 2025Eckhart TolleA New Earth (also selected in January 2008)
February 2025Eric PuchnerDream State
March 2025Amy GriffinThe Tell
April 2025Tina KnowlesMatriarch: A Memoir
May 2025Ocean VuongThe Emperor of Gladness
June 2025Wally LambThe River Is Waiting
July 2025Bruce HolsingerCulpability
August 2025Richard RussoBridge of Sighs
September 2025Elizabeth GilbertAll the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
October 2025Megha MajumdarA Guardian and a Thief
November 2025Ann PackerSome Bright Nowhere
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Controversies

On January 21, 2020, Oprah announced her next book club selection would be American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. The novel, about a Mexican woman fleeing to America after being targeted by a drug cartel, came under scrutiny as Cummins was a white woman with no connection to Mexico and marketing for the book claimed she had a special connection to the material because her husband had at one point been an undocumented immigrant without ever revealing he was a white Irishman. 142 authors including R. O. Kwon, Tommy Orange and Valeria Luiselli penned an open letter asking Oprah to rescind her endorsement of the book.

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell was originally selected for March 2020, but dropped after Russell was accused, without evidence, of plagiarizing Wendy C. Ortiz's 2014 memoir Excavation. According to the Associated Press, "Reviewers who looked at both books saw no evidence of plagiarism."

References

References

  1. (June 1, 2012). "Winfrey launches 'Oprah's Book Club 2.0'". [[CBS News]].
  2. Hipes, Patrick. (2019-03-25). "Apple Shows Off Original Series For First Time With Sizzle Reel – Watch".
  3. Gartenberg, Chaim. (2019-03-25). "Oprah will release two documentaries on Apple TV Plus along with a new book club".
  4. (June 1, 2012). "Sharing inspiration with modern readers: Oprah's Book Club 2.0 launches online Monday, June 4 with its first selection, "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed".
  5. (August 19, 2012). "''Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail'' by Cheryl Strayed". [[New York Times Book Review]].
  6. Lee, Felecia R.. (December 5, 2012). "Novelist's Debut Is Newest Pick for Oprah's Book Club".
  7. Kennedy, Deborah. (February 13, 2013). "An Interview with Ayana Mathis".
  8. Oldenburg, Ann. (December 10, 2013). "Oprah announces new Book Club 2.0 pick". [[USA Today]].
  9. Italie, Hillel. (February 10, 2015). "Oprah Winfrey selects Cynthia Bond's 'Ruby' for book club". [[Denver Post]].
  10. Winfrey, Oprah. "Oprah Talks to ''The Underground Railroad'' Author Colson Whitehead".
  11. "Oprah Announces the Newest Oprah's Book Club Selection". Oprah.com.
  12. "Oprah picks debut novel 'Behold the Dreamers' for book club". [[USA Today]].
  13. "Oprah Winfrey reveals her next book club pick: 'An American Marriage' by Tayari Jones". [[USA Today]].
  14. "First Look: Oprah's Book Vluc "Freedom After 30 Years on Death Row"". [[Oprah.com]].
  15. (November 12, 2018). "First Look: Oprah's New Book Club Pick: Becoming, by Michelle Obama". [[Oprah.com]].
  16. (September 23, 2019). "Oprah's New Book Club Pick: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates". [[Oprah.com]].
  17. (November 7, 2019). "Oprah reveals "Olive, Again" by Elizabeth Strout as new book club pick". [[CBS News]].
  18. (April 7, 2020). "Oprah's Book Club: The Complete List". [[Oprah.com]].
  19. (June 16, 2020). "Oprah Announces New Oprah's Book Club Pick: Deacon King Kong by James McBride". [[O Magazine]].
  20. (August 4, 2020). "Oprah Winfrey names "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" her most important Book Club selection ever". [[Apple.com]].
  21. Italie, Hillel. (March 15, 2021). "Oprah Winfrey chooses four Marilynne Robinson 'Gilead' novels for book club". [[USA Today]].
  22. (June 15, 2021). "Oprah Winfrey picks Emancipation-era novel 'The Sweetness of Water' for book club". [[Los Angeles Times]].
  23. (August 26, 2021). "Oprah's New Book Club Pick: ''The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers''".
  24. (September 29, 2021). "Oprah Winfrey chooses Richard Powers' 'Bewilderment' for book club". [[The Indian Express]].
  25. (February 8, 2022). "Winfrey's New Book Club Pick is by Lifestyle Coach Beck". [[The Washington Post]].
  26. (April 21, 2022). "Viola Davis' new memoir "Finding Me" selected as Oprah's new book club pick".
  27. [https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a40153033/oprah-book-club-nightcrawling/ Oprah's New Book Club Pick Is Nightcrawling, by Leila Mottley]
  28. [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-13/oprah-picks-california-death-row-inmates-autobiography-for-book-club/ Oprah picks California death row inmate’s autobiography for book club]
  29. "Oprah's New Book Club Pick: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver".
  30. (February 15, 2023). "Oprah chooses Susan Cain's 'Bittersweet' for book club". AP News.
  31. "Oprah Winfrey says her milestone 100th book pick 'opened her' up".
  32. (2023-05-02). "Oprah Announces the 101st Book Club Pick!".
  33. (2023-05-02). "Oprah Announces Her 102nd Book Club Pick!".
  34. (2023-10-24). "Oprah Announces Her 103rd Book Club Pick!".
  35. "Oprah's New Book Club Pick: The Many Lives of Mama Love".
  36. "Oprah Announces Her 106th Book Club Pick".
  37. "Oprah's 107th Book Club Pick: Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout".
  38. "Oprah Announces Her 108th Book Club Pick".
  39. "Oprah's 109th Book Club Pick: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan".
  40. "Oprah's 110th Book Club Pick: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle".
  41. (2025-02-18). "Oprah Selects Her 111th Book Club Pick".
  42. (2025-03-11). "Oprah Announces "The Tell" as Her Latest Book Club Pick".
  43. (2025-04-22). "Oprah Announces Matriarch, by Tina Knowles as 113th Book Club Pick".
  44. (2025-05-13). "Oprah Announces Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness as 114th Book Club Pick".
  45. (2025-06-10). "Oprah Announces Wally Lamb’s "The River Is Waiting" as Her 115th Book Club Pick".
  46. (2025-07-08). "Oprah Announces Culpability, by Bruce Holsinger, as Her July Book Club Pick".
  47. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oprah-winfrey-bridge-of-sighs-book-club-read-free-excerpt/ Oprah Winfrey picks "Bridge of Sighs" for book club in August: Read a free excerpt]
  48. [https://apnews.com/article/oprah-winfrey-elizabeth-gilbert-book-club-1adac1ff8d84846223d392c23ab3cae8 Oprah Winfrey selects Elizabeth Gilbert’s new memoir for her book club]
  49. (2025-10-14). "Oprah Announces Her 119th Book Club Pick".
  50. (2025-11-11). "Oprah Announces 'Some Bright Nowhere' by Ann Packer as 120th Book Club Pick".
  51. (January 24, 2020). "Oprah's new book club pick is fueling a debate. It's not just about the story. It's who's telling it".
  52. (January 29, 2020). "Dear Oprah Winfrey: 142 Writers Ask You to Reconsider American Dirt".
  53. Grady, Constance. (March 6, 2020). "Reading Lolita in the wake of the My Dark Vanessa controversy". Vox.
  54. Egan, Elisabeth. (April 2, 2020). "Oprah's Book Club Dropped Her Novel. It Still Became a Best Seller". The New York Times.
  55. Sturges, Fiona. (March 13, 2020). "Is My Dark Vanessa the most controversial novel of the year? Author Kate Elizabeth Russell speaks out". The Guardian.
  56. (March 5, 2020). "Oprah Winfrey dropped 'My Dark Vanessa' book club pick after online controversy". USA Today.
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