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This Selection Was a Rare Misstep for Oprah's Book Club

Remember this controversy?

Sarah Stiefvater

By Sarah Stiefvater

Published Nov 19, 2024

When it comes to celebrity book clubs, Oprah is the OG. Winfrey started her eponymous book club way back in 1996 as a segment on her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show. Decades later, the media mogul is still recommending titles that consistently earn spots on the bestseller lists. Over the past few decades, her selections have ranged from iconic works by Toni Morrison to recent bestsellers like Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead. And, impressively, out of 108 books Oprah’s Book Club has featured, there’s only been one major miss: A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.

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Sarah Stiefvater

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