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Oprah's Book Club
2019 - 2021 4.0 (1 votes) 1 Seasons
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Genres
Talk
Networks
Apple TV+
Created By
Oprah Winfrey

Oprah's Book Club

Read. Watch. Discuss.

Overview

Get a front row seat to unguarded conversations with incredible authors. It’s a book club for today’s world.

Top Cast

Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey

Self - Host

Seasons

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Season 1 (2019)

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14 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Water Dancer
2019-11-01

Oprah and Ta-Nehisi discuss the 10-year process of writing his #1 best-selling debut novel and the cultural conversation it has provoked. Plus, Ta-Nehisi visits Monticello, which inspired his book’s setting.

Runtime: 58 min
Episode 2: Elizabeth Strout: Olive, Again
2020-01-18

Elizabeth tells Oprah how her celebrated protagonist reappeared and why she finds the everydayness of life to be extraordinary.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 3: Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (1)
2020-03-06

Jeanine and Oprah are joined by authors Reyna Grande, Julissa Arce, and Esther Cepeda for a raw, revealing conversation about the novel.

Runtime: 66 min
Episode 4: Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (2)
2020-03-06

Latinx people who saw themselves reflected in the book share insights into real-life migrant experiences.

Runtime: 40 min
Episode 5: Robert Kolker: Hidden Valley Road
2020-06-12

Oprah has in-depth discussions with author Kolker and surviving members of the Galvin family about living this extraordinary true story.

Runtime: 52 min
Episode 6: James McBride: Deacon King Kong
2020-07-30

Oprah and McBride discuss how his novel speaks to the current moment, his focus on the Black experience, and the inspiration for his characters.

Runtime: 19 min
Episode 7: Isabel Wilkerson: Caste
2020-10-02

Calling the book ”a must-read for all of humanity,” Oprah asks Wilkerson what compelled her to write it and why we need a new language for race.

Runtime: 36 min
Episode 8: Marilynne Robinson: Gilead
2021-04-23

Oprah talks to Robinson about her Pulitzer Prize-winning second novel, finding the character of John Ames, and how faith shapes her writing.

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 9: Marilynne Robinson: Home
2021-04-30

Robinson explains what inspired her to revisit the story of Gilead from different points of view and why she chose to address the subject of race.

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 10: Marilynne Robinson: Lila
2021-05-07

Oprah and Robinson discuss finding new layers in established characters, what America looks like at its best, and how loneliness can be a privilege.

Runtime: 11 min
Episode 11: Marilynne Robinson: Jack
2021-05-14

Discussing the fourth Gilead novel, Robinson opens up about its interracial romance, her writing process, and the possibility of more stories.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Nathan Harris: The Sweetness of Water
2021-07-23

Oprah sits down with Harris to discuss his debut novel's inspiration, his writing process, and how a biracial upbringing shaped his point of view.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 13: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
2021-09-23

The acclaimed poet opens up to Oprah about the inspiration for her epic debut novel and what she hopes to impart about the Black experience.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 14: Richard Powers: Bewilderment
2021-10-22

Oprah and Powers talk about his first novel since a Pulitzer Prize win, finding empathy through our differences, and his hopes for our planet.

Runtime: 29 min

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