Books I've Read Since Oprah Got Me Interested in Reading Again
- 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
- A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton
- A Monk Swimming : A Memoir by Malachy McCourt
- A Song Flung Up To Heaven by Maya Angelou
- About a Boy by Nick Hornby
- All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou
- All Is Vanity by Christina Schwartz
- Almost French by Sarah Turnbull
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
- Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
- Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell
- Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
- Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
- Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
- Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
- Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
- Cane River by Lalita Tademy
- Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- Cause Celeb by Helen Fielding
- Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
- Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
- Deception Point by Dan Brown
- Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- Fall on Your Knees by Ann Marie MacDonald
- Find Me by Rosie O'Donnell
- Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
- Gather Together In My Name by Maya Angelou
- Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
- Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
- I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
- I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
- In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
- Jewel by Bret Lott
- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Lucky by Alice Sebold
- Lucky Man : A Memoir by Michael J. Fox
- Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
- Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
- Olivia Joules by Helen Fielding
- Open House by Elizabeth Berg
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
- River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
- Save Karyn : One Shopaholic's Journey to Debt and Back by Karyn Bosnak
- Sex & the City by Candace Bushnell
- She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
- Single White Email by Jessica Adams
- Singin' and Swingin' and Getting Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
- Singing My Him Song by Malachy McCourt
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- Songs In Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris
- Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (aka La Prisonniere) by Malika Oufkir
- Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
- Stupid White Men by Michael Moore
- Sula by Toni Morrison
- Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes
- Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
- The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
- The Boy Next Door by Meggin Cabot
- The Bride Stripped Bare - Anonymous
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
- The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
- The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
- The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- The Nanny Diaries: A Novel by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
- The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
- The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
- The Way The Crow Flies by Ann Marie MacDonald
- Tis: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
- To Major Tom: The Bowie Letters by Dave Thompson
- Tom, Dick and Debbie Harry by Jessica Adams
- Trading Up by Candace Bushnell
- Unexpected Salami (The)by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
- Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay
- We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
- What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
- Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
- While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
- White Oleander by Janet Fitch
I learned how to read at 3 years old. As a child I loved reading but as I got older it started to feel more like something I had to do and became less something that I wanted to do. I began avoided books as much as I could and somehow managed to coast by through school and college without doing much reading.
A few years ago I decided to try reading one of the books from Oprah's Book Club. The book was The House of Sand and Fog. Looking back that's not one of my favourite books, however if it weren't for Oprah and her enthusiasm for reading I probably wouldn't have begun reading for pleasure again and would have missed out on what I think are some of the greatest books ever written.
This list is all the books I've read since I rediscovered books as an adult. Some are fantastic, some are fairly average but I always finish every book I start. I think I gained something from reading all of them.
Oprah has slowed down a lot on her recommendations lately and I'm always looking for suggestions from other readers.
Oprah also starred in the film version of 'The Color Purple'.
I can recommend very highly:
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (also a favourite film of mine)
Rosshalde by Hermann Hesse
Don't take my word - read the reviews.
Since Professor mentioned "The Color Purple," I recommend it for reading as well as watching. The story is told completely in the form of letters written by the main character. Excellent execution; you totally get the story line. Another Pulitzer prize winner (1983).