Oprah Book Club List 2024
Oprah Winfrey started her first book club in 1996 as the OG celebrity book club. In the past 30 years, she has chosen over one hundred books, which makes it difficult to keep track of the books by year. This year, Oprah chose six books. This is the Oprah Book Club List 2024, with short descriptions of all the books and reviews of the books I have read.
I have been reading books from the Oprah Book Club for over 20 years. Her books are literary in nature and always great for discussion. When the book club first started, Oprah consistently chose 7-10 books a year. By 2002, her choices began to dwindle, with only one to four book picks a year for the next twenty years! Yes, twenty years. If you want to see all the books on the Oprah Book Club list, I have that for you!
While Oprah’s book Club version 2.0 technically started in 2012, after her show ended, the choices did not become more consistent until 2020. But even then, she chooses books sporadically throuout the year. This year she chose six books, but it was not a book every other month.
I think it is important to have consistency in a book club. Whether you are choosing books monthly or quarterly, I think it is important that book club members know when to expect the next book.
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Oprah Book Club List 2024
The Many Lives of Mama Love
Author: Lara Love Hardin
Release Date: 2024
Genre: Fiction
More info: February 2024 Oprah’s Book Club Pick
Plot
Lara Love Hardin lives in a ritzy house, in a wealthy neighborhood. She’s the last person anyone would expect to be arrested! But soon, she’s been funding her heroine addiction with stolen credit cards so off to prison she goes. In jail, she learns about the class system and power system of the community within, and soon she’s masterd the system like a PTA mom.
Long Island
Author: Colm TóibÃn
Year: 2024
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: May 2024 Oprah Book Club Pick
Plot
Oprah loves a sequel and Long Island is no exception. This is the sequel to Colm TóibÃn’s bestselling book, Brooklyn, set 20 years later and checking in with protaganist Eilis Lacey once more. Married with two teenagers and living in Long Island, Eilis is shocked when the husband of her husband’s lover shows up announcing his wife is pregnant and he won’t care for her husband’s child. What she does next propels the entire story.
Familiaris
Author: David Wroblewski
Genre: Historical Fiction
Year: 2024
More info: June 2024 Oprah Book Club Pick
Plot
The sequel to The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, the bestselling story is set in 1919 and is the origin story about the Sawtelle family centered around John. John, his wife, and their friends are setting off on an adventure to the woods of Wisconsin.
Tell Me Everything
Author: Elizabeth Strout
Genre: Literary Fiction
Release Date: September 10, 2024
More info: September 2024 Oprah Book Club Pick, Amgash #5
Plot
Olive Kitteridge is back in the next installment of Oprah’s favorite book series, I’m not surprised she picked this one, but it’s a bit unoriginal as far as picks go. In this 5th book of the series, the town of Crosby, Maine is dealing with a murder investigation.
Lucy, Bob, Olive and the gang all connect over the course of the story, telling each others stories and making meaningful friendships.
From Here to the Great Unknown
Author: Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
Genre: Nonfiction
Year: 2024
More info: October 2024 Oprah Book Club Pick
Age: 16+
Plot
Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir, lovingly finished by her daughter Riley upon her death, tells her story for the first time. Born to one of the most famous musicians in the world, she explores growing up at Graceland, her marriage to Michael Jackson, and what it was like living in the Hollywood scene.
Why Kirsten loves it
I was utterly enthralled by the audiobook version of this book. Julia Roberts narrates Lisa Marie’s words, Riley narrates her own voice, and there are recordings Lisa Marie made scattered throughout as well.
Since Lisa Marie passed before finishing this project, Riley’s words are woven throughout — finishing stories, giving context, and bringing her perspective to her mother’s version of events. Riley showed her mother so much grace and love while acknowledging how unique and difficult Lisa Marie’s life was.
Find this book in: Celebrity Memoirs / Giftable Books / Best Oprah’s Book Club Books / Best Beach Reads 2025 / Oprah Book Club List 2024
Small Things Like These
Author: Claire Deegan
Genre: Literary Fiction
Release Date: 2022
More info: December 2024 Oprah Book Club Pick
Plot
Set in 1985, this short Christmas book tells the story of an Irish coal miner who wants to face the injustices of the church’s treatment of unmarried mothers and their children.
Expert Tip
Oprah’s book club is the most literary of all the book clubs and can seem intimidating. Here are some tips if you want to read an Oprah book club pick.
- Give yourself time to read the books without pressure to read them quickly. This way, you can really enjoy the plots and characters
- Kirsten and I have not read all of the books on the Oprah Book Club List 2024. If you want to read a book you will love, check out my reviews.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books are on the Oprah book club list 2024?
In 2024, Oprah chose 6 books for her book club.
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Epilogue
Did you read any of the books from the Oprah Book Club list 2024?
