Oprah Book Club List 2026
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 has been true to her style and picked books a little different than everyone else. This is the Oprah Book Club List 2026, 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. 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. This year, Oprah didn’t choose a book in January because she was publicizing her own book, and then chose a book at the end of February. Does that count as a February or March pick? We aren’t sure.
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Oprah Book Club List 2026
Enough: Your Health, Your Weight, and What It’s Like To Be Free
Author: Oprah Winfrey and Ania M. Jastreboff M.D. Ph.D.
Release Date: January 13, 2026
Genre: Nonfiction
More info: January 2026 Oprah’s Book Club Pick
Plot
Dr. Ania Jastreboff and Oprah discuss obesity as a disease that can be treated with modern therapies. Oprah details her struggle with obesity and how Dr. Jastreboff’s approach can be customized to each person’s needs.
Kin
Author: Tayari Jones
Release Date: February 24, 2026
Genre: Literary Fiction
More info: February 2026 Oprah Book Club Pick
Plot
Vernice and Annie have been best friends and neighbors their whole lives, despite living in different circumstances. Vernice leaves her small town to head to college, where she is exposed to a more affluent society of sisters, while Annie sets off on a journey to fill the void in her soul from her mother’s absence.
Go Gentle
Author: Maria Semple
Release Date: April 14, 2026
Genre: Fiction
More info: April 2026 Oprah Book Club Pick
Bestselling author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
Spice Rating:💋💋💋
Age Range: 18+
Plot
Adora Hazzard is a divorcee who works as an in-house philosopher for an extremely wealthy family. She lives in the Ansonia, on the same floor as a group of women she affectionately calls her “coven”. When she meets a handsome stranger at the ballet one night, her world is turned upside down.
She is torn between her desire to be with him and the ethics that have driven her life for the past 15 years. Soon, she is over her head, and she does not know who she can trust when secrets from her past come back to haunt her.
Trigger Warnings
Sexual assault, attempted suicide
Why Jackie loves it
The book is told in two timelines. One in the present, and then we jump to the past to learn about Adora and how she moved from a career in comedy to philosophy. The book deals with serious topics in a humorous way. The characters are well-rounded and hilarious. I absolutely loved this book. #gifted
Find this book in: Oprah Club List 2026 / The Best Oprah Books
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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 in any year. If you want to read a book you will love, check out my reviews.
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Epilogue
How many of the books from the Oprah Book Club list 2026 did you read? Which was your favorite?
