Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 List
Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 was the digital relaunch of Oprah Winfrey’s book club, introduced in 2012 after the original Oprah’s Book Club had ended. It should be treated as a separate club from Oprah’s original TV-era book club, with picks drawn only from the 2.0 selections.
The club has featured literary fiction, memoirs, and nonfiction with strong social themes, often mixing major bestselling authors with books that gained a wider audience after Oprah selected them.
| Book Title | Author | Series | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wild | Cheryl Strayed | Non-Fiction | June 2012 Pick |
| The Twelve Tribes of Hattie | Ayana Mathis | Standalone | December 2012 Pick |
| The Invention of Wings | Sue Monk Kidd | Standalone | January 2014 Pick |
| Ruby | Cynthia Bond | Standalone | February 2015 Pick |
| The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead | Standalone | August 2016 Pick |
| Love Warrior | Glennon Doyle | Non-Fiction | September 2016 Pick |
| Behold the Dreamers | Imbolo Mbue | Standalone | June 2017 Pick |
| An American Marriage | Tayari Jones | Standalone | February 2018 Pick |
| The Sun Does Shine | Lara Love Hardin Anthony Ray Hinton | Non-Fiction | June 2018 Pick |
| Becoming | Michelle Obama | Non-Fiction | November 2018 Pick |
| The Water Dancer | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Standalone | September 2019 Pick |
| Olive, Again | Elizabeth Strout | Olive Kitteridge | November 2019 Pick |
| American Dirt | Jeanine Cummins | Standalone | January 2020 Pick |
| Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family | Robert Kolker | Non-Fiction | April 2020 Pick |
| Deacon King Kong | James McBride | Standalone | June 2020 Pick |
| Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents | Isabel Wilkerson | Non-Fiction | November 2020 Pick |
| Gilead | Marilynne Robinson | Gilead | March 2021 Pick |
| Home | Marilynne Robinson | Gilead | March 2021 Pick |
| Jack | Marilynne Robinson | Gilead | March 2021 Pick |
| Lila | Marilynne Robinson | Gilead | March 2021 Pick |
| The Sweetness of Water | Nathan Harris | Standalone | June 2021 Pick |
| The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois | Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | Standalone | August 2021 Pick |
| Bewilderment | Richard Powers | Standalone | September 2021 Pick |
| The Way of Integrity | Martha N. Beck | Non-Fiction | February 2022 Pick |
| Finding Me | Viola Davis | Non-Fiction | April 2022 Pick |
| Nightcrawling | Leila Mottley | Standalone | June 2022 Pick |
| That Bird Has My Wings | Jarvis Jay Masters | Non-Fiction | September 2022 Pick |
| Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver | Standalone | October 2022 Pick |
| Bittersweet | Susan Cain | Non-Fiction | February 2023 Pick |
| Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano | Standalone | March 2023 Pick |
| Wellness | Nathan Hill | Standalone | September 2023 Pick |
| Let Us Descend | Jesmyn Ward | Standalone | October 2023 Pick |
| The Many Lives of Mama Love | Lara Love Hardin | Non-Fiction | February 2024 Pick |
| Long Island | Colm Tóibín | Eilis Lacey | May 2024 Pick |
| Familiaris | David Wroblewski | Standalone | June 2024 Pick |
| Tell Me Everything | Elizabeth Strout | Amgash | September 2024 Pick |
| From Here to the Great Unknown | Riley Keough Lisa Marie Presley | Non-Fiction | October 2024 Pick |
| Small Things Like These | Claire Keegan | Standalone | December 2024 Pick |
| A New Earth | Eckhart Tolle | Non-Fiction | January 2025 Pick |
| Dream State | Eric Puchner | Standalone | February 2025 Pick |
| The Tell | Amy Griffin | Non-Fiction | March 2025 Pick |
| Matriarch | Tina Knowles | Non-Fiction | April 2025 Pick |
| The Emperor of Gladness | Ocean Vuong | Standalone | May 2025 Pick |
| The River Is Waiting | Wally Lamb | Standalone | June 2025 Pick |
| Culpability | Bruce Holsinger | Standalone | July 2025 Pick |
| Bridge of Sighs | Richard Russo | Standalone | August 2025 Pick |
| All the Way to the River | Elizabeth Gilbert | Non-Fiction | September 2025 Pick |
| A Guardian and a Thief | Megha Majumdar | Standalone | October 2025 Pick |
| Some Bright Nowhere | Ann Packer | Standalone | November 2025 Pick |
| Kin | Tayari Jones | Standalone | February 2026 Pick |
| Go Gentle | Maria Semple | Standalone | April 2026 Pick |
| John of John | Douglas Stuart | Standalone | June 2026 Pick |
Notable Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 Picks
The first Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 pick, this bestselling memoir helped define the relaunched club from the start.
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead:
One of the biggest fiction selections of the 2.0 era, it went on to win major awards and become one of Whitehead’s signature novels.
A massive memoir bestseller, this was one of the most high-profile nonfiction picks Oprah chose for the 2.0 club.
One of the most discussed nonfiction selections of the 2.0 period, it became closely tied to Oprah’s focus on books that spark larger conversations.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver:
A major later 2.0 pick, this acclaimed novel became even more notable after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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