Oprah Winfrey

Actor, Author, Billionaire, Celebrity, Executive, Filmmaker, Interviewer, Producer

Oprah Gail Winfrey, often known simply as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.

Oprah Winfrey's 186 Book Recommendations

• The Sun Does Shine
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• The Book of Ruth
• A Lesson Before Dying
• Stones from the River
• The Heart of a Woman
• Songs in Ordinary Time
• She's Come Undone
• The Rapture of Canaan
• The Best Way to Play
• The Meanest Thing to Say
• Black and Blue
• A Virtuous Woman
• Breath, Eyes, Memory
• Ellen Foster
• Midwives
• What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day
• Daughter of Fortune
• Tara Road
• The Bluest Eye
• Jewel
• Vinegar Hill
• The Pilot's Wife
• Gap Creek
• River, Cross My Heart
• Becoming
• As I Lay Dying
• Light in August
• The Sound and the Fury
• Open House
• House of Sand and Fog
• Icy Sparks
• The Poisonwood Bible
• A Million Little Pieces
• Great Expectations
• We Were the Mulvaneys
• The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
• The Underground Railroad
• Ruby
• Olive, Again
• A Tale of Two Cities
• Wild
• The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
• White Oleander
• Sula
• The Pillars of the Earth
• The Measure of a Man
• The Corrections
• The Invention of Wings
• The Good Earth
• The Deep End of the Ocean
• The Water Dancer
• Hidden Valley Road
• Caste
• Love Warrior
• American Dirt
• Deacon King Kong
• Behold the Dreamers
• One Hundred Years of Solitude
• An American Marriage
• Mother of Pearl
• The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
• Middlesex
• I Know This Much Is True
• Love in the Time of Cholera
• Say You're One Of Them
• A New Earth
• Cry, the Beloved Country
• East of Eden
• Cane River
• Song of Solomon
• Anna Karenina
• A Fine Balance
• A Map of the World: “I love this book.”
• Here on Earth: “You're going to love it because it's going to remind you of some of the dumb things we've all done in the name of love.”
• Fall On Your Knees: “Many times during the reading of Fall on Your Knees, I would say, 'How can that be happening now?' And then I'd say, 'It's a book. It's a book. It's a book.'”
• The Road: “It’s unlike any book I have chosen.”
• Night: “Required reading for all of humanity.”
• Freedom: “You don’t hear me say this word often, but this book is a masterpiece ... It’s an epic family saga—it’s got everything—sex and love, even rock n’ roll, and everything you want in a book.”
• Drowning Ruth
• The Treasure Hunt (Little Bill)
• Paradise
• Where the Heart Is
• The Reader
• Back Roads
• While I Was Gone
• Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
• Gilead
• Home
• Lila
• Jack
• The Sweetness of Water
• The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
• Bewilderment
• The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
• Finding Me: A Memoir
• Nightcrawling
• That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row
• Demon Copperhead
• Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
• Hello Beautiful
• The Covenant of Water
• Wellness
• Let Us Descend
• The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
• Long Island
• Familiaris
• Tell Me Everything
• From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
• Dream State
• The Power of Now
• Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
• Between the World and Me
• When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
• The Book of Awakening
• The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure
• Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
• A Return to Love
• Small Things Like These
• The Tell: A Memoir
• Matriarch: A Memoir
• The Emperor of Gladness
• The River Is Waiting
• Culpability
• Bridge of Sighs
• All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
• Some Bright Nowhere
• Go Gentle
• John of John
• Little Wonder
• Hungered
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
• The Color Purple
• Beloved
• The Women of Brewster Place
• Out on a Limb
• You Can Have It All
• The Miracle of Mindfulness
• The Seat of the Soul
• Just Mercy
• Discover the Power Within You
• The Known World
• The Fire Next Time
• A Guardian and a Thief
• Kin
• The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
• The Untethered Soul
• The Bible
• Lean In
• The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic
• Give Me a Year: 12 New Things to Embrace Change and Live Your Best Life
• How to Work with Complicated People: Strategies for Effective Collaboration with (Nearly) Anyone
• Raising Conscious Sons: Cultivating Purpose, Connection, and Inner Power in a Chaotic World
• Raising Conscious Daughters: Building Confidence, Courage, and Inner Power in an Anxious World
• The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children
• Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
• The Correspondent
• Theo of Golden
• The Calamity Club
• Start with Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life
• What to Make of a Life: Cliffs, Fog, Fire and the Self-Knowledge Imperative
• Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
• Start, Grow, Sell: 50 Lessons for Successful Entrepreneurship
• Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
• Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose
• Beyond Words
• How to Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life's Hidden Prisons
• What in the World?!: A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Turns
• Priceless Facts About Money
• A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir
• The Anxious Generation
• Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
• The Prism: Seven Steps to Heal Your Past and Transform Your Future
• Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy
• Letters to Misty
• After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond
• The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness
• The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• Strawberry Girl
• Honestly, Katie John!
• Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation
• If at Birth You Don't Succeed
• How to Be More Tree: Essential Life Lessons for Perennial Happiness
• Dog Show: Poems
• Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Books written by Oprah Winfrey

• What I Know For Sure
• Make the Connection: Ten Steps to a Better Body—and a Better Life
• Journey to Beloved
• The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations
• Food, Health, and Happiness: 115 On-Point Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life
• The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose
• What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
• Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
• Enough: Your Health, Your Weight, and What It's Like to Be Free