Oprah's Book Club

Oprah's Book Club was created and is moderated by American talk show host Oprah Winfrey on her daily television show The Oprah Winfrey Show. She subsequently developed a website on the Internet that has broadened the horizons of the club significantly.http://www.oprah.com/book_club.html It includes interviews with popular authors, and a link that provides Oprah's Top Ten Books from the last decade. Oprah describes herself as "inspired, challenged, and sustained" by books. It was almost impossible for Oprah narrow her list down to just ten.http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Oprahs-Favorite-Books-from-the-Past-Decade

On September 17th, 2009, The Washington Post reported a day early that Uwem Akpan's short story collection, Say You're One of Them will be Oprah Winfrey's Book Club Pick.http://www.oprah.com/book_club.html

These are Oprah's Top Ten picks of books written within the past decade that have "made a difference."

• Discover the Power Within You - Eric Butterworth
• A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
• The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
• Night - Elie Wiesel
• A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
• East of Eden - John Steinbeck
• The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski
• The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
• The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
• The Known World - Edward P. Jones