Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Farewell to Oprah!

With only 2 more shows to air, The Oprah Winfrey Show will soon enter television history. For 25 years, she has helped us live our best lives, which has included getting us to read some fabulous books!

If you are going through Oprah withdrawal, how about checking out a book about Oprah or a book by one of the popular authors she has introduced us to on her show over the years? Here is just a sample:

Books about Oprah

The Age of Oprah: cultural icon for the neoliberal era by Janice Peck

Oprah: the gospel of an icon by Kathryn Lofton

Living Oprah: my one-year experiment to walk the walk with the queen of talk by Robin Okrant



Fiction

Jewel by Brett Lott

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

The Deep End of  the Ocean by Jacquelyne Mitchard

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

Beloved by Toni Morrison



Fiction & Non-Fiction?

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey


Non-Fiction

It's All Too Much by Peter Walsh

The Life You Want: get motivated, lose weight, and be happy by Bob Greene

The Passion Prescription by Dr. Laura Berman

Home Rules: transform the place you live into a place you'll love by Nate Berkus

You, Being Beautiful: the owner's manual to inner and outer beauty by Dr. Mehmet Oz

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Love it! And don't forget the amazing number of lists now available on our catalogue, for example:

Oprah's Book Club Books

--Manders