Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,316 books — 25,514 voters
She’s Come Undone by Wally LambThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverNight by Elie WieselMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Oprah's Book Club Picks
123 books — 2,202 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Girl from the Train by Irma JoubertThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Book Club Books
1,058 books — 890 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Book Club List
739 books — 772 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best Historical Mystery
2,060 books — 4,509 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Predict Oprah's Next Book Club Book!
139 books — 460 voters