See All of Her 2025 Picks
Oprah Winfrey has been recommending fresh new reads for decades, and she’s still going strong.
The media personality and philanthropist, 70, has shared over 100 books through her book club since its launch in 1996. Oprah’s Book Club began as a discussion segment on Winfrey’s talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and has featured everything from literary classics to up-and-coming fiction and buzzy celebrity memoirs.
In December, Winfrey’s Oprah’s Book Club launchedThe Oprah Podcast. The weekly podcast, which premiered with a conversation with Small Things Like These author Claire Keegan, features Winfrey interviewing one Book Club author each month, with other episodes including discussions with “leaders, global newsmakers, bestselling authors, visionaries and cultural changemakers,” per a press release.
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“It is the perfect opportunity to bring together readers around things we both love: books, coffee and conversation,” Oprah said.
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Winfrey aims to select books that “engender conversation, spark enlightenment, help launch emerging authors and reacquaint us with the already prominent,” according to Oprah Daily, and encourage readers to connect with “fellow bibliophiles” worldwide.
See below for Winfrey’s 2025 book picks.
‘The Emperor of Gladness’ by Ocean Vuong
Penguin Press
The sophomore novel from the On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous author centers the unlikely bond between a teenager and the elderly woman who stops him from ending his life.
“Ocean Vuong’s ability to take characters that have ordinary lives and give extraordinary meaning to those lives makes us each think of our lives differently,” Winfrey noted of the novel.
‘Matriarch’ by Tina Knowles
One World
The businesswoman, philanthropist and mother of Beyoncé and Solange reflects on her family, health and personal journey in this powerful new memoir.
“I believe everybody who has a mama and everybody who is a mother is going to love this story,” Winfrey said of the book. “Because you are the ultimate matriarch, but you make it universal for everybody.”
‘The Tell’ by Amy Griffin
Amazon
Griffin’s inspiring, impactful memoir recounts the author’s journey using MDMA therapy to confront repressed childhood memories of assault, and asks pivotal questions about freedom, perfectionism and moving forward from trauma.
“I was just floored when I read Amy’s story,” Winfrey said of the memoir. “What she discovered about herself, about her past, made me recognize how powerful the desire to forget is and also how powerful the desire to remember is.”
‘Dream State’ by Eric Puchner
Amazon
Cece and Charlie are set to have the perfect summer wedding, but there’s one blip: Charlie’s haunted best friend, Garrett, is set to officiate the occasion. As the ceremony draws closer, Charlie and Garrett’s close friendship is tested, as well as Cece’s relationships with both men, leading to drastic repercussions for generations to come.
“This is the kind of book you won’t want to put down, written by a brilliant storyteller,” Winfrey said in a statement. “Spanning 50 years, Dream State is an exquisite examination of the important relationships we have in our lives — love, marriage, friendship — and how life can turn out so differently than we expected.”
‘A New Earth’ by Eckhart Tolle
Penguin;Reprint edition
Winfrey kicked off the year with the self-help book A New Earth, which she had previously chosen for her book club in 2008.
“The reason I’m choosing it for the second time is that this book transformed my life,” Winfrey said. “I already had a life’s purpose in 2008, but it enhanced the purpose that I was living here on earth, and I know it can do it for everyone who reads it.”
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