The Best Oprah Book Club Picks

The Read Carpet Report · Sep 10, 2026 · 35m · transcript

Oprah's Book Club has been running since 1996 — this week Jackie & Kirsten rank their favorite (and most controversial) Oprah picks, plus two book-to-movie adaptations hit theaters on September 11: Practical Magic 2 and Sense & Sensibility.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 The Read Carpet Rundown

04:04 Deep Dive: The Best Oprah Book Club Picks

32:53 The Bookmark: The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon

35:16 Reader Question: Favorite Books Set in a Museum

THE READ CARPET RUNDOWN…