Award category archive

O, the Oprah Magazine – Best Books Winners

Browse O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full O, the Oprah Magazine history.

O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books Cross-year archive

2021

O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books results for the 2021 award year.

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Winner

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Doerr, Anthony

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books winner

Bewilderment

Powers, Richard

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Crossroads

Franzen, Jonathan

A Key to All Mythologies Series · Book 1 · Literary

Oct-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories

Enriquez, Mariana

Standalone · Psychological Suspense

Jan-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Great Circle

Shipstead, Maggie

Standalone · Literary

May-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Harlem Shuffle

Whitehead, Colson

Ray Carney Series · Book 1 · Literary

Sep-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Infinite Country

Engel, Patricia

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Intimacies

Kitamura, Katie

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Lincoln Highway

Towles, Amor

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Jeffers, Honoree Fanonne

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Aug-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Man Who Lived Underground

Wright, Richard

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Mrs. March

Feito, Virginia

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

New York, My Village

Akpan, Uwem

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Sentence

Erdrich, Louise

Standalone · Literary

Nov-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Sweetness of Water

Harris, Nathan

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2021 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

2020

O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books results for the 2020 award year.

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A Beautiful Crime

Bollen, Christopher

Standalone · Thriller

Feb-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Boy in the Field

Livesey, Margot

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Cold Millions

Walter, Jess

Standalone · Historical

Nov-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Deacon King Kong

McBride, James

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

A Girl Is a Body of Water

Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Homeland Elegies

Akhtar, Ayad

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Schwab, V.E.

Standalone · Science Fiction

Oct-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Little Eyes

Schweblin, Samanta

Standalone · Thriller

May-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Luster

Leilani, Raven

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Lying Life of Adults

Ferrante, Elena

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Office of Historical Corrections

Evans, Danielle

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Plain Bad Heroines

Danforth, Emily M.

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Oct-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Washburn, Kawai Strong

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

To Be a Man

Krauss, Nicole

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

What Are You Going Through

Nunez, Sigrid

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Sep-2020 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

2019

O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books results for the 2019 award year.

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Winner

The Water Dancer

Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books winner

Doxology

Zink, Nell

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Dutch House

Patchett, Ann

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Grand Union: Stories

Smith, Zadie

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Lost Children Archive

Luiselli, Valeria

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Maggie Brown & Others: Stories

Orner, Peter

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Need

Phillips, Helen

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Normal People

Rooney, Sally

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Olive, Again

Strout, Elizabeth

Olive Kittridge Series · Book 2 · Literary

Oct-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Patsy

Dennis-Benn, Nicole Y.

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Red at the Bone

Woodson, Jacqueline

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Rules for Visiting

Kane, Jessica Francis

Standalone · Literary

May-2019 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

2018

O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books results for the 2018 award year.

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Winner

Asymmetry

Halliday, Lisa

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books winner

An American Marriage

Jones, Tayari

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Clock Dance

Tyler, Anne

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Everything Here Is Beautiful

Lee, Mira T.

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Feral Detective

Lethem, Jonathan

Standalone · Law Enforcement

Nov-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Heads of the Colored People: Stories

Thompson-Spires, Nafissa

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

How to Love a Jamaican

Arthurs, Alexia

Standalone · Literary

Jul-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Labyrinth of the Spirits

Zafon, Carlos Ruiz

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books Series · Book 4 · Action Adventure

Jan-2016 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Lake Success

Shteyngart, Gary

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

The Overstory

Powers, Richard

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Pretend I'm Dead

Beagin, Jen

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2015 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

There There

Orange, Tommy

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Those Who Knew

Novey, Idra

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Nov-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

Unsheltered

Kingsolver, Barbara

Standalone · Historical

Oct-2018 O, the Oprah Magazine Best Books *

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