The Anti-Oprah Bookclub
Mar 26 '00
My friend and I would like to start an Anti-Oprah bookclub. The reason, you may ask? Because, while Oprah has gotten many women weaned off of their Romance novel addictions, she has also gotten others to so pathetically cling to her words and opinions that they now are unable to think, choose and discern for themselves. I work in a bookstore and I am constantly asked, "Where do you have Oprah's books?" "What's Oprah's latest selection?" And when a customer has exhausted Oprah's list, they many times become unable to select a book for themselves, or accept mine (or another intelligent bookseller's) suggestion. Many times I have offered other good novels to read, but they decline my offers because the titles don't have their beloved Oprah's endorsement, or do not have her name on the front in a little yellow circle. So they leave the bookstore empty-handed.
Is Oprah guilty of eliminating American women's abilities to think for themselves?? So it would seem.
So, for what it's worth, here are a few titles my friend and I suggest, to those who still dare to claim power over their own minds and imagination: Deep River, by Shusako Endo
The Sheltering Sky, by Paul Bowles
Kate Vaiden, by Reynolds Price
The Power and the Glory, by Graham Greene
Ring of Endless Light, by Madeleine L'Engle
My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell
Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck
Songbirds, Truffles and Wolves, by Gary Nabhan
The Agony and the Ecstasy, by Irving Stone
Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo
A River Sutra, by Gita Mehta
Brazzaville Beach, by William Boyd
Short Stories by Somerset Maugham
Independent People, by Halldor Laxness
How German Was It?, by Walter Abish
Oscar and Lucinda, by Peter Carey
Sophie's Choice, by William Styron
Cider House Rules, by John Irving
Such a Long Journey, by Rohinton Mistry
Quicksand, by Junichiro Tanizaki
The Book of the Dun Cow, by Walter Wangerin
A Suitable Boy, by Vikram Seth
Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry
Brothers Karamazov, by Dostoevksky
Stones for Ibarra, by Harriet Doerr
Jubilee, by Margaret Walker
Confessions of Nat Turner, by William Styron
The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck
Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
There! How's that for a start? Anyone care to add to this list of great books that Oprah likely won't pick in a hundred years?
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