Last week Oprah announced that she will focus on books that have "stood the test of time. What book would you recommend that she make her next book club choice?
mindyruehmann@hotmail.com
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner.
jatrim@mtsu.edu
I recommend the book Will All The Real Men Please Stand Up by Jacque Trim, published by 1stBooks Library. It's a good book for fathers, mothers and, most of all, young men.
tomzin@optonline.net
To Kill a Mockingbird
Mkri100@aol.com
I suggest Gone with the Wind.
FifiOToole@aol.com
Oprah should make her next choice To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
Juliet54219@aol.com
I'd vote for To Kill a Mockingbird.
JAMSTEIN@aol.com
I love that Oprah has selected a Steinbeck book. I loved The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. I have started East of Edenand it is great. I would recommend that Oprah select any Willa Cather book, but my favorite is My Antonia.
Bbd33@aol.com
To Kill a Mockingbird
Booksie2@aol.com
I would recommend The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald or The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Both are great examples of mores and social attitudes in various times of American history, both are open to all kinds of interpretation and response.
Sunshin444@aol.com
Unequivocally, The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck!!
Nana1248@aol.com
The Living Reed by Pearl Buck
diva_web@bellsouth.net
My favorite classic is Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and my second favorite is A Tale of Two Cities. Do you notice a trend here? :-)
Another great one would be The Scarlet Letter.
Any of these three would be great books for her to read next, and I still have my original copies that I got back in high school (20 odd years ago, lol).
SSwift1@aol.com
Exodus by Leon Uris
JRG0143@aol.com
Gone With The Wind...forever a classic!!
catfish@millardmanor.com
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
MegVT@aol.com
The Great Santini by Pat Conroy
Audup@aol.com
The Robe by Lloyd C.Douglas
SEVENDD@aol.com
I have been reading for quite some time. Two books that have always stood out in my mind are Captains and the Kings by Taylor Caldwell and The Once and Future King by T.H. White, which is about Merlin, Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot.
Mommacat1@aol.com
To Kill a Mockingbird
cdonovan@peoplepc.com
I would suggest The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor or The Valley of Decision by Marcia Davenport.
DStegmanCrawford@aol.com
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Bjglu@aol.com
The Great Gatsby
ASirkin@aol.com
The Good Earth
Rosemarie104@aol.com
Gone with the Wind, of course. It's one of my all-time favorites
smithykn@theedge.ca
To Kill a Mockingbird
vitale@grantsburgtelcom.net
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
RHendersho@aol.com
I would recommend Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
Susmu@aol.com
I would suggest To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It's one of my all-time favorites and would be especially fitting now with the recent death of Gregory Peck.
kelly.kelly@verizon.net
Anna Karenina...but will she get anyone to read it? (try the new translation: WOW)
Kate502008@aol.com
I think as her next book selection, Oprah should choose To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This is a book everyone should read at least twice in his or her lifetime.
kb@keynote.org
Pride and Prejudice needs to be included at SOME point!!! :-)))
JFWisherd@aol.com
Gone With the Wind
joswood@adiis.net
Forever Amber or Gone With the Wind would be good choices for Oprah.
sps966@yahoo.com
I would recommend highly:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. My very, very favorite book of all time.
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
…and for fun, The Bridges of Madison County
DIANWILLY@aol.com
To Kill a Mockingbird, especially since Gregory Peck just died and he played the lead role in the movie.
enaj@tampabay.rr.com
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
AndreaCarter3270@aol.com
My recommendation would be James A. Michener's Hawaii, published, I think, in 1959, the year Hawaii became a state. It's a fascinating read that I first read as a young teenager and, when I reread it a couple of years ago, amazingly it still held up. [And I do not consider Michener a particularly good writer, but he was better in his earlier years than towards the end when he produced such travesties as Caribbean and Mexico.] Hawaii, however, will transport you far and away to different places and introduce you to different peoples and ultimately will tie all its themes together to illustrate how "The Golden People" of our 50th state came to be as they are now.
Sblokzyl@aol.com
I would like to see Oprah bring to the front Pearl Buck, such asThe Good Earth, Pavilion of Women, or The Exile. I read those years ago and still remember a lot of the stories. To Kill a Mockingbird still ranks as one of my favorite reads. How aboutGone with the Wind?
JBark4me@aol.com
Every 14-year-old girl should read Gone With The Wind! The movie is good, but the book is delicious!!!!!
Brum1425@aol.com
For Oprah's consideration: James Clavell's Noble House.
DancingGram7@aol.com
I think Gone with the Wind is an excellent choice.
teacozygran@kc.rr.com
I would hope that Oprah would recommend Jane Eyre as her next test-of-time book.
bookmark@sc.rr.com
To Kill a Mockingbird or The Great Gatsby
Onaiwah@aol.com
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
peloquin79@rcn.com
I would recommend Jean Shepherd's In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash. This marvelous look back to the late '40s was the basis for the movie A Christmas Story.
ginawjax@attbi.com
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Kufungee@aol.com
To Kill A Mockingbird
KLOZIER40@aol.com
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is my all-time favorite classic.
Ethan Fromme by Edith Wharton was our book club selection last month and some lively discussion surrounded this classic.
GL3P@aol.com
Silas Marner by George Eliot --- one of my all-time favorites.
dp9599@hotmail.com
Mrs. Dalloway
Novelbabe@aol.com
The Grapes of Wrath
JBerg81834@aol.com
Personally, I wouldn't read anything Oprah recommended. I think she should do what she does best, and it is not recommending books to read.
Pigletstl@aol.com
I think she should do To Kill a Mockingbird. I've recently decided to reread it soon myself.
Graham2124@aol.com
I was surprised that the first book Oprah selected is one of my favorite books, East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I would like to recommend that she select and everyone read James Michener'sThe Source. What a wonderful book!
Petersonjup@aol.com
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
pnichols@woodruffelectric.com
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner, or A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
sbirdwell@pclcable.com
I suggest Oprah pick To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
mquinlan@commtn.com
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
SMSEIFR@aol.com
How about Gone With The Wind or Little Women?
jwhiteley@herald-democrat.com
I would recommend A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. In fact, I would recommend any book by Dickens. His work is just as vivid and relevant today as it was when he was alive and writing.
CandyM49@aol.com
I don't think you can go wrong with The Prince of Tides!
unicornhaven@earthlink.net
The book that has stood the test of time and is exceeded by none: The Holy Bible.
AUGER77777@aol.com
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
billiegirl20@hotmail.com
I think that Oprah should eventually choose Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Jane was certainly a woman before her time! The love story is touching and it's a wonderful classic!
heartsong77@yahoo.com
To Kill a Mockingbird
gmld@attbi.com
I think that Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe would be a great choice. It has truly stood the test of time. It reads like it was written last year instead of the last century. It is a moving, believable and classic piece of literature.
VBNOLTEP@aol.com
I think she should pick To Kill a Mockingbird because it is such a wonderful book and so appropriate for all times and can be interpreted for all ethnic groups.
ALBAR01@aol.com
Any of the Pearl Buck books.
BarbIhmels@msn.com
I would recommend To Kill a Mockingbird to Oprah
FRANCES732@aol.com
The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes
lgettle@iserv.net
A Tale of Two Cities and To Kill A Mockingbird
craftymlc@attbi.com
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Momx3gx1b@aol.com
To Kill a Mockingbird. A great book the whole family can enjoy.
GandmaRI@aol.com
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Roscoe@drizzle.com
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I recently reread it (after the death of Gregory Peck) for probably the 10th time. It has faults, but it's still remarkably effective, has beautiful characterization, and can still make me cry.
FalseMillennium@aol.com
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hon2724@aol.com
Pride and Prejudice
JWeatherwa@aol.com
I think Gone With the Wind is a great book to read.
KITKAT138B@aol.com
I would have the next selection be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
MARGOU5253@aol.com
Gone with the Wind or Cannery Row.
dixieann@mindspring.com
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
ALYS10@aol.com
Lots of choices spring to mind, really. Most of Dickens, most of Mark Twain, Jane Eyre, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies,Fahrenheit 451, Death Comes to the Archbishop, the Tolkien Lord of the Rings Trilogy, etc.
MSmith2957@aol.com
The book I would suggest is The Great Gatsby. If you read it in high school, you're sure to have a totally different outlook on the characters when it is read as an adult. If you've never read it, then you're in for something very delightful.
Lamb1175@aol.com
I think that Oprah's next choice should be My Antonia by Willa Cather.
Booksie2@aol.com
I think her next book should be The Great Gatsby.
Graham2124@aol.com
Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.
Nana1248@aol.com
Joy Street by Frances Parkinson Keys
Jkrmuich@aol.com
For the next book for Oprah, I would recommend Of Human Bondage by
Somerset Maugham, a book about a sensitive, rebellious man and his attempt to come to terms with a disabling clubfoot and the cruel woman with whom he falls in love. This book was recommended on my daughter's book list for her Senior year.
Carosp@aol.com
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
MCLEM1@aol.com
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
hreiter7@comcast.net
I would suggest The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
CooperEA@aol.com
No question about it --- her next book should be To Kill A Mockingbird. It is my belief that every American should read this amazing work at least every five years. Each time I read it, I learn something new or gain a deeper appreciation of the lessons Ms. Lee gives us through her wonderful book.
portalbd@houston.rr.com
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
marmack1@msn.com
Hands down, I would pick Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
ANYTHING by James Baldwin
ANYTHING by Richard Wright
The Street by Ann Petry
slynn42@iwon.com
A Forward Motion by S.L. Givhan
ASirkin@aol.com
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
Vikkivand@aol.com
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
TAMARDI@aol.com
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
vitale@grantsburgtelcom.net
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ATESSL@aol.com
My choice would be Middlemarch.
Susantoby@aol.com
Oprah is certainly going for the classics that most of us read when we were growing up. I have continued to read favorites over and over again. Gone With the Wind comes to mind, To Kill A Mockingbird, Little Women, A Secret Garden, A House Divided, all of Daphne Du Maurier, Irving Stone, R.F. Delderfield, Somerset Maugham, a lot of Taylor Caldwell, Not As A Stranger, Hemingway, John O'Hara, some of Steinbeck, Leon Uris, etc. I could probably fill pages and pages.
rlbrown24@juno.com
Catcher in the Rye
MaryAllred@aol.com
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
renaldo9@bellsouth.net
To Kill a Mockingbird
TeeCRoyal@comcast.net
This Side of the Sky by Elyse Singleton
Pat76273@aol.com
To Kill a Mockingbird stands the test of time. It's about one person standing up for what is right and protecting someone, even though he was of the African-American race. At the time, this was going against society's norm, and brings tears to my eyes just putting it in words!
Songino@aol.com
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Mysticwvs@aol.com
My personal suggestion for the book club would be Youngblood Hawks, one of Herman Wouk's finest novels. It is a wonderful book to be read and re-read.
KGraetzRSP@aol.com
I think My Cousin Rachel by Daphne DuMaurier or An American Tragedy by
Theodore Dreiser would be good choices for Oprah.
ALEMESH@aol.com
One of my favorite books particularly appropriate now, I think, isAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. It was written in 1928 after WWI and from the German perspective, but its truths are universal. The author, who was a WWI veteran himself, wrote about the horrors of war then and it seems just as relevant today. He personally survived, but saw all his friends die around him. Most of his subsequent novels dealt with the same theme, so touched was he by his war experiences. I think Oprah could not go wrong in recommending this book.
Linbob@aol.com
The Once and Future King by T.H White
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Buttercupmlm@aol.com
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. It will continue to be on high school reading lists everywhere, as well as be read by adults --- for the 1st time and, like me, again to see the story from a new perspective. It is still my favorite Dickens novel.
maydove@msn.com
In regards to the question of which book would I recommend for Oprah's book club, Sugar or This Bitter Earth by Bernice McFadden.
LissiG@aol.com
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
JmkWild@aol.com
I believe that Moby Dick is an incredible read and it has certainly stood the test of time. I avoided it for many years, thinking it was too heavy, but when I finally picked it up, I couldn't put it down.
BCDOC21@aol.com
I think Oprah's next book should be To Kill a Mockingbird. That's one of my favorites.
kcduez@chipsnet.com
Oprah's next recommendation should be Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
Bshbsh@aol.com
A book that has stood the test of time and is an exciting read is Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
Mavisjh@aol.com
Weeds by Edith Summers Kelley
THandzel@aol.com
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
marilyn.angello@us.mullermartini.com
Books that have stood the test of time: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
quillenj@yahoo.com
Moby Dick
Sterrberrs@aol.com
The Education of Little Tree
LUCKYLM1@aol.com
As a child I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn twice. I have since read it at least 3 more times and tell my advanced students to read it as well.
rewolfson@sbcglobal.net
One Hundred Years of Solitude
julief@speakeasy.net
I would suggest that Oprah choose David Copperfield. This book reminds us that the problems we struggle with in 2003 --- child abuse, disabilities, betrayal, loss, miscarriages, the conflict between art and "real work" and the search for love --- are the same problems that humans have always had. We are no different.
PDBlackCloudx2@aol.com
I would like Oprah to have The Thorn Birds and Gone With The Wind.
Booksie2@aol.com
The Great Gatsby --- a classic and deservedly so.
ASirkin@aol.com
The Source by James Michener
elizabeth.d.murphy@gte.net
Atlas Shrugged, of course!!
AngelsLight52@aol.com
To Kill A Mockingbird
Seagrappe@aol.com
Gone With The Wind
bookmark@sc.rr.com
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
jd.lewis6@verizon.net
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin
Songino@aol.com
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Neysa7777@aol.com
To Kill A Mockingbird
Puzzler125@aol.com
To Kill a Mockingbird should be Oprah's next book!
BarbR7@aol.com
West With the Night by Beryl Markham
JMeri9580@aol.com
I'm not sure it's quite old enough yet to be a classic, butLonesome Dove is one of the great novels of the twentieth century. Catch-22 is another classic. Both will continue to be read and enjoyed by generations to come.
CKing78503@aol.com
My vote for Oprah's next book is The Source by James Michener. This is one of my all-time favorite books. Although it's long, the way the stories from the past and the story from the present during an archeological dig in the Middle East are woven together is excellent.
Dianna@mail2her.com
In light of the current colonization of Iraq, I believe that The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott should be Oprah's next book. Not only is it a thrilling read, but Scott's observations of the subject are enlightening.
Ladyjjin@aol.com
I think Oprah should recommend To Kill a Mockingbird.
TeaSage@aol.com
Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival by Velma Wallis.
In spite of its small size, this book is an encouragement to all who feel cast aside, worthless, used up, and hopeless. This is a story of triumph over physical obstacles, the elements, and personal fears and doubts.
Two old women, abandoned by their tribe during a winter of starvation, and left to die, overcome all obstacles and turn the tables on those who abandoned them. Those who thought they were strong become weak, while the weak become strong.
I highly recommend it.
JoyZoo@aol.com
Is it too soon for To Kill a Mockingbird?
Bdcw50@aol.com
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
MLWReader@aol.com
Gone With the Wind.
Gemtaur66@aol.com
To Kill a Mockingbird
CandyM49@aol.com
Without doubt: Mrs. Mike and Little Women, also The Prince of Tides
jwillia1@coin.org
Any of Wallace Stegner's fiction.
csiwin60@highstream.net
I would suggest that Oprah read House Divided by Ben Ames Williams. It is a wonderful book about the effects of the Civil War on a southern family. Although the book is long and out-of-print, that would be no problem for Oprah.
sylarmstrong@earthlink.net
A Farewell to Arms
Mouda04@aol.com
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has proven itself many times over and remains popular with a very broad range of peoples.
Leelee351@aol.com
I think To Kill a Mockingbird should be the next choice. It is a wonderful book that can make a huge difference in a person's life. I read it many years ago when I was in grade school and I have never forgotten the simple, but profound, truths that it taught.
woodyc@dslextreme.com
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner.
The great American novel by the great American novelist!!! Oprah needs to bring this book to America's attention.
peddoc07@hotmail.com
In my mind I can see To Kill A Mockingbird as number one. Also,How Green Was My Valley.
Kathigalehamby@aol.com
I would recommend The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Whether you agree with her philosophy or not, the book makes you think about things in a different way.
Comella2729@aol.com
Oprah should select the book Exodus by Leon Uris.
Kathryn.Havemann@lexisnexis.com
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk.
Debbie_167@hotmail.com
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, which was written in 1960.
Hisalik@aol.com
I think Oprah should select Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
Fafajane@aol.com
Anna Karenina and Tess of the D'Urbervilles
I loved both of these when I read them years ago.
Smartboo@aol.com
I think the book Oprah should recommend the next time around isGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.
FHE1@aol.com
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
RDHoff2551@aol.com
I believe one of the classic books that Oprah should recommend isAn American Tragedy by Theodore Drieser. Others might includeThe Pearl, Gone with the Wind, Ivanhoe, The Sound and the Fury, and if she is a bit risqué and willing to go out on a limb, she may even go to The Carpetbaggers. In any case, I am sure that you and I are pleased that people are reading with ferocious veracity. It makes me happy!!
