11 Books to Read While You Wait for Oprah’s Memoir

This debut of extraordinary distinction tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family. Beautiful, devastating, and blazing with life, this novel is a searing portrait of surviving in the face of insurmountable adversity.

Oprah is Abbi’s hero. She has a tattoo of Oprah’s face on her lower back and an enormous Oprah poster hanging above her bed. So we feel pretty confident recommending a collection of Oprah’s beloved “What I Know For Sure” columns that she wrote monthly for O, The Oprah Magazine. Oprah’s reflections on joy, resilience, and gratitude all in one volume? Yes, Abbi would definitely have this on her bookshelf.

Geneen Roth believes that the way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. In fact, it is an exact mirror of your feelings about love, fear, anger, meaning, transformation, and, yes, even God.

In one instant of anger, lives can be ruined and health and spiritual development can be destroyed. With exquisite simplicity, Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh gives the tools and advice needed for transforming relationships, focusing energy, and rejuvenating ourselves.

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I would like to start my new year with a shot of creativity and write more than email in 2017. Elizabeth Gilbert’s curious and compassionate exploration of creativity is just the inspiration I’m looking for.

An epic and unforgettable story of a man determined to protect the woman he loves from the town desperate to destroy her. Full of life, exquisitely written, and suffused with the pastoral beauty of the rural South, RUBY is a transcendent novel of passion and courage.

THE MONEY CLASS is filled with tools and advice that can take you from a place of financial fear to a place of financial security. Suze Orman shares everything you need to know about taking care of your family, your home, your career, and planning for retirement—no matter where you are in your life or where the economy is heading.

Dr. Judith Orloff teaches readers how to transform fatigue, stress, and fear into an abundance of vibrance, strength, and love. She shares ten essential prescriptions for boosting energy, improving relationships, and combating energy vampires.

In THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION, Dr. Brené Brown shares what she’s learned from a decade of research about a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness and self-love.

In this word-of-mouth phenomenon, Eckhart Tolle helps readers leave their analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. It can help you to live in the present moment and avoid stressful and unproductive thoughts of the past or future.

From the bestselling author of WILD, this collection of quotes captures Cheryl Strayed’s wisdom, courage, and outspoken humor. Her honesty and ample supply of tough love has enabled many, even in their darkest hours, to be brave enough.