A Guide to Oprah's Book Club Selections from 2006 through 2008

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (576 pages - Ecco) tells the story of a mute boy, Edgar, and his family who operate a business of breeding a unique kind of dog - the Sawtelle dog. The coming-of-age narrative is both a thrilling page-turner and a touching look at the bond between a boy and his dog. The book was the 62nd selection in Oprah's Book Club, chosen in 2008.

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A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (336 pages - Penguin) was the first non-fiction spiritual work Oprah ever selected for her book club to present to her viewers. The 61st selection, A New Earth was chosen in 2008. The book is typically viewed as a New Age perspective on the universe, life, the ego, and dealing with pain and suffering. Oprah and author Eckhart Tolle offered an online web seminar to accompany the book and help readers with questions and getting the most of the information provided in the text.

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The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (973 pages - NAL Trade) is a novel with timeless threads of good versus evil, ambition, lust and power, that chronicles the mixing of lives during the building of a cathedral in 12th century England. The Pillars of the Earth was chosen as Oprah's 60th book club selection in late 2007.

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Love in the Time of Cholera by Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez (348 pages - Vintage International) is a tale of love, love lost, and waiting more than 50 years to be with the love of your life. The second work to be chosen for the book club from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera was Oprah's 59th selection and was added in 2007.

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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (529 pages - Picador) first tells the story of Callie, born a Pseudohermaphrodite who tests and questions gender identity, history, and family expectations together with the need to feel at home in your own body, moving to finish the novel from the perspective of Cal. Middlesex was the 58th book to be chosen for Oprah's Book Club in 2007.

The Road by Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy (287 pages - Vintage International) is a post-apocalyptic view of the world from the perspective of a father and his sick son as they make their journey through a difficult terrain. The Road was Oprah's 57th pick for her book club, chosen in 2007.

The Measure of a Man by Academy Award winning actor Sidney Poitier (272 pages - Harper San Francisco) is a spiritual autobiography, and second memoir, for the great actor, Poitier. The book follows Poitier's life as a child in the Caribbean, to Miami as a teen, and finally to New York City where he began as a dishwasher, but became one of the greatest actors in American history. A dear friend of Oprah's, Poitier's story was the 56th selection for her book club, chosen in 2007.

Night by Elie Wiesel (120 pages - Hill and Wang) expresses the guilt, anguish and questions a teenager experiences after surviving the terror of the Holocaust. After choosing Night as the 55th selection for her book club, Oprah traveled with Professor Elie Wiesel to Auschwitz where he shared the experiences that created the book.