Oprah's Book Club
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Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan is the Oprah's Book Club latest selection.
ALA public, middle school, high school, and community college Organizational Members are eligible to receive the latest Oprah's Book Club selection. Eligible, current Organizational Members will receive between 2 and 8 copies of the selection, depending on size. Little, Brown and Company, the publisher, shipped the book in September.
Information about book clubs, a reading guide, and moderated discussion are available online in the "Oprah's Book Club" section of www.oprah.com. Your library or school media center has a wonderful opportunity to connect with local book clubs and to integrate more closely with the curriculum by using Book Club selections in programming.
Since 1996, Oprah's Book Club publishers have distributed more than 500,000 free books to ALA member libraries. Ms. Winfrey has made this distribution a central part of her Book Club, providing libraries across the country with new ways to promote use and increase circulation of classic literature. This benefit of membership is a key reason to keep your Organization's membership up to date. Over 10,000 copies of the current book will be distributed. To check your Organizational Membership status, contact ALA's Member and Customer Service Center.
Please note that only certain ALA Organizational Members are eligible for this free distribution. ALA Personal Memberships do not qualify for this membership benefit. See our complete list of member benefits for more details about our Personal Membership perks.
Oprah's Book Club recent selections
The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Visit Amazon.com for a full listing of Oprah's Book Club Selections to date.