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Oprah's 10 Favorite Books from the Past Decade

When we asked Oprah to pick the 10 books she's read in the past decade that have mattered to her most, she was momentarily stumped. Only 10? Still, she offered up the following:
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The Known World by Edward P. Jones

The Known World

By Edward P. Jones
400 pages; HarperCollins

When this book was published in 2003, it shocked everybody with its depiction of slave-owning blacks before the Civil War. A daring, unusual examination of race.

From the May 2010 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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