Elaina Richardson reviews Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America by Helen Thorpe, a book that puts a human face on the frequently obtuse conversation of immigration. More...

Francine Prose reviews Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro, a collection of 10 powerful short stories. More...

Pam Houston reviews Lit by Mary Karr, an irresistible memoir, chronicling a decade of motherhood, alcoholism, and a long, skeptical slog toward faith. More...

Jim Shepard reviews A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein, a novel about a father who is the poster boy for the entitlement felt by an intrusive parent. More...

Vince Passaro reviews Invisible by Paul Auster, an intricate and compelling construction, partly made up of the fragmented memoir of a dying man, as he looks back at one year, 1967. More...

Read the first chapter from A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein, one of the titles from O's November 2009 Reading Room. More...

Inspiration works in mysterious ways. How the author of Oprah's latest book club pick, Say You're One of Them, Uwem Akpan, found his other calling. More...

Cathleen Medwick reviews Guardians of Being by spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle and comic strip artist Patrick McDonnell, an inspired collaboration that pairs Tolle's original words with McDonnell's playfully rendered drawings. More...

Get the reading group guide for Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn't Stop Praying (Among Other Things) by Abby Sher, reviewed by O Magazine in November 2009. More...

Get the reading group guide for Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem, reviewed by O Magazine in November 2009. More...