"I think I know better what I am doing than most writers but it still isn't much. I don't know why I am thinking now of criticism since I will not let it change one single thing about the story or the method."
— John Steinbeck (1951), Journal of a Novel (First Published by The Viking Press, 1969)
Oprah.com will feature an Oprah's Book Club webcast hosted by Oprah with special guest Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and Charles Dickens expert Jane Smiley to discuss the 65th Oprah's Book Club selection.
Follow along with this Oprah's Book Club reading calendar, and you'll finish reading Freedom by Jonathan Franzen in time for our book club discussion! Plus, get your exclusive Oprah's Book Club Freedom bookmark.
Browse the complete Oprah's Book Club book archive, a list of dozens of best-sellers. Learn more about the books and authors, get reading questions for your club, watch video clips and more.