The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

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The Pillars of the Earth
By Ken Follett
973 pages; Penguin


About the challenges of building cathedrals in 12th-century England, this novel couldn't be more different in setting, time, and plot from the author's breakthrough success, Eye of the Needle. Oprah declares it simply "great."

Oprah's next pick: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison