In John of John by Douglas Stuart a young man returns to his remote Hebridean home and is forced to confront buried family secrets, religious expectations, and the truth of his own identity in a place that may not accept him. Readers can expect a deeply emotional, atmospheric story about belonging, repression, and the painful, often beautiful tension between staying rooted and choosing yourself. You can get a copy of John of John by Douglas Stuart on Amazon.

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The Entire Oprah’s Book Club List in Order

1. The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
2. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
3. The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
4. She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
5. Stones From the River by Ursula Hegi
6. The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds
7. Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris
8. The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
9. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
10. Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
11. A Virtuous Woman by Kay Gibbons
12. The Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Cosby
13. The Treasure Hunt by Bill Cosby
14. The Best Way to Play by Bill Cosby
15. Paradise by Toni Morrison
16. Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
17. Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
18. Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
19. I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
20. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
21. Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
22. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
23. Jewel by Bret Lott
24. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
25. The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve
26. White Oleander by Janet Fitch
27. Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
28. Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
29. River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
30. Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay
31. A Map of The World by Jane Hamilton
32. Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
33. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
34. Back Roads by Tawni O’Dell
35. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
36. While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
37. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
38. Open House by Elizabeth Berg
39. Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
40. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
41. We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
42. Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
43. Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi
44. Cane River by Lalita Tademy
45. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
46. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
47. Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
48. Sula by Toni Morrison
49. East of Eden By John Steinbeck
50. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
51. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
52. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
53. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
54. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
55. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
56. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
57. Light in August by William Faulkner
58. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
59. Night By Elie Wiesel
60. The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
61. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
62. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
63. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
64. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
65. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
66. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
67. Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan
68. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
69. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
70. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
71. Wild by Cheryl Strayed
72. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
73. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
74. Ruby by Cynthia Bond
75. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
76. Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle
77. Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
78. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
79. The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
80. Becoming by Michelle Obama
81. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
82. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
83. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
84. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of An American Family by Robert Kolker
85. Deacon King Kong by James McBride
86. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
87. Jack by Marilynne Robinson
88. Lila by Marilynne Robinson
89. Home by Marilynne Robinson
90. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
91. The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
92. The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
93. Bewilderment by Richard Powers
94. The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck
95. Finding Me by Viola Davis
96. Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
97. That Bird Has My Wings by Jarvis Jay Masters
98. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
99. Bittersweet by Susan Cain
100. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano 
101. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
102. Wellness by Nathan Hill
103. Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
104. The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
105. Long Island by Colm Tóibín
106. Familiaris by David Wroblewski
107. Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
108. From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
109. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
110. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
111. Dream State by Eric Puchner
112. The Tell by Amy Griffin
113. Matriarch by Tina Knowles
114. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
115. The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb
116. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
117. Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
118. All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert
119. A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
120. Some Bright Nowhere by Ann Packer
121. Kin by Tayari Jones
122. Go Gentle by Maria Semple
123. John of John by Douglas Stuart