Why Oprah Called This the Greatest Book Ever Written (And Why It Changed Everything I Thought I Knew About Love)

The Book That Made Oprah Cry on National Television In 1996, Oprah selected Beloved for her book club and did something unprecedented: she cried while discussing it on live TV. Not the gentle tears of sentiment, but the raw, uncontrolled weeping of someone whose worldview had just cracked open. She wasn’t alone. Since its publication in 1987, Beloved has won the Pulitzer Prize, been adapted into a major film, and consistently ranks among the greatest American novels ever written.