Oprah's Book Club — Season 1, Episode 10: Marilynne Robinson: Lila

Episode synopsis

Oprah and Robinson discuss finding new layers in established characters, what America looks like at its best, and how loneliness can be a privilege.

About Oprah's Book Club

Get a front row seat for unguarded conversations with incredible authors. Each episode features a book handpicked by Oprah, along with an interview about issues that it brings to light. It’s a book club for today's world—a window to other worlds.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Water Dancer
• E2Elizabeth Strout: Olive, Again
• E3Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (1)
• E4Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (2)
• E5Robert Kolker: Hidden Valley Road
• E6James McBride: Deacon King Kong
• E7Isabel Wilkerson: Caste
• E8Marilynne Robinson: Gilead
• E9Marilynne Robinson: Home
• E11Marilynne Robinson: Jack
• E12Nathan Harris: The Sweetness of Water
• E13Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois