Oprah's Book Club — Season 1, Episode 7: Isabel Wilkerson: Caste

Episode synopsis

Calling the book ”a must-read for all of humanity,” Oprah asks Wilkerson what compelled her to write it and why we need a new language for race.

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
• E8Marilynne Robinson: Gilead
• E9Marilynne Robinson: Home
• E10Marilynne Robinson: Lila
• E11Marilynne Robinson: Jack
• E12Nathan Harris: The Sweetness of Water
• E13Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois