(Whitehead has kept the secret since April, and that included his breakfast speech to promote the novel at BookExpo in Chicago in May.) Its original publication date was September, but that was moved up after Winfrey gave the novel her blessing. 2 on CBS This Morning, the same day the book went on sale. Winfrey announced the Whitehead selection on Aug. But it’s only his second to make the list Zone One, a zombie tale, peaked at No. Railroad, the story of a young escaped slave named Cora, is his sixth novel. (The final list will publish on Thursday.)įor Whitehead, it’s by far his best showing on USA TODAY’s list. Her latest selection - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday), her first book club choice in a year and a half - lands this week at No. 10 on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list. 'O' power: Oprah Winfrey may no longer have her talk show as a megaphone, and she may take a more leisurely approach these days to evangelizing about literature she loves, but she can still sell books, even if her Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selections aren’t always automatic No. Here’s a look at what’s new on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list…
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