leigh haber Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Leigh Haber is a book critic and editor. President and CEO of Leigh Haber Literary. Former Director of Oprah’s Book Club and VP of Books O Mag (Sept 2012-Nov 2022)

Then Again
Diane Keaton
As a civilian I’m reading (or reading more closely for pleasure) @Diane_Keaton ‘s Then Again. Blown away by her artistry and vulnerability on the page.
Paperback, 2012
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
An epic family saga that joins the ranks of such great American novels as 'The Corrections' and 'Middlesex' ... Brodesser-Akner has written a humane, brazen, gorgeous novel whose words dance exuberantly on the page.
Hardcover, 2024
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
Jake Tapper
Superbly reported... Reads like a Shakespearean drama on steroids.
Hardcover, 2025
$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Great Big Beautiful Life: Reese's Book Club
Emily Henry
Enormously entertaining... There are some intriguing twists and turns — and a bit of soul-searching — along the way... Readers can count on Em-Hen to transport them to a kinder, sunnier, and funnier galaxy where happy endings can be counted on... Bring on the tissues!
Hardcover, 2025
$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness: Stories
Jai Chakrabarti
Rarely do Chakrabarti’s stories find their characters in a state of “enormous happiness.” Still, in how they confront and then reckon with reality, there comes a sense of peace. Perhaps that’s enough.
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00Member price:$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hum
Helen Phillips
Phillips' skills as a stylist and keen observer of human nature keep us feverishly turning pages. And her unexpected humor lightens the mood.
Hardcover, 2024
$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst
Few nonfiction books get a reader’s adrenaline pumping quite like Sophie Elmhirst’s “A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck.”...As the hours pass and the sharks circle, you feel their terror in your bones.
Hardcover, 2025
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
@Writer_DG I had so@much fun doing this interview. @Outlander_STARZ this weekend! https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a39296513/outlander-season-6-interview-diana-gabaldon/
Paperback, 2001
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Playworld
Adam Ross
A beguiling ode to a lost era... Ross is so adept at world-building that we are seduced by his vision of the Big Apple as wholly enchanting and mystical... I didn't want it to end. The story is so rich and filled with intriguing--if morally questionable--characters that it's immersive.
Hardcover, 2025
$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
William Shatner
Yes @WilliamShatner is talking about his forthcoming Boldly Go. He is talking about petting a shark and the world's mysteries. https://t.co/CihRXYPUPu
Paperback, 2024
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book