oprahs book club

Winfrey has selected two Charles Dickens classics, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations, which will be reissued together in one 800-page volume with the Oprah's Book Club sticker from Penguin Classics. But readers can get them a lot cheaper, or free, elsewhere.

Oprah is on a farewell tour of sorts, what with The Oprah Winfrey Show ending its 25 year run in 2011. But those who were saddened by the thought that Jonathan Franzen's No. 1 bestseller Freedom would be her final pick for her wildly popular Book Club can breathe easier: You get at least one more.

When America's wealthiest and most influential media star calls it quits on her talk show, it's great fodder for several news cycles. But two years will pass between Oprah Winfrey's announcement last Thursday and the September 2011 air-date of her final syndicated show. And that gives the...