Oprah's Book Club was a book discussion club segment of the American talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, highlighting books chosen by host Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey started the book club in September 1996. Winfrey discontinued the book club for one year in 2002, stating that she could not keep up with the required reading while still searching for contemporary novels that she enjoyed. After its revival in 2003, books were selected on a more limited basis (three or four a year). It ran for 15 years ending in 2011. Oprah's Book Club 2.0 is a book club founded June 1, 2012,  in a joint project between OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network and O: The Oprah Magazine.