Oprah Winfrey picks Ayana Mathis' debut novel for book club, crashes Amazon page

Oprah Winfrey speaks at the 3rd annual Diane Von Furstenberg Swards at the United Nations on March 9, 2012, in New York. / Getty

Add another book for possible holiday gifts: Oprah Winfrey's latest "2.0" selection.

Winfrey announced Wednesday that she has chosen a debut novel for her book club, "The Twelve Tribes of Hattie," by Ayana Mathis. An author interview will be aired Feb. 3 on Winfrey's OWN network. In a statement, Winfrey likened Mathis' book to the fiction of Toni Morrison. Published this week by Alfred A. Knopf, "Twelve Tribes" tells of a teenager's journey from Mississippi to Philadelphia in the 1920s and the large family she ends up raising.

According to The Los Angeles Times, shortly after the announcement the book's Amazon page crashed. It's now back up.

Winfrey revived her club, now called Oprah's Book Club 2.0, earlier this year with Cheryl Strayed's memoir "Wild." Dozens of books over the past 20 years have become best-sellers, thanks to the talk-show host's endorsements.

[mariaalbanese]

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[dman6015]

C'mon, Oprah, you know you're just dying to crank up your syndicated talk show again. OWN is faltering, at best, and putting your daily talk show there won't work, so just cave in and do it.