Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is beginning 2025 with an old favourite. She has selected Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose for her book club, marking the first time she has chosen a publication twice.

Winfrey, who launched her club in 1996, also picked A New Earth in 2008 and featured it in a series of webinars she hosted with Tolle. The book was originally released in 2005 and has sold millions of copies.

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“As we welcome a new year, I wanted to revisit the book that had more effect on me than any other book by a living author has had on my perception of how I understand my connection to the world,” Winfrey said in a statement on January 7. “As Eckhart’s work continues to speak to people from all generations, this podcast conversation is an offering to hear about his groundbreaking work ‘A New Earth’ and allow us all to experience brand new a-ha’s.”

A Winfrey-Tolle video podcast discussion, held recently at a Starbucks Reserve in the Empire State Building, can be seen on Winfrey’s YouTube channel and other outlets. In December, Winfrey launched The Oprah Broadcast, a weekly series that will include book club authors. The interviews are presented in partnership with Starbucks.

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