The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club)

In Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Underground Railroad, Cora, a young slave on a Georgia cotton plantation, embarks on a desperate escape to freedom after being urged by fellow slave Caesar to join him on a secret network of actual trains and tunnels. As she travels from state to state, Cora confronts the harrowing realities of her world and the broader narrative of America's complex history, blending elements of adventure and poignant reflection on slavery and survival. This critically acclaimed work is a profound exploration of one woman's quest for liberation amidst the brutalities of the antebellum South.