Oprah has picked more than a hundred books for her book club. Never this one. So the author started his own: the Dad, Look Book Club.
The club has one member, one book of the month and one rule: the book of the month is always the same book.
COPENHAGEN — Since 1996, Oprah's Book Club has picked more than a hundred books and turned many of them into bestsellers overnight.
It has never picked Dad, Look – I Wrote A Book! The Danish author Abdel Seoud has waited for the call. The call has not come.
So he has started a book club of his own: the Dad, Look Book Club. It has one member, and every month it picks the same book.
"I waited for someone to pick my book," Seoud said. "Then I realised I could pick it myself. Every month. Forever."
Membership card
The Dad, Look Book Club
Member No. 1 of 1
Book of the month
- November 2026 Dad, Look – I Wrote A Book! This month
- October 2026 Dad, Look – I Wrote A Book!
- September 2026 Dad, Look – I Wrote A Book!
- August 2026 Dad, Look – I Wrote A Book!
- July 2026 Dad, Look – I Wrote A Book!
- June 2026 Dad, Look – I Wrote A Book!
0 people have asked to join. Members: 1.
The interview
- DNNWhy start your own book club?
- SeoudI waited for the call. The call did not come. So I made a club where I am the one who calls.
- DNNHow do you choose the book of the month?
- SeoudVery carefully. I go through every book I have ever written. It does not take long.
- DNNHow many members are there?
- SeoudOne. Membership is open to anyone with $1,000,000. The book is included.
- DNNWhat happens at meetings?
- SeoudWe discuss the book. It is a short discussion, because nobody else has read it.
- DNNWhat would you say if Oprah called?
- SeoudThank you. And: there is only one copy, so your viewers will have to share.
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Oprah Winfrey and Oprah's Book Club have not seen this article, have not picked the book and have nothing to do with it. The Dad, Look Book Club is not affiliated with them. DNN very much hopes they call.