Jonathan Franzen Is Finally Ready to Let Oprah Make Him Rich 5.42K Richard Lawson 09/15/10 05:12PM Filed to: Making up Making up Books Jonathan Franzen Oprah Winfrey book clubs Money Though he famously refused to join the Oprah Book Club for The Corrections, it seems Franzen's letting his newest tome, Freedom, get pimped by the Empress of Everything. Wonder what changed! Maybe he just wants to piss off Jodi Picoult.