Just as American booksellers and publishers began their biggest annual gathering — the BookExpo America convention — Oprah Winfrey surprised them by announcing her latest Oprah’s Book Club choice as not one but three books—all by William Faulkner. In a brief Publishers Weekly report, Charlotte Abbot notes that “Vintage has already shipped 500,000 copies and ordered a further 100,000 of a $29.95 boxed set: As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury and Light in August, plus a reading group guide.”