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The Book Case

Are you stuck in a reading rut? The Book Case makes the case for books outside of your usual genre. Wander the aisles of your local bookstore with Kate and Charlie Gibson and meet fascinating characters who will open your appetite to new categories while deepening your hunger for books. This weekly series will journey cover to cover through the literary world, featuring interviews with best-selling authors, tastemakers, and independent bookstore owners. New episodes post every Thursday.

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Louise Penny Stalks The Grey Wolf

Nov 28, 2024
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Niall Williams is Magic

Nov 21, 2024
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Ann Patchett Reads AND Writes

Nov 14, 2024
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Ann Patchett Revisits Bel Canto

Nov 7, 2024
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Danzy Senna Creates Worlds She Wants to See

Oct 31, 2024
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Dwayne Betts Is Proof That A Book Can Change Your Life

Oct 24, 2024
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Paula Hawkins is a Mystery Master

Oct 17, 2024
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Richard Osman Begins a New Series

Oct 10, 2024
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Wright Thompson Investigates His Home State

Oct 3, 2024
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Katherine Rundell Believes in Children’s Lit

Sep 19, 2024
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Elizabeth Strout Unites Beloved Characters

Sep 12, 2024
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Spoken Word Poets Write Their Catharsis

Sep 5, 2024
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Dr. Fei-Fei Li Explains AI

Aug 29, 2024
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Jodi Picoult Envisions A Woman Behind Shakespeare's Work

Aug 22, 2024
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Emily Nussbaum Explains Why We Should Take Reality TV Seriously

Aug 15, 2024
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Evan Friss Traces the History of American Bookstores

Aug 8, 2024
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Whoopi Goldberg Hails Her First Loves

Aug 1, 2024
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Ben Shattuck's Short Stories Span Time and History

Jul 25, 2024
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Hope Jahren Expands on Mark Twain

Jul 18, 2024
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J. Ryan Stradal Tackles His Next Novel

Jul 11, 2024
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Rachel Khong Asks, 'Who Is A Real American?'

Jul 4, 2024
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Joseph Kanon Conjures WWII Shanghai

Jun 27, 2024
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Catherine Newman Brings Us to Cape Cod

Jun 20, 2024
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Sarah Langan Crafts a Dystopian Mystery Thriller

Jun 13, 2024
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Scott Preston Writes a UK Western

Jun 6, 2024
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Two Editors Who Changed Publishing

May 30, 2024
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Book Store Owners Present Their Top Summer Reads

May 23, 2024
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George Stephanopoulos Takes Us To The Situation Room

May 16, 2024
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Heidi Reimer Examines Motherhood, Sacrifice, and Redemption

May 9, 2024
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Erik Larson Illuminates History

May 2, 2024
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Carlos Lozada Makes the Case for Political Memoirs

Apr 25, 2024
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Kao Kalia Yang Captures Her Mother's Story

Apr 18, 2024
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Tommy Orange Traces Indigenous Trauma and Triumph

Apr 11, 2024
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Amor Towles Writes a Novella His Way

Apr 4, 2024
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Richard Roper Delights With New British Rom-Com

Mar 28, 2024
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Introducing the 'Writer in Residence' Series with J. Ryan Stradal

Mar 21, 2024
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Tana French On Writing An Irish Western Murder Mystery

Mar 14, 2024
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Anna Quindlen Explores Life After Death

Mar 7, 2024
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Sloane Crosley Processes Her Grief With Humor

Feb 29, 2024
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Diane Oliver's Posthumous Debut

Feb 22, 2024
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Kate and Charlie Gibson's Favorite Love Stories

Feb 15, 2024
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Ilyon Woo on the Self-Emancipation of Ellen and William Craft

Feb 8, 2024
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Live: Kate Gibson Revisits Horror

Feb 1, 2024
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Kaveh Akbar Finds Meaning in Martyrdom

Jan 25, 2024
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Inci Atrek Lives In Two Worlds at Once

Jan 18, 2024
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Ashley Elston On How To Write A Whodunnit Heist Novel

Jan 4, 2024
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Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow Explores Mother-Daughter Dynamics

Dec 28, 2023
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Mitch Albom Wrote a Tale of Lies and Truth

Dec 21, 2023
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Patricia Cornwell Dives into the Mysterious World of Kay Scarpetta

Dec 14, 2023
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How to Inspire Your Kids to Love Reading

Dec 7, 2023
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Jon Clinch Explores the Final Days of Ulysses S. Grant

Nov 30, 2023
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Lawrence Wright Takes On Texas Politics

Nov 23, 2023
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Jennifer Vanderbes Chronicles the Dark History of Thalidomide

Nov 16, 2023
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Diana Walsh Shares Her Manual on Leadership

Nov 9, 2023
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Alice McDermott on the Women Behind the Vietnam War

Nov 2, 2023
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Our Halloween Horror Reading Recommendations

Oct 26, 2023
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Tan Twan Eng Takes Us Through The House of Doors

Oct 19, 2023
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Writers of the Movie "Airplane!" On The Rules of Comedy

Oct 12, 2023
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Amanda Gorman’s Poetry Slays Monsters

Oct 5, 2023
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Kate DiCamillo Transforms Children's Fiction

Sep 28, 2023
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Stephen Graham Jones Writes Hopeful Horror

Sep 21, 2023
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Sebastian Barry Carries the Irish Torch

Sep 14, 2023
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William Kent Krueger Takes Us To Minnesota

Sep 7, 2023
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James McBride Masters Historical Fiction

Aug 31, 2023
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Andrew Ridker Writes With Hope

Aug 24, 2023
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Jennifer McMahon Writes What Scares Her

Aug 17, 2023
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Esmeralda Santiago is Back in the Book Case

Aug 10, 2023
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Ann Patchett Juggles Writing and Bookselling

Aug 3, 2023
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Markus Zusak Revisits The Book Thief's Legacy

Jul 27, 2023
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Laura Spence-Ash Travels Back in Time

Jul 20, 2023
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Mihret Sibhat Writes an Ethiopian Epic

Jul 13, 2023
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Josh Malerman Delivers the Scares

Jul 6, 2023
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Shelley Read Starts Her Second Act

Jun 29, 2023
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Michael Finkel Catches an Art Thief

Jun 22, 2023
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Kate and Charlie Pick Winners

Jun 15, 2023
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Dave Eggers Crafts New Fables

Jun 8, 2023
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Christopher Golden Scares Us

Jun 1, 2023
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James Comey Writes a Thriller

May 25, 2023
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Alexandra Robbins Studies Teachers

May 18, 2023
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Henry Grabar Parks That Thought

May 11, 2023
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Dave Barry Makes Us Laugh

May 4, 2023
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Brendan Slocumb Finds Hidden Notes

Apr 27, 2023
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J Ryan Stradal is Back in the Book Case

Apr 20, 2023
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Charles Frazier Sheds Light on American Optimism

Apr 13, 2023
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Rebecca Boggs Roberts Unveils Edith Wilson

Apr 6, 2023
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Timothy Egan Rewrites History

Mar 30, 2023
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Harlan Coben Will Find You

Mar 23, 2023
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Beverly Horowitz Adapts Heather McGhee for YA

Mar 16, 2023
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Michael Schulman Goes To the Oscars

Mar 9, 2023
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Alex Prud'homme Dines at the White House

Mar 2, 2023
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Rebecca Makkai Has Some Questions For You

Feb 23, 2023
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Amity Gaige Knows How to Write Tension

Feb 16, 2023
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Julie Otsuka is a Master of Memory

Feb 9, 2023
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Stuart Gibbs is Back in the Book Case

Feb 2, 2023
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Ayana Gray Creates New Worlds

Jan 26, 2023
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John Boyne Revisits The Past

Jan 19, 2023
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David Sedaris is Back in the Book Case

Jan 12, 2023
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David Sedaris Journals Gold

Jan 5, 2023
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Esmeralda Santiago Dreams Her Reality

Dec 22, 2022
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The Holiday Gift Guide

Dec 15, 2022
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Barbara Kingsolver Grapples with American Poverty

Dec 8, 2022
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Nelson DeMille Keeps His Readers Guessing

Dec 1, 2022
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Kate and Charlie Talk Turkey

Nov 24, 2022
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Kate Goes to The Brooklyn Book Festival

Nov 17, 2022
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Cleyvis Natera Finds Joy Unexpectedly

Nov 10, 2022
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John Irving is Back in the Book Case

Nov 3, 2022
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Jon Meacham Rewrites Abraham Lincoln's Story

Oct 27, 2022
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Doug Bauer Steps Up to Bat

Oct 20, 2022
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Angie Cruz Teaches How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

Oct 13, 2022
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Amy Sarig King Stands Up To Censorship

Oct 6, 2022
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Richard Osman Writes Mysteries You Can Sink Your Dentures Into

Sep 29, 2022
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Elizabeth Strout Hears her Characters' Voices

Sep 22, 2022
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Sue Miller Examines Marriage, Intimately

Sep 15, 2022
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Nahid Shahalimi Gathers the Voices of Afghan Women

Sep 8, 2022
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Stuart Gibbs Takes Kids on Wild Journeys

Sep 1, 2022
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David Koepp Writes Thrillers Differently These Days

Aug 25, 2022
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Sidik Fofana Steps Out of the Classroom

Aug 18, 2022
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Jenny Lawson is Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

Aug 11, 2022
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Julia Glass Reimagines the Future

Aug 4, 2022
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Hernan Diaz Trusts His Characters

Jul 28, 2022
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J. Ryan Stradal Writes From the Heart

Jul 21, 2022
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Anna Quindlen Wants You to Write

Jul 14, 2022
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Jennifer Egan Plays with Form

Jul 7, 2022
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Claire Stanford is Happy For You

Jun 30, 2022
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David Gergen Knows Politics

Jun 23, 2022
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Delia Ephron Falls In Love, Again

Jun 16, 2022
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Introducing 'Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till-Mobley'

Jun 11, 2022
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Azar Nafisi Reads Dangerously

Jun 9, 2022
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Shelby Van Pelt Makes Her Debut

Jun 2, 2022
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John Irving Reinvents The Classics

May 26, 2022
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Dr. Carla Hayden is the Top Librarian

May 19, 2022
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Mary Laura Philpott Writes About Parenting

May 12, 2022
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Niall Williams Tells Irish Tales

May 5, 2022
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Oprah Shares Her Favorite Books

May 2, 2022
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Introducing 'The Book Case'

Apr 28, 2022