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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.

Jenny Lawson Wants You to Be Okay

36 mins; April 02, 2026

Louise Erdrich And the Art of the Seminal Moment

32 mins; March 26, 2026

Elizabeth Berg And a Love Story to Life (Also with Kate DiCamillo and Kelly Yang!)

33 mins; March 19, 2026

Joan Lunden Says Good Morning Book Case!

35 mins; March 12, 2026

For Us, Anna Quindlen is ALWAYS More Than Enough

34 mins; March 05, 2026

Tayari Jones and the Meaning of Kin

31 mins; February 26, 2026

Allegra Goodman, Her Stories, and the Messiness of Family

31 mins; February 19, 2026

Belle Burden and the Art of Being Vulnerable

29 mins; February 12, 2026

The Librarians: A Must-See Documentary for Book Lovers

43 mins; February 05, 2026

Roger Rosenblatt on the Magic of Books

27 mins; January 29, 2026

Susan Orlean Takes a Joyride

38 mins; January 22, 2026

Janice Page and an Unlikely Memoir

37 mins; January 15, 2026

Paula McLain Escapes into the Paris Underground

32 mins; January 08, 2026

We Pick Our Favorites: 2025

36 mins; January 01, 2026

Getting Books In Their Hands: Stephen and Ayesha Curry

34 mins; December 25, 2025

Classics Series: A Jane Austen Discussion

32 mins; December 18, 2025

Abir Mukherjee and the Beauty of Historical Mysteries

33 mins; December 11, 2025

J. Ryan Stradal SELLS and A Bookstore with a Mission

37 mins; December 04, 2025

Megha Majumdar and Moral Ambiguity

44 mins; November 27, 2025

John Irving Creates a Queen

35 mins; November 20, 2025

Catherine Newman and Bittersweet Motherhood

36 mins; November 06, 2025

R.L. Stine Loves Scaring Kids

37 mins; October 30, 2025

Rick Riordan and Katherine Rundell Explore the Middle School Reading Crisis

38 mins; October 23, 2025

Lily King Writes her Heart

30 mins; October 16, 2025

Angela Flournoy’s Friendship Circle

32 mins; October 09, 2025

The Book Case’s Best of Summer Review

37 mins; October 02, 2025

Leigh Bardugo Makes Magic

31 mins; September 25, 2025

Joanne Harris and the Literary Beauty of Chocolat

45 mins; September 18, 2025

The Reynolds Brothers and International Dot Day

35 mins; September 11, 2025

Virginia Evans and the Art of Writing Letters

39 mins; September 04, 2025

Thomas Schlesser and the Art of Art History

34 mins; August 28, 2025

Kathy Wang Believes in Satisfaction

32 mins; August 21, 2025

Our Writer in Residence Finishes His First Draft

39 mins; August 14, 2025

Classics Series: Invisible Man

36 mins; August 07, 2025

Adriana Trigiani’s Romance with Italy

32 mins; July 31, 2025

Stacey Abrams Makes AI a Murder Suspect

37 mins; July 24, 2025

Dennard Dayle Writes Some Serious Satire

42 mins; July 17, 2025

Sophie Elmhirst Takes Us to Sea

31 mins; July 10, 2025

Chris Chibnall Masters the Mystery

35 mins; July 03, 2025

Classics Series: To Kill a Mockingbird

36 mins; June 26, 2025

Two Amazing Booksellers

40 mins; June 19, 2025

Jess Walter is So Far Gone

42 mins; June 12, 2025

Andrew Porter Writes a Family Story

32 mins; June 05, 2025

Our Writer in Residence Talks Endings

35 mins; May 29, 2025

Dave Barry Was And Is The Class Clown

37 mins; May 22, 2025

Richard Russo Talks Life and Art

40 mins; May 15, 2025

Jemimah Wei is the GMA Book Club Pick!

32 mins; May 08, 2025

We Get a Little Deeper with David K. Shipler

36 mins; May 01, 2025

David K. Shipler Interprets Interpreters

33 mins; April 24, 2025

Niall Williams and Christine Breen: The Director's Cut

36 mins; April 17, 2025

Harlan Coben Writes Like It’s His Job

35 mins; April 10, 2025

Two Great Summer Reads Come in Spring

29 mins; April 03, 2025

Colum McCann And his Twist on Great Literature

31 mins; March 27, 2025

Kaveh Akbar and Tommy Orange: The Author Friendship

34 mins; March 20, 2025

Curtis Sittenfeld Tells Great Stories

38 mins; March 13, 2025

The Great Gatsby is Still Great

44 mins; March 06, 2025

Geraldine Brooks Honors Her Husband

34 mins; February 27, 2025

Jeffrey Toobin Examines The Presidential Pardon

35 mins; February 20, 2025

Jeff Hobbs is a Non-Fiction Storyteller

37 mins; February 13, 2025

Jessica Soffer Tells Us a Love Story

33 mins; February 06, 2025

Adam Haslett Examines Mothers & Sons

32 mins; January 30, 2025

Samantha Harvey Goes Orbital

37 mins; January 23, 2025

Scott Turow Revisits Old Friend Rusty Sabitch

30 mins; January 16, 2025

Karissa Chen Brings Us A Chinese Love Story

30 mins; January 09, 2025

We Explore How to Write a Book

25 mins; January 02, 2025

A Christmas Carol Still Haunts Readers

34 mins; December 26, 2024

Susan Rieger and Surviving Your Mother

39 mins; December 19, 2024

Delia Ephron Takes Broadway

40 mins; December 12, 2024

Louise Penny Reflects on Her Process

27 mins; December 05, 2024

Louise Penny Stalks The Grey Wolf

27 mins; November 28, 2024

Niall Williams is Magic

40 mins; November 21, 2024

Ann Patchett Reads AND Writes

26 mins; November 14, 2024

Ann Patchett Revisits Bel Canto

41 mins; November 07, 2024

Danzy Senna Creates Worlds She Wants to See

38 mins; October 31, 2024

Dwayne Betts Is Proof That A Book Can Change Your Life

29 mins; October 24, 2024

Paula Hawkins is a Mystery Master

42 mins; October 17, 2024

Richard Osman Begins a New Series

38 mins; October 10, 2024

Wright Thompson Investigates His Home State

34 mins; October 03, 2024

Katherine Rundell Believes in Children’s Lit

30 mins; September 19, 2024

Elizabeth Strout Unites Beloved Characters

35 mins; September 12, 2024

Spoken Word Poets Write Their Catharsis

45 mins; September 05, 2024

Dr. Fei-Fei Li Explains AI

33 mins; August 29, 2024

Jodi Picoult Envisions A Woman Behind Shakespeare's Work

34 mins; August 22, 2024

Emily Nussbaum Explains Why We Should Take Reality TV Seriously

37 mins; August 15, 2024

Evan Friss Traces the History of American Bookstores

33 mins; August 08, 2024

Whoopi Goldberg Hails Her First Loves

32 mins; August 01, 2024

Ben Shattuck's Short Stories Span Time and History

28 mins; July 25, 2024

Hope Jahren Expands on Mark Twain

37 mins; July 18, 2024

J. Ryan Stradal Tackles His Next Novel

32 mins; July 11, 2024

Rachel Khong Asks, 'Who Is A Real American?'

33 mins; July 04, 2024

Joseph Kanon Conjures WWII Shanghai

34 mins; June 27, 2024

Catherine Newman Brings Us to Cape Cod

35 mins; June 20, 2024

Sarah Langan Crafts a Dystopian Mystery Thriller

32 mins; June 13, 2024

Scott Preston Writes a UK Western

36 mins; June 06, 2024

Two Editors Who Changed Publishing

36 mins; May 30, 2024

Book Store Owners Present Their Top Summer Reads

41 mins; May 23, 2024

George Stephanopoulos Takes Us To The Situation Room

44 mins; May 16, 2024

Heidi Reimer Examines Motherhood, Sacrifice, and Redemption

33 mins; May 09, 2024

Erik Larson Illuminates History

33 mins; May 02, 2024

Carlos Lozada Makes the Case for Political Memoirs

27 mins; April 25, 2024

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