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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.

Kao Kalia Yang Captures Her Mother's Story

40 mins; April 18, 2024

Tommy Orange Traces Indigenous Trauma and Triumph

34 mins; April 11, 2024

Amor Towles Writes a Novella His Way

33 mins; April 04, 2024

Richard Roper Delights With New British Rom-Com

39 mins; March 28, 2024

Introducing the ‘Writer in Residence' Series with J. Ryan Stradal

33 mins; March 21, 2024

Tana French On Writing An Irish Western Murder Mystery

30 mins; March 14, 2024

Anna Quindlen Explores Life After Death

40 mins; March 07, 2024

Sloane Crosley Processes Her Grief With Humor

38 mins; February 29, 2024

Diane Oliver's Posthumous Debut

33 mins; February 22, 2024

Kate and Charlie Gibson's Favorite Love Stories

25 mins; February 15, 2024

Ilyon Woo on the Self-Emancipation of Ellen and William Craft

39 mins; February 08, 2024

Live: Kate Gibson Revisits Horror

33 mins; February 01, 2024

Kaveh Akbar Finds Meaning in Martyrdom

38 mins; January 25, 2024

Inci Atrek Lives In Two Worlds at Once

37 mins; January 18, 2024

Ashley Elston On How To Write A Whodunnit Heist Novel

24 mins; January 04, 2024

Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow Explores Mother-Daughter Dynamics

33 mins; December 28, 2023

Mitch Albom Wrote a Tale of Lies and Truth

36 mins; December 21, 2023

Patricia Cornwell Dives into the Mysterious World of Kay Scarpetta

34 mins; December 14, 2023

How to Inspire Your Kids to Love Reading

31 mins; December 07, 2023

Jon Clinch Explores the Final Days of Ulysses S. Grant

37 mins; November 30, 2023

Lawrence Wright Takes On Texas Politics

37 mins; November 23, 2023

Jennifer Vanderbes Chronicles the Dark History of Thalidomide

42 mins; November 16, 2023

Diana Walsh Shares Her Manual on Leadership

38 mins; November 09, 2023

Alice McDermott on the Women Behind the Vietnam War

39 mins; November 02, 2023

Our Halloween Horror Reading Recommendations

45 mins; October 26, 2023

Tan Twan Eng Takes Us Through The House of Doors

31 mins; October 19, 2023

Writers of the Movie "Airplane!" On The Rules of Comedy

33 mins; October 12, 2023

Amanda Gorman

42 mins; October 05, 2023

Kate DiCamillo Transforms Children's Fiction

31 mins; September 28, 2023

Stephen Graham Jones Writes Hopeful Horror

37 mins; September 21, 2023

Sebastian Barry Carries the Irish Torch

37 mins; September 14, 2023

William Kent Krueger Takes Us To Minnesota

35 mins; September 07, 2023

James McBride Masters Historical Fiction

39 mins; August 31, 2023

Andrew Ridker Writes With Hope

37 mins; August 24, 2023

Jennifer McMahon Writes What Scares Her

36 mins; August 17, 2023

Esmeralda Santiago is Back in the Book Case

42 mins; August 10, 2023

Ann Patchett Juggles Writing and Bookselling

39 mins; August 03, 2023

Markus Zusak Revisits The Book Thief's Legacy

31 mins; July 27, 2023

Laura Spence-Ash Travels Back in Time

29 mins; July 20, 2023

Mihret Sibhat Writes an Ethiopian Epic

34 mins; July 13, 2023

Josh Malerman Delivers the Scares

32 mins; July 06, 2023

Shelley Read Starts Her Second Act

30 mins; June 29, 2023

Michael Finkel Catches an Art Thief

40 mins; June 22, 2023

Kate and Charlie Pick Winners

32 mins; June 15, 2023

Dave Eggers Crafts New Fables

35 mins; June 08, 2023

Christopher Golden Scares Us

37 mins; June 01, 2023

James Comey Writes a Thriller

37 mins; May 25, 2023

Alexandra Robbins Studies Teachers

40 mins; May 18, 2023

Henry Grabar Parks That Thought

36 mins; May 11, 2023

Dave Barry Makes Us Laugh

42 mins; May 04, 2023

Brendan Slocumb Finds Hidden Notes

38 mins; April 27, 2023

J Ryan Stradal is Back in the Book Case

37 mins; April 20, 2023

Charles Frazier Sheds Light on American Optimism

34 mins; April 13, 2023

Rebecca Boggs Roberts Unveils Edith Wilson

34 mins; April 06, 2023

Timothy Egan Rewrites History

29 mins; March 30, 2023

Harlan Coben Will Find You

41 mins; March 23, 2023

Beverly Horowitz Adapts Heather McGhee for YA

40 mins; March 16, 2023

Michael Schulman Goes To the Oscars

37 mins; March 08, 2023

Alex Prud'homme Dines at the White House

33 mins; March 02, 2023

Rebecca Makkai Has Some Questions For You

32 mins; February 23, 2023

Amity Gaige Knows how to Write Tension

35 mins; February 16, 2023

Julie Otsuka is a Master of Memory

31 mins; February 09, 2023

Stuart Gibbs is Back in the Book Case

47 mins; February 02, 2023

Ayana Gray Creates New Worlds

39 mins; January 26, 2023

John Boyne Revisits The Past

35 mins; January 18, 2023

David Sedaris is Back in the Book Case

40 mins; January 12, 2023

David Sedaris Journals Gold

28 mins; January 05, 2023

Esmeralda Santiago Dreams Her Reality

39 mins; December 22, 2022

The Holiday Gift Guide

48 mins; December 15, 2022

Barbara Kingsolver Grapples with American Poverty

46 mins; December 08, 2022

Nelson DeMille Keeps His Readers Guessing

38 mins; December 01, 2022

Kate and Charlie Talk Turkey

34 mins; November 24, 2022

Kate Goes to The Brooklyn Book Festival

42 mins; November 17, 2022

Cleyvis Natera Finds Joy Unexpectedly

45 mins; November 09, 2022

John Irving is Back in the Book Case

40 mins; November 03, 2022

Jon Meacham Rewrites Abraham Lincoln's Story

44 mins; October 27, 2022

Doug Bauer Steps Up to Bat

40 mins; October 20, 2022

Angie Cruz Teaches How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

37 mins; October 13, 2022

Amy Sarig King Stands Up To Censorship

42 mins; October 06, 2022

Richard Osman Writes Mysteries You Can Sink Your Dentures Into

39 mins; September 29, 2022

Elizabeth Strout Hears her Characters' Voices

40 mins; September 22, 2022

Sue Miller Examines Marriage, Intimately

41 mins; September 15, 2022

Nahid Shahalimi Gathers the Voices of Afghan Women

36 mins; September 08, 2022

Stuart Gibbs Takes Kids on Wild Journeys

35 mins; August 31, 2022

David Koepp Writes Thrillers Differently These Days

42 mins; August 25, 2022

Sidik Fofana Steps Out of the Classroom

44 mins; August 18, 2022

Jenny Lawson is Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

42 mins; August 11, 2022

Julia Glass Reimagines the Future

34 mins; August 04, 2022

Hernan Diaz Trusts His Characters

38 mins; July 28, 2022

J. Ryan Stradal Writes From the Heart

34 mins; July 21, 2022

Anna Quindlen Wants You to Write

38 mins; July 14, 2022

Jennifer Egan Plays with Form

45 mins; July 07, 2022

Claire Stanford is Happy For You

33 mins; June 30, 2022

David Gergen Knows Politics

37 mins; June 23, 2022

Delia Ephron Falls In Love, Again

52 mins; June 16, 2022

Introducing 'Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till-Mobley'

2 mins; June 11, 2022

Azar Nafisi Reads Dangerously

40 mins; June 09, 2022

Shelby Van Pelt Makes Her Debut

36 mins; June 02, 2022

John Irving Reinvents The Classics

36 mins; May 26, 2022

Dr. Carla Hayden is the Top Librarian

39 mins; May 19, 2022

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