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The Book Case — 209 episodes

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1

Elizabeth Strout Tries Something New

2

Books for Mother's Day

3

Jason Reynolds on Music, Reading and Writing

4

Why Are Boys Falling Behind On Reading?

5

Tana French Mixes Ireland and the Old West

6

Jenny Lawson Wants You to Be Okay

7

Louise Erdrich and the Art of the Seminal Moment

8

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

9

Joan Lunden Says Good Morning Book Case!

10

For Us, Anna Quindlen is ALWAYS More Than Enough

11

Tayari Jones and the Meaning of Kin

12

Allegra Goodman, Her Stories, and the Messiness of Family

13

Belle Burden and the Art of Being Vulnerable

14

The Librarians: A Must-See Documentary for Book Lovers

15

Roger Rosenblatt on the Magic of Books

16

Susan Orlean Takes a Joyride

17

Janice Page and an Unlikely Memoir

18

Paula McLain Escapes into the Paris Underground

19

We Pick Our Favorites: 2025

20

Getting Books In Their Hands: Stephen and Ayesha Curry

21

Classics Series: A Jane Austen Discussion

22

Abir Mukherjee and the Beauty of Historical Mysteries

23

J. Ryan Stradal SELLS and A Bookstore with a Mission

24

Megha Majumdar and Moral Ambiguity

25

John Irving Creates a Queen

26

Catherine Newman and Bittersweet Motherhood

27

R.L. Stine Loves Scaring Kids

28

Rick Riordan and Katherine Rundell Explore the Middle School Reading Crisis

29

Lily King Writes her Heart

30

Angela Flournoy’s Friendship Circle

31

The Book Case’s Best of Summer Review

32

Leigh Bardugo Makes Magic

33

Joanne Harris and the Literary Beauty of Chocolat

34

The Reynolds Brothers and International Dot Day

35

Virginia Evans and the Art of Writing Letters

36

Thomas Schlesser and the Art of Art History

37

Kathy Wang Believes in Satisfaction

38

Our Writer in Residence Finishes His First Draft

39

Classics Series: Invisible Man

40

Adriana Trigiani’s Romance with Italy

41

Stacey Abrams Makes AI a Murder Suspect

42

Dennard Dayle Writes Some Serious Satire

43

Sophie Elmhirst Takes Us to Sea

44

Chris Chibnall Masters the Mystery

45

Classics Series: To Kill a Mockingbird

46

Two Amazing Booksellers

47

Jess Walter is So Far Gone

48

Andrew Porter Writes a Family Story

49

Our Writer in Residence Talks Endings

50

Dave Barry Was And Is The Class Clown

51

Richard Russo Talks Life and Art

52

Jemimah Wei is the GMA Book Club Pick!

53

We Get a Little Deeper with David K. Shipler

54

David K. Shipler Interprets Interpreters

55

Niall Williams and Christine Breen: The Director's Cut

56

Harlan Coben Writes Like It’s His Job

57

Two Great Summer Reads Arrive in Spring

58

Colum McCann And his Twist on Great Literature

59

Kaveh Akbar and Tommy Orange: The Author Friendship

60

Curtis Sittenfeld Tells Great Stories

61

The Great Gatsby is Still Great

62

Geraldine Brooks Honors Her Husband

63

Jeffrey Toobin Examines The Presidential Pardon

64

Jeff Hobbs is a Non-Fiction Storyteller

65

Jessica Soffer Tells Us a Love Story

66

Adam Haslett Examines Mothers & Sons

67

Samantha Harvey Goes Orbital

68

Scott Turow Revisits Old Friend Rusty Sabitch

69

Karissa Chen Brings Us A Chinese Love Story

70

We Explore How to Write a Book

71

A Christmas Carol Still Haunts Readers

72

Susan Rieger and Surviving Your Mother

73

Delia Ephron Takes Broadway

74

Louise Penny Reflects on Her Process

75

Louise Penny Stalks The Grey Wolf

76

Niall Williams is Magic

77

Ann Patchett Reads AND Writes

78

Ann Patchett Revisits Bel Canto

79

Danzy Senna Creates Worlds She Wants to See

80

Dwayne Betts Is Proof That A Book Can Change Your Life

81

Paula Hawkins is a Mystery Master

82

Richard Osman Begins a New Series

83

Wright Thompson Investigates His Home State

84

Katherine Rundell Believes in Children’s Lit

85

Elizabeth Strout Unites Beloved Characters

86

Spoken Word Poets Write Their Catharsis

87

Dr. Fei-Fei Li Explains AI

88

Jodi Picoult Envisions A Woman Behind Shakespeare's Work

89

Emily Nussbaum Explains Why We Should Take Reality TV Seriously

90

Evan Friss Traces the History of American Bookstores

91

Whoopi Goldberg Hails Her First Loves

92

Ben Shattuck's Short Stories Span Time and History

93

Hope Jahren Expands on Mark Twain

94

J. Ryan Stradal Tackles His Next Novel

95

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

96

Joseph Kanon Conjures WWII Shanghai

97

Catherine Newman Brings Us to Cape Cod

98

Sarah Langan Crafts a Dystopian Mystery Thriller

99

Scott Preston Writes a UK Western

100

Two Editors Who Changed Publishing

101

Book Store Owners Present Their Top Summer Reads

102

George Stephanopoulos Takes Us To The Situation Room

103

Heidi Reimer Examines Motherhood, Sacrifice, and Redemption

104

Erik Larson Illuminates History

105

Carlos Lozada Makes the Case for Political Memoirs

106

Kao Kalia Yang Captures Her Mother's Story

107

Tommy Orange Traces Indigenous Trauma and Triumph

108

Amor Towles Writes a Novella His Way

109

Richard Roper Delights With New British Rom-Com

110

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

111

Tana French On Writing An Irish Western Murder Mystery

112

Anna Quindlen Explores Life After Death

113

Sloane Crosley Processes Her Grief With Humor

114

Diane Oliver's Posthumous Debut

115

Kate and Charlie Gibson's Favorite Love Stories

116

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

117

Live: Kate Gibson Revisits Horror

118

Kaveh Akbar Finds Meaning in Martyrdom

119

Inci Atrek Lives In Two Worlds at Once

120

Ashley Elston On How To Write A Whodunnit Heist Novel

121

Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow Explores Mother-Daughter Dynamics

122

Mitch Albom Wrote a Tale of Lies and Truth

123

Patricia Cornwell Dives into the Mysterious World of Kay Scarpetta

124

How to Inspire Your Kids to Love Reading

125

Jon Clinch Explores the Final Days of Ulysses S. Grant

126

Lawrence Wright Takes On Texas Politics

127

Jennifer Vanderbes Chronicles the Dark History of Thalidomide

128

Diana Walsh Shares Her Manual on Leadership

129

Alice McDermott on the Women Behind the Vietnam War

130

Our Halloween Horror Reading Recommendations

131

Tan Twan Eng Takes Us Through The House of Doors

132

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

133

Amanda Gorman’s Poetry Slays Monsters

134

Kate DiCamillo Transforms Children's Fiction

135

Stephen Graham Jones Writes Hopeful Horror

136

Sebastian Barry Carries the Irish Torch

137

William Kent Krueger Takes Us To Minnesota

138

James McBride Masters Historical Fiction

139

Andrew Ridker Writes With Hope

140

Jennifer McMahon Writes What Scares Her

141

Esmeralda Santiago is Back in the Book Case

142

Ann Patchett Juggles Writing and Bookselling

143

Markus Zusak Revisits The Book Thief's Legacy

144

Laura Spence-Ash Travels Back in Time

145

Mihret Sibhat Writes an Ethiopian Epic

146

Josh Malerman Delivers the Scares

147

Shelley Read Starts Her Second Act

148

Michael Finkel Catches an Art Thief

149

Kate and Charlie Pick Winners

150

Dave Eggers Crafts New Fables

151

Christopher Golden Scares Us

152

James Comey Writes a Thriller

153

Alexandra Robbins Studies Teachers

154

Henry Grabar Parks That Thought

155

Dave Barry Makes Us Laugh

156

Brendan Slocumb Finds Hidden Notes

157

J Ryan Stradal is Back in the Book Case

158

Charles Frazier Sheds Light on American Optimism

159

Rebecca Boggs Roberts Unveils Edith Wilson

160

Timothy Egan Rewrites History

161

Harlan Coben Will Find You

162

Beverly Horowitz Adapts Heather McGhee for YA

163

Michael Schulman Goes To the Oscars

164

Alex Prud'homme Dines at the White House

165

Rebecca Makkai Has Some Questions For You

166

Amity Gaige Knows How to Write Tension

167

Julie Otsuka is a Master of Memory

168

Stuart Gibbs is Back in the Book Case

169

Ayana Gray Creates New Worlds

170

John Boyne Revisits The Past

171

David Sedaris is Back in the Book Case

172

David Sedaris Journals Gold

173

Esmeralda Santiago Dreams Her Reality

174

The Holiday Gift Guide

175

Barbara Kingsolver Grapples with American Poverty

176

Nelson DeMille Keeps His Readers Guessing

177

Kate and Charlie Talk Turkey

178

Kate Goes to The Brooklyn Book Festival

179

Cleyvis Natera Finds Joy Unexpectedly

180

John Irving is Back in the Book Case

181

Jon Meacham Rewrites Abraham Lincoln's Story

182

Doug Bauer Steps Up to Bat

183

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

184

Amy Sarig King Stands Up To Censorship

185

Richard Osman Writes Mysteries You Can Sink Your Dentures Into

186

Elizabeth Strout Hears her Characters' Voices

187

Sue Miller Examines Marriage, Intimately

188

Nahid Shahalimi Gathers the Voices of Afghan Women

189

Stuart Gibbs Takes Kids on Wild Journeys

190

David Koepp Writes Thrillers Differently These Days

191

Sidik Fofana Steps Out of the Classroom

192

Jenny Lawson is Broken (In the Best Possible Way)

193

Julia Glass Reimagines the Future

194

Hernan Diaz Trusts His Characters

195

J. Ryan Stradal Writes From the Heart

196

Anna Quindlen Wants You to Write

197

Jennifer Egan Plays with Form

198

Claire Stanford is Happy For You

199

David Gergen Knows Politics

200

Delia Ephron Falls In Love, Again

201

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

202

Azar Nafisi Reads Dangerously

203

Shelby Van Pelt Makes Her Debut

204

John Irving Reinvents The Classics

205

Dr. Carla Hayden is the Top Librarian

206

Mary Laura Philpott Writes About Parenting

207

Niall Williams Tells Irish Tales

208

Oprah Shares Her Favorite Books

209

Introducing 'The Book Case'