The Book Case

By ABC News | Charlie Gibson, Kate GibsonSociety & Culture Arts Books Fiction

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The Book Case episodes

October 29 Horror Greats for Halloween
Charlie challenged Kate to get him to consider horror literature. And she did just that. We assembled Stephen Graham Jones, Jennifer McMahon and Victor LaValle to talk about why horror speaks to them and how they
write it so well. It’s an extended and deeper conversation of what aired on GMA a week ago, and we just love this conversation. Join us if you dare!

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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
My Heart is a Chain Saw by Stephen Graham Jones
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones
Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
Big Machine by Victor LaValle
The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle
Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
Burntown by Jennifer McMahon

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39 min
October 22 Bonnie Garmus and the Unique World of Peck & Peck
Bonnie Garmus’ follow up to GMA Book Club Pick Lessons in Chemistry, called Peck & Peck, is a wild and funny foray into the world of poetry. Compulsively readable with unforgettable characters, the novel centers around Batter, a poetry editor who ends up at a world renown poetry publication, called Peck & Peck. What is the world of poets and their editors occupy? What do they have to believe in to do well? We ask the author. Also, we are joined by Periwinkle books, a new store in Bronxville NY. Join us!

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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The General’s Daughter by Nelson DeMille
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Whistler by Ann Patchett
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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43 min
October 15 Yiyun Li and the Music of Writing
When we visited with Ann Patchett a few months ago, she talked almost non stop about Yiyun Li’s newest, MUSIC AGAINST THE NIGHT, which she called “close the perfect novel”. We went right home and read it and booked Yiyun for her earliest availability, because she was right. Yiyun Li, the writer of MUSIC AGSINST THE NIGHT, joins us to talk about her beautifully written new book, and why she felt, at this stage in her career, she felt comfortable tackling a literary trilogy. We also talk to a not for profit, BINC, whose purpose is to financially support independent booksellers for any variety of reasons. Join us!

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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li
Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li
Whistler by Ann Patchett
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban
The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

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41 min
October 08 TWO FOR ONE: Robert Kolker AND Chloe Benjamin
This week we have to terrific authors in one show. Robert Kolker’s newest, The Vanishing Family, is a look at a family afflicted with an early onset dementia, and how this family could revolutionize the way we think about the aging mind. Chloe Benjamin was GMA’s September Book Club pick, and although we are late to the party, we are proud to get to attend at all. It’s a mind-blowing book about time flowing backwards, and forwards. Join us for a sit down with two great authors and their two great books.

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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Understory by Chloe Benjamin
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
The Anatomy of Dreams by Chloe Benjamin
The Vanishing Family by Robert Kolker
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
Lost Girls by Robert Kolker

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29 min
October 01 Catherine Grace Katz: the Hindenburg and the Humanity
Up until now, there hasn’t really been a complete compendium on the Hindenburg disaster. Catherine Grace Katz gives it us in SHADOW BEFORE THE FLAME, and it is a page turner. Filled with top notch research, Katz drops readers squarely in the 1930’s so that they experience the majesty, mystery and looming fascism that cloaked the Hindenburg’s journey from
Germany to the US. Something the size of three football fields was destroyed in 34 seconds. What did the people see on the ground? What did the passengers feel and see as it combusted? Did anyone live? These are all questions asked and answered on this week’s podcast. Join us!
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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War by Catherine Grace Katz
The Daughters of Yalta by Catherine Grace Katz
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

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33 min
September 17 Jodi Picoult Talks Hollow Bones
Jodi Picoult’s newest, Hollow Bones, is probably more topical than even she would have wanted. A book that heart wrenchingly twists
the anniversaries of 9/11 along with a serious look at Post Partem Psychosis, Picoult acknowledges how relevant this story may be in the shadow of the Lindsay Clancy trial. She of course, could not know how riveting and frightening that trial would be for so many Americans to read about and watch, and this book treats the subject with sensitivity and care. Join us as we talk to Picoult about how she feels about PPP as a mother herself (and grandmother) and how the medical system needs to do better for new moms.

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Books featured in this episode:
Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
Vanishing Act by Jodi Picoult
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult
Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

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35 min
September 10 Harlan Coben Gives Us a Writing Class
Plot Twist by Harlan Coben is a non fiction book that focusses on writing: the desperation, the inspiration, the execution…it’s all here. And it’s compulsively readable and wonderfully conversational, just like Harlan. Join us as we ask him about his tips and tricks, and why there is no substitution for getting your heart and mind on the page.
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Books featured in this episode:
Plot Twist: Life, Craft and the Messy First Draft by Harlan Coben
Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon
Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
Drop Shot by Harlan Coben
Fade Away by Harlan Coben
Back Spin by Harlan Coben
One False Move by Harlan Coben
The Final Detail by Harlan Coben
Darkest Fear by Harlan Coben
Promise Me by Harlan Coben

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32 min
September 03 Ashley Kahn and the Wonder of Paul Simon’s Graceland
Graceland, by the great Paul Simon, was always a big deal in our house. From the Boy in the Bubble to the Myth of Fingerprints, it was on almost constant repeat, the soundtrack of my childhood. Ashley Kahn’s book,
Days of Miracle and Wonder, is a thorough, beautifully researched compendium of how the album was made. A real examination of Simon’s genius, this book breaks down the album and its effects on the music industry and the world. Join us as we discuss a seminal moment in music history, and a terrific book.

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Books mentioned on this week's episode:
Days of Miracle and Wonder by Ashley Kahn
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album by Ashley Kahn
The House that Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records by Ashley Kahn
Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn

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36 min
August 27 Why Catcher in the Rye Still Captures Us
We love doing “classics” episodes. And since The Catcher in the Rye is turning 75 this year, it seems that lots of folks in the book world are talking about it and we thought we would hop on board. Our two distinguished guests for this conversation are Kenneth Slawenski, one of the world's foremost historians on J.D. Salinger, and Stephen B. Shepard, a magazine editor who penned a fascinating book on the complexities of Salinger’s character. We hope you will join us in thinking about how our readings of Catcher in the Rye change over the years, and how the novel continues to touch the souls of so many readers.

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Books mentioned on this week's episode:
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski
Salinger’s Soul: His Personal and Religious Odyssey by Stephen B. Shepard

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32 min
August 20 Jennifer McMahon and the Allure of Haunted Towns
Jennifer McMahon has been called the Shirley Jackson of her generation. Her newest, Stay Buried, is a fascinating look at what can happen to a small town when beset with an almost inhuman pandemic, and how they turn on each other as the diseases claims victim after victim (sound familiar?). Come join us for a great conversation with Jennifer in which we talk abut her ides, her process, and how there is a touch of the scary in so many of the classics we love.

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Books mentioned in this week's episode:
Stay Unburied by Jennifer McMahon
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon
Kin by Tayari Jones
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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31 min

About The Book Case

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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.