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The Book Case
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    Horror Greats for Halloween

    2026/10/29 | 38 mins.
    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!

    Find books mentioned on The Book Case:

    https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302

    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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    Bonnie Garmus and the Unique World of Peck & Peck

    2026/10/22 | 42 mins.
    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!

    Find books mentioned on The Book Case:

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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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    Yiyun Li and the Music of Writing

    2026/10/15 | 40 mins.
    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!



    Find books mentioned on The Book Case:

    https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302

    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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    TWO FOR ONE: Robert Kolker AND Chloe Benjamin

    2026/10/08 | 28 mins.
    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.

    Find books mentioned on The Book Case:

    https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302

    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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    Catherine Grace Katz: the Hindenburg and the Humanity

    2026/10/01 | 32 mins.
    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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    https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302

    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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About 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. Subscribe to 20/20 True Crime+ for ad-free listening, early access to new series, exclusive bonus content, and hundreds of episodes from the 20/20 true crime vault. Visit apple.co/2020truecrime to subscribe now.
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