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The Great American Read
Publisher
PBS
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
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What is Your Favorite Novel? (3:09); "Game of Thrones" (4:19); Vote Early and Often (1:36); Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1:42); "Things Fall Apart" (2:14); Hogwarts Rules! (4:01); "Great Expectations" (2:55); "Cather in the Rye," YA Fiction (4:31); Teen Writes Classic, Pen Names (5:00); "Gulliver's Travels," Presidential Daughters (2:31); Tales of Absurd Quests (2:20); Alice Walker's Signature Novel (4:12); Wilson Rawls (2:50); Clinton's Favorite (2:37); Sci Fi Touchstone (4:09); E.B. White's Classic (3:17); Addressing Moral Questions (2:47); Ahead of Their Time (1:48); American Shakespeare (2:43); AKA "First Impressions" (2:44); Novels and War (3:18); Sympathetic Monster (2:48); Master of Fear (4:19); Belief and Hermann Hesse Classic (2:22); Banned Books (7:33); From Old West to Tragic Past (2:25); Landmark of Gay Literature (1:32); Great Literary Escapes (4:26); Autistic Character, Children's Stories (1:32); Dramatic Career Shifts (2:55); Bestselling Author at Home (1:38); "To Kill a Mockingbird" (5:25); "Joy Luck Club" (2:31); "Another Country" (3:23); Final Book (4:01); Credits: Launch (0:41);
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Introduction: Fall Kick-off (3:39); Iconic Boy Heroes (5:26); Reading Recommendations (2:04); E.B. White Classic (2:06); "Another Country" (3:26); Tales of Faith (2:14); Nigerian Classic (1:58); "Janeites" (3:24); Great Reads for Young People (1:39); Down the Rabbit Hole (3:02); Popular Crime Writers (2:50); Female Writers and Characters (3:41); Prize Winners, Ahead of Their Time (2:25); Fantastic Voyages (3:13); "Fear is the Mind Killer" (3:56); Real Ghost Writer (5:12); Love in the Roaring Twenties (2:28); Credits: Fall Kick-off (0:26);
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Introduction: Who Am I? (2:55); Inside Holden Caulfield's Mind (6:54); Teen Angst and John Knowles (3:35); Coming of Age (5:31); Family Stories (5:08); Markus Zuzak's Most Popular Novel (3:09); "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (4:40); John Irving's Lessons on Faith (3:39); Spiritual Journeys and "Siddhartha" (3:27); Logical Families (4:03); S.E. Hinton's Take on Family (2:29); Castle Crenshaw's Story (6:08); Credits: Who Am I? (0:27);
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Introduction: Heroes (2:50); Katniss Everdeen (6:51); Alex Cross (3:16); Aibileen Clark (2:18); Cold War Hero (3:34); Lois Lowry's Everyday Hero (3:11); Eight-legged Hero (4:43); Tragic Hero of "1984" (4:53); Ralph Ellison's Narrator (4:14); Don Quixote (4:23); Ignatius J. Reilly (3:15); John Yossarian (3:18); Christopher John Francis Boone (4:54); Credits: Heroes (0:26);
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Introduction: Villains and Monsters (2:59); Breaking Bad Books (8:22); Thriller Killers (5:44); Cersei and Mrs. Danvers (7:01); Institutional Evil (7:40); Pride Before Destruction (7:10); Corrupted by Power (4:13); Harry Potter's Nemesis (3:29); Demonic Demagogue (5:01); Credits: Villains and Monsters (0:26);
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Introduction: What We Do for Love (2:49); Romance Gone Wrong (2:06); F. Scott Fitzgerald's Iconic Love Story (4:38); Unrequited Love Story (2:27); Nigerian Love Story (4:05); Louisa May Alcott's Classic (4:17); Paternal Love (2:39); Mothers and Daughters (4:18); Mob Love Story (3:25); Two Timeless Romances (9:01); Enduring Love Story (4:20); Man's Best Friend (2:32); "Anne of Green Gables" (4:56); Credits: What We Do for Love (0:25);
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Introduction: Other Worlds (2:58); Mirroring Our World, Magical Hook (2:18); Deconstructing Middle Earth (3:55); Exploring Narnia (2:40); Jonathan Swift's Strange Satire (3:18); Funny Sci-Fi (3:17); Classic of Speculative Fiction (4:00); Sci-Fi Touchstone (4:11); Inside the Oasis (2:34); Solar Rescue (2:38); Triumph of the Individual (3:11); Cowboy Adventure (4:17); Borrowing From Historical Record (3:18); Mystical and Spiritual Realms (4:22); Classic Magical Realism (4:39); Credits: Other Worlds (0:26);
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Introduction: Grand Finale (2:34); Fan Phenomenon (3:24); First Top Five Book (3:01); Reading Perks, Countdown Begins (4:48); Libraries Rule, Strike a Pose (1:58); Harper Lee Cracks Top Five (6:01); Creative Process, Countdown Continues (4:09); One Book to Rule Them All? (3:13); Book Club Couple, More Countdown (5:06); Romantic Finalist (3:20); Voting Breakdown, Books 40 to 21 (4:31); Magical Finalist, Talking Head Recap (4:18); Top 20 (Minus Five) (3:21); Greatest Read Revealed (5:33); Credits: Grande Finale (0:30);
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