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The Book Case

The Book Case

By: ABC News | Charlie Gibson Kate Gibson
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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.Copyright 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. Art Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences
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  • Paul Tremblay: AI and the Not So Distant Future

    Paul Tremblay: AI and the Not So Distant Future
    Jul 9 2026
    Paul Tremblay has written a science fiction book that will prompt all sorts of important questions about AI, the role of consciousness in humanity, and how writers might have to work around AI in order to keep their work original and sustainable and it’s called DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP. We love a book that poses important questions like these while still being a good page turner, and this is one of those. This is the story of Julia, a semi professional video gamer asked to take remote control of a body in a vegetative state. It’s suspenseful, strange, and will leave you with all sorts of questions about the age in which we live. We also talk to Final Draft Books in Wichita Kansas, which is opening this weekend (TAKE NOTE WICHITA). This husband and wife owner team bring a starry eyed excitement to the store that will charm the pants of all our listeners. Join us! Find books mentioned on The Book Case: ⁠https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302 Books mentioned on this week's episode: Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay The Pallbearer’s Club by Paul Tremblay Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Phillip K. Dick The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed by Christof Koch 2666 by Robert Balano Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • Kevin Powers and the Art of Writing War

    Kevin Powers and the Art of Writing War
    Jul 2 2026
    Kevin Powers’ Children of the Wild is a book about Roy and Ennis, two friends on a farm who sign up for WWI, one excited for battle, one a feral child baffled by war. What does war do to friendship? To the minds of men? We talk to Kevin, a veteran of the war in Iraq, about his ability to write war so well and the effects of PTSD on his characters. We also talk to Bartleby Books in Vermont…join us! Find books mentioned on The Book Case: ⁠https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302 Books mentioned on this week's episode: Children of the Wild by Kevin Powers A Line in the Sand by Kevin Powers A Shout in the Ruins by Kevin Powers Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting by Kevin Powers The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Our Favorites of 2026….So Far

    Our Favorites of 2026….So Far
    Jun 25 2026
    2026 is half over. And Kate turned 50 on June 16th. So in honor of all of this half life, we decided to talk about our favorite books so far of 2026. Tana French, Tayari Jones, Ann Patchett and Allegra Goodman all made the list, but there are so many books we have loved this year that we think we mention just about all of them. Then we quiz each other on rapid fire and get sort of gooey about it. Join us! Find books mentioned on The Book Case: ⁠ https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302 Books mentioned on this week's episode: Kin by Tayari Jones The Keeper by Tana French This is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman Whistler by Ann Patchett The Godfather by Mario Puzo A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving The Hero Next Door by Martha Raddatz On Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen The Things We Do Not Say by Elizabeth Strout Python’s Kiss by Louise Erdrich Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott The Power Broker by Robert Caro The Holy Bible Martyr by Kaveh Akbar There, There by Tommy Orange The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 mins
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