

The Great American Read
A journey through America that introduces our list of the 100 best-loved books and explores the many ways in which these novels affect, reflect and connect us all.
Cast

Meredith Vieira
Self - Host
Seasons

E1Launch Special
May 22, 2018
America’s 100 best-loved books are revealed, launching the campaign & the nationwide vote.

E2Fall Kick-off
Sep 11, 2018
Join host Meredith Vieira in the search for America's best-loved novel. The voting is underway, and the competition is heating up; any book could win.

E3Who Am I?
Sep 18, 2018
Explore the ways that America's best-loved novels answer the age-old question, “Who am I?” From life lessons to spiritual journeys, these books help us understand our own identities and find our place in the world.

E4Heroes
Sep 25, 2018
Follow the trials and tribulations of some of literature's favorite protagonists. From Katniss Everdeen to Don Quixote, examine how these everyday heroes and anti-heroes find their inner strength, overcome challenges and rise to the occasion.

E5Villains & Monsters
Oct 2, 2018
Learn why literature's most notorious villains began behaving badly. Many weren't born evil, but became that way when faced with some of the same choices we make every day. See what these villains can teach us about our own dark impulses.

E6What We Do for Love
Oct 9, 2018
Fall in love with some of literature's most beautiful romances and explore the many forms of love, from family to passion to the unrequited type. Learn how America's best-loved novels reflect the things we do for love.

E7Other Worlds
Oct 16, 2018
Take a magical journey to another world through some of America's best-loved novels. From Middle Earth to Lilliput, the trials and tribulations of these alternate universes help us to better understand our own world.

E8Grand Finale
Oct 23, 2018
And the winner is... after millions of votes, find out which of the 100 nominated books is crowned America's best-loved novel.
Videos
Storyline
A journey through America that introduces our list of the 100 best-loved books and explores the many ways in which these novels affect, reflect and connect us all.
Recommended

American Experience
1988

Top Gear
1978

Leaving Neverland
2019

American Masters
1986

Superpowered: The DC Story
2023

Rafa
2026

Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers
2022

MegaStructures
2004

Down to Earth with Zac Efron
2020

The Movies
2019

The War
2007

FIFA Uncovered
2022
More Like This
Čtenářský deník
2008
Autoren erzählen
2012

Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien
2022

Do you have a library? And may I see it?
2022

Die Geschichte der Fantasy
2019

Terenci: La fabulación infinita
2023

Lecture Room
2001

The Philosophical Cafe
2009

Odyssey: Behind the Myth
2023

It's Lit!
2018

Literal
2024

Boswell & Johnson's Scottish Road Trip
2020