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.
The Great American Read (Season 1)
Launch Special (Episode 1)
Air date: 2018-05-22
Runtime: 110 min
Overview: America’s 100 best-loved books are revealed, launching the campaign & the nationwide vote.
Fall Kick-off (Episode 2)
Air date: 2018-09-11
Runtime: 110 min
Overview: 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.
Who Am I? (Episode 3)
Air date: 2018-09-18
Runtime: 110 min
Overview: 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.
Heroes (Episode 4)
Air date: 2018-09-25
Runtime: 110 min
Overview: 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.
Villains & Monsters (Episode 5)
Air date: 2018-10-02
Runtime: 110 min
Overview: 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.
What We Do for Love (Episode 6)
Air date: 2018-10-09
Runtime: 110 min
Overview: 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.
Other Worlds (Episode 7)
Air date: 2018-10-16
Runtime: 110 min
Overview: 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.
Grand Finale (Episode 8)
Air date: 2018-10-23
Runtime: 110 min
Overview: And the winner is... after millions of votes, find out which of the 100 nominated books is crowned America's best-loved novel.
