Great American Read

Examine the power, passion and joy of reading through the lens of America's 100 best-loved books chosen by the public.

Join host Meredith Vieira in the search for America's best-loved novel.

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.

Follow the trials and tribulations of some of literature's favorite protagonists.

Learn why literature's most notorious villains began behaving badly.

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.

Take a magical journey to another world through some of America's best-loved novels.

And the winner is... after millions of votes, find out which of the 100 nominated books is crowned America's best-loved novel.