Starting in September, The Great American Read [5] will continue with new episodes airing on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET. PBS’ eight-part TV series designed to spark a national conversation on reading launched on May 22.

Below is a list of the upcoming episodes, including the episode run date and theme, details about celebrity appearances [6] for each episode, and titles to be discussed [7] (note: this list does not include other thematically related books that are displayed but not discussed in the episode).

September 11: Fall Kick Off

Talent:

• George R.R. Martin
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Baratunde Thurston
• Gayle King
• John Green
• Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Nicholas Sparks
• Wil Wheaton
• Devon Kennard
• Venus Williams
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
• Carla Hayden
• Jenna Bush Hager
• Lesley Stahl
• Chris Kluwe
• David Baldacci
• Chelsea Clinton
• Gabrielle Union
• Diane Lane
• Ming-Na Wen
• Shaquille O’Neal
• Shanna Peeples
• Jason Reynolds
• Gillian Flynn
• Diana Gabaldon
• Bill T. Jones
• Leland Melvin
• Walter Isaacson
• George Lopez
• Aline Brosh McKenna
• Lauren Graham
• Armistead Maupin
• Cynthia Nixon
• Barbara Pierce Bush
• James Patterson
• Christopher Bollen
• Parul Sehgal
• Allison Williams

September 18: Who Am I?

Talent:

• George Lopez
• Joanna Rakoff
• Kevin Young
• Jason Reynolds
• Barbara Heritage
• Lauren Graham
• John Green
• Shanna Peeples
• Armistead Maupin
• Yahdon Israel
• Diane Lane
• Devon Kennard
• Joshua Rothman
• Lisa Lucas
• Jonathan Gilmore
• Barbara Bush
• Jenna Bush Hager
• Aline Brosh McKenna
• Parul Seghal
• Kevin Young
• Leland Melvin
• John Irving
• S.E. Hinton

Titles:

• A Prayer for Owen Meany
• A Separate Peace
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
• The Book Thief
• The Catcher in the Rye
• Ghost
• Jane Eyre
• The Outsiders
• Siddhartha
• Tales of the City
• To Kill a Mockingbird

September 25: Heroes

Talent:

• Seth Meyers
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Venus Williams
• Wynton Marsalis
• George Lopez
• Ari Kohen
• Joshua Rothman
• Yahdon Israel
• Kevin Young
• Walter Isaacson
• James Patterson
• Shaquille O’Neal
• Baratunde Thurston
• Parul Seghal
• Shanna Peeples
• Carla Hayden
• Jason Reynolds

Titles:

• 1984
• A Confederacy of Dunces
• Alex Cross Series
• Catch 22
• Charlotte’s Web
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Don Quixote
• The Help
• The Giver
• The Hunger Games
• The Hunt for Red October
• Invisible Man

October 2: Villains & Monsters

Talent:

• Gillian Flynn
• Parul Sehgal
• Lara Rutherford-Morrison
• Margaret Atwood
• Kevin Young
• Yahdon Israel
• George R.R. Martin
• Allison Williams
• Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Shanna Peeples
• Margee Kerr
• Dean Koontz
• Joshua Rothman
• Cynthia Nixon
• Barbara Heritage
• Barbara Pierce Bush
• Jenna Bush Hager
• Chelsea Clinton

Titles:

• A Game of Thrones
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
• And Then There Were None
• Beloved
• Gone Girl
• Frankenstein
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Harry Potter
• Moby-Dick
• The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Rebecca
• Watchers
• The Stand

October 9: What We Do for Love

Talent:

• Lisa Lucas
• Gayle King
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
• George R.R. Martin
• Parul Sehgal
• Ming-Na Wen
• John Green
• Maya Rodale
• Lauren Graham
• Baratunde Thurston
• Chelsea Clinton
• Barbara Pierce Bush
• Joshua Rothman
• Allison Williams
• Nicholas Sparks
• Gabrielle Union
• Jenna Bush Hager
• Marie Arana
• Rob Casper
• Yahdon Israel
• Shanna Peeples
• Margaret Atwood

Titles:

• Americanah
• Anne of Green Gables
• The Call of the Wild
• Gilead
• The Godfather
• Gone With the Wind
• The Great Gatsby
• The Joy Luck Club
• Little Women
• Looking for Alaska
• The Notebook
• Pride & Prejudice

October 16: Other Worlds

Talent:

• Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Lesley Stahl
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
• Baratunde Thurston
• Shanna Peeples
• Lisa Lucas
• Diana Gabaldon
• Wil Wheaton
• Diane Lane
• Leland Melvin
• Marie Arana
• George R.R. Martin
• Kevin Young
• Venus Williams
• Chris Kluwe
• Jonathan Gilmore

Titles:

• Atlas Shrugged
• Dune
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• Foundation
• Gulliver’s Travels
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• The Lord of the Rings
• Lonesome Dove
• The Martian
• One Hundred Years of Solitude
• Outlander
• Ready Player One
• The Shack

October 23: Grand Finale

Read more about The Great American Read in Bookselling This Week [8] and visit PBS’ website for downloadable assets [9] to promote the program in stores and on social media.