America's Book Club

• Gallery: America's Book Club (C-SPAN.org)

Series Description

C‑SPAN’s America’s Book Club is a weekly primetime series hosted by acclaimed author, civic leader, and interviewer David M. Rubenstein.

Recorded at some of the nation’s most iconic libraries and cultural landmarks — including the Library of Congress, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the National Archives — America’s Book Club brings viewers into lively, thought-provoking conversations with leading authors, policymakers, business innovators, and cultural figures. Each week, the program explores the ideas that have shaped our nation’s past, challenge its present, and inspire its future.

Each episode of America’s Book Club airs on C-SPAN and is simulcast on C-SPAN Radio weekly, on Sundays at 6:00pm and 9:00pm ET and PT.

Check out these lesson plans and other curricular resources from the C-SPAN Classroom team based on the C-SPAN series, America's Book Club.

• Video Clip: C-SPAN Announces New "America's Book Club" Series (7:45)

• Bell Ringer: Creation of the Library of Congress (2:24)

John Grisham

• Video Clip: The Treasures with Author John Grisham (18:31)

• Bell Ringer: Anglo-American Trials Literature (5:24)

• Lesson Plan: America's Book Club - Author John Grisham (9 Clips)

Amy Coney Barrett

• Video Clip: The Treasures with Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett (10:21)

• Bell Ringer: Supreme Court - Selecting Cases (7:34)

• Lesson Plan: America's Book Club - Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett (12 Clips)

Stacy Schiff

• Video Clip: The Treasures with Biographer Stacy Schiff (14:05)

• Bell Ringer: "The Witches: Salem, 1692" (8:08)

• Bell Ringer: "The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams" (11:18)

• Lesson Plan: America's Book Club - Biographer Stacy Schiff (10 Clips)

David Grann

• Video Clip: The Treasures with Author David Grann (10:21)

• Lesson Plan: America's Book Club - Author David Grann (7 Clips)

Walter Isaacson

• Video Clip: The Treasures with Author Walter Isaacson (22:44)

• Bell Ringer: Preamble to the Declaration of Independence (4:36)

• Lesson Plan: America's Book Club - Author Walter Isaacson (15 Clips)

José Andrés

• Video Clip: The Treasures with Chef José Andrés (14:44)

• Video Clip: Chef José Andrés Historic Cookbook Collection (29:33)

• Bell Ringer: The Plan of the Three Guarantees (1:11)

• Lesson Plan: America's Book Club - Chef José Andrés (10 Clips)

Jodi Picoult

• Video Clip: The Treasures with Author Jodi Picoult (5:20)

• Lesson Plan: America's Book Club - Author Jodi Picoult (8 Clips)

Arthur Brooks

• Video Clip: The Treasures with Author Arthur Brooks (17:04)

• Lesson Plan: America's Book Club - Author Arthur Brooks (8 Clips)

Rita Dove

• Video Clip: The Treasures with Poet Rita Dove (26:34)

• Video Clip: Rita Dove - "Lady Freedom Among Us" (2:40)

• Lesson Plan: America's Book Club - Poet Rita Dove (10 Clips)