Great American Read

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The Great American Read was an eight-part series on PBS that explored and celebrated the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey). It investigated how and why writers create their fictional worlds, how readers are affected by these stories, and what these books have to say about our diverse nation and our shared human experience. In the end, To Kill a Mockingbird was voted by viewers as America’s #1 best-loved novel.

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