| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $200: (Hi, I'm Hannah Storm.) There's a character named Hannah in this favorite of mine; she's lived with the March family since Meg was born & is considered "more as a friend than a servant" Little Women |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.) John Kennedy Toole committed suicide, unable to find a publisher for this satiric novel that later won a Pulitzer Prize A Confederacy of Dunces |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $600: (I'm New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.) My favorite book is this Pat Conroy novel in which Tom Wingo leaves South Carolina to help his troubled twin sister in New York & ends up confronting his own dark past The Prince of Tides |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $800: (Hi. I'm Rebecca Lobo.) "The Human Stain" by this author spins a tale of race, deception & the dangers of political correctness (Philip) Roth |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1000: (I'm Chris Wallace.) The influence of the title country house on the lives of the Schlegels & the Wilcoxes is at the heart of this E.M. Forster book, my favorite novel Howards End |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (I'm Dr. Jane Goodall.) As a child, I dreamed of living among wild animals, influenced by my favorite book characters, Dr. Dolittle & this "Lord of the Jungle" (I knew I'd be a better jungle companion for him than that other wimpy Jane) Tarzan |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $800: (Hi, I'm Jane Curtin.) I loved "World's Fair", a 1985 autobiographical novel by this author whose initials stand for Edgar Lawrence (E.L.) Doctorow |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1200: (Hi, I'm Kyra Sedgwick.) My favorite story is this author's "The Death Of Ivan Ilyich", about a man who only starts to understand what his life is about as he's dying Tolstoy |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1600: (Hi, I'm David Duchovny.) I love Fitzgerald; Hank Moody, the novelist I play, is partial to this Prague-born writer who illustrated man's alienation in society (Franz) Kafka |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $2000: (Hi, I'm Aisha Tyler.) One of my favorites is "You Shall Know Our Velocity!" by this novelist who's also the founder of quirky publisher McSweeney's Dave Eggers |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (I'm Wolf Blitzer of CNN.) My favorite book is "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" a tale of escape & much more that's set on this river the Mississippi |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $800: (Hi, I'm Charles Shaughnessy.) I love Yossarian in this Joseph Heller novel, especially when he shows up naked at his own medal ceremony Catch-22 |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1200: (Hi, I'm Neil Patrick Harris.) One of my favorite books is this kids' classic in which 5th graders Jess & Leslie create a secret kingdom in the woods Bridge to Terabithia |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1600: (Hi, I'm Isaac Mizrahi.) I loved Colm Toibin's "The Master", a fictionalized study of the interior life of this "Daisy Miller" author Henry James |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $2000: (Hi, I'm Cheech Marin.) Hackers & Coolhunters are 2 of the amazing types in "Pattern Recognition" by this author of "Neuromancer" (William) Gibson |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $200: (Dana Delany presents the clue.) I love this 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald masterpiece, with its gorgeous prose & moral themes -- some say I'm a bit Daisy Buchanan myself The Great Gatsby |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (Pat Sajak presents the clue.) Ayn Rand put the individual's right to seek happiness at the center of this 1957 novel with a mythical character in its title Atlas Shrugged |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $600: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) A dramatic telegram in this Hemingway novel that I love reads, "Lady Ashley Hotel Montana Madrid arriving Sud Express tomorrow love Jake" The Sun Also Rises |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $800: (Julie Bowen presents the clue.) As in "Age of Innocence", this author depicts a struggle with the New York social order in "The House of Mirth", & I think even more powerfully Edith Wharton |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1000: (Former President Clinton presents the clue.) My favorite work of nonfiction is the "Meditations" of this Roman emperor who used his stoic philosophy to face the troubles of his reign in his own life Marcus Aurelius |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper.) This 21st century tragedy is one of the reasons I got back into news; its aftermath is powerfully dealt with in the novel "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" 9/11 |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $800: (I'm Michael McKean.) A favorite of mine is this author's "Cat's Cradle", a book named for a children's game but dealing with the end of life on Earth Kurt Vonnegut |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1200: (I'm Andy Richter.) As a parent, I have to go with "I Am a Bunny", illustrated by this man who also gave us a "Great Big Schoolhouse" (Richard) Scarry |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1600: (Hi, I'm Jane Kaczmarek.) This author's "Nine Stories" includes gems like "The Laughing Man" & "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" -- you should read them all J.D. Salinger |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $2000: (Hi, I'm Elizabeth Perkins.) Though its title is a reference to the Land of Nod, this Steinbeck classic, a favorite of mine, is set in California's Salinas Valley East of Eden |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $200: (I'm Jack Ford.) I couldn't choose just one; my favorite books are "Trinity", Leon Uris' novel of Ireland, & this Margaret Mitchell novel with an Irish-American heroine Gone with the Wind |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (I'm Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.) Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel about this swashbuckling title trio is for adventure lovers of all ages The Three Musketeers |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $600: (Hi, I'm Doug Savant.) John Irving moved me with his look at good & evil in the novel "A Prayer for" this Christ-like character Owen Meany |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $800: (Bill Clinton delivers the clue.) My favorite novel is this book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in which one sees the history of Latin America reflected in the town of Macondo One Hundred Years of Solitude |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1000: (Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni.) The promiscuous Mara is one of many fascinating women in "Sexus", by this author who wrote 2 famous books about the tropics (Henry) Miller |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $200: Not surprisingly, this magician claims as his favorite book the Charles Dickens novel that bears his name David Copperfield |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: High on Eva Marie Saint's list is a biography of this man who directed her in "On The Waterfront" Elia Kazan |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $600: Lauren Bacall said his "All The Pretty Horses" was "the most beautiful writing I have read in years" Cormac McCarthy |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $800: Author Sandra Brown says the book that had the most impact on her was this author's "Mila 18" Leon Uris |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1000: R.L. Stine said the works of this author, including "Dandelion Wine", changed his life Ray Bradbury |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $200: The favorite book of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is this author's "Interview with the Vampire" Anne Rice |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: She liked "Their Eyes Were Watching God" so much that she made it into a TV movie Oprah Winfrey |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $600: In 2000 Christina Ricci cited this C.S. Lewis series The Chronicles of Narnia |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $800: Asked about his favorite books, Kofi Annan had 2: "All the Pretty Horses" & this author's "Siddhartha" Hermann Hesse |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1000: A fan of history books & bios, Lucille Ball said one of her favorites was James Boswell's "Life of" this man (Samuel) Johnson |
