List of Booknotes interviews first aired in 1998

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Booknotes is an American television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004.{{cite news |title='Booknotes' Afterword |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=19 August 2004}} The format of the show is a one-hour, one-on-one interview with a non-fiction author.{{cite news |title=Books On TV, and a Host Who Listens |author=Ellen Emry Heltzel |newspaper=The Sunday Oregonian |date=17 August 1997}} The series was broadcast at 8 p.m. Eastern Time each Sunday night,{{cite news |title=After Many Million Pages, 'Booknotes' Ends Its Run |author=Frank J. Prial |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 December 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/04/arts/television/04lamb.html |accessdate=4 November 2010}} and was the longest-running author interview program in U.S. broadcast history.

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[http://www.c-span.org/video/?94696-1/book-discussion-john-quincy-adams January 4, 1998]Paul NagelJohn Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private LifeJohn Quincy Adams
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?95452-1/book-discussion-rape-nanking January 11, 1998]Iris ChangThe Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War IIThe Nanking Massacre
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?95782-1/book-discussion-america-many-words January 18, 1998]Allan Metcalf and David BarnhartAmerica In So Many WordsAmerican English
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?97109-1/book-discussion-conspiracy January 25, 1998]Daniel PipesConspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes FromConspiracy theories
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?99360-1/book-discussion-showtime February 1, 1998]Roger SimonShowtime: The American Political Circus and the Race for the White HouseUnited States presidential primary
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?96629-1/book-discussion-picketts-charge-history-memory February 8, 1998]Carol ReardonPickett's Charge in History & MemoryGeorge Pickett; Pickett's Charge
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?100446-1/book-discussion-profiles-character February 15, 1998]Joseph HernonProfiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990The United States Senate
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?98565-1/book-discussion-game-matters February 22, 1998]William GildeaWhere the Game Matters MostHoosier Hysteria
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?98739-1/book-discussion-hitler-history March 1, 1998]John LukacsThe Hitler of HistoryAdolf Hitler
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?99247-1/book-discussion-petticoat-affair March 8, 1998]John MarszalekThe Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White HouseThe Petticoat affair
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?101900-1/book-discussion-defending-spirit March 15, 1998]Randall RobinsonDefending the Spirit: A Black Life in AmericaMemoir/Autobiography; TransAfrica
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?100801-1/book-discussion-irony-virtue March 22, 1998]Ernest LefeverThe Irony of Virtue: Ethics and American PowerEthics
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?101451-1/book-discussion-honors-voice March 29, 1998]Douglas L. WilsonHonor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?102205-1/book-discussion-history-american-people April 5, 1998]Paul JohnsonA History of the American PeopleHistory of the United States
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?100454-1/book-discussion-pillar-fire-america-king-years April 12, 1998]Taylor BranchPillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65Martin Luther King Jr.
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?102268-1/book-discussion-agent-destiny April 19, 1998]John S.D. EisenhowerAgent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield ScottWinfield Scott
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?102566-1/book-discussion-got-dance-brung April 26, 1998]Molly IvinsYou Got to Dance with Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton YearsPolitics of the United States; Politics of Texas; Presidency of Bill Clinton
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?102936-1/book-discussion-great-souls-six-changed-century May 3, 1998]David AikmanGreat Souls: Six Who Changed the CenturyMother Teresa; Nelson Mandela; Billy Graham; Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; Pope John II; Elie Wiesel
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?103669-1/book-discussion-disuniting-america May 10, 1998]Arthur Schlesinger Jr.The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural SocietyMulticulturalism
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?103023-1/book-discussion-great-betrayal May 17, 1998]Patrick BuchananThe Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global EconomyGlobalism
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?103970-1/book-discussion-memory-speaks May 24, 1998]Jill Ker ConwayWhen Memory Speaks: Reflections on AutobiographyMemoirs and Autobiographies
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?104104-1/book-discussion-order May 31, 1998]Max BootOut of Order: Arrogance, Corruption, and Incompetence on the BenchCorruption in local government; Law of the United States
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?106581-1/book-discussion-genuine-reality-life-william-james June 7, 1998]Linda SimonGenuine Reality: A Life of William JamesWilliam James
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?105026-1/book-discussion-closed-chambers June 14, 1998]Edward LazarusClosed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of the United States
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?105430-1/book-discussion-titan-life-john-d-rockefeller-sr June 21, 1998]Ron ChernowTitan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.John D. Rockefeller
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?105855-1/book-discussion-summer-gods June 28, 1998]Edward LarsonSummer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and ReligionThe Scopes Trial; Relationship between religion and science
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?106121-1/book-discussion-letters-nation July 5, 1998]Andrew CarrollLetters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American LettersLetters
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?107917-1/book-discussion-walking-wind July 12, 1998]John LewisWalking With the Wind: A Memoir of the MovementMemoir/Autobiography; Civil Rights Movement
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?107196-1/book-discussion-william-randolph-hearst-early-years July 19, 1998]Ben H. ProcterWilliam Randolph Hearst: The Early Years, 1863-1910William Randolph Hearst
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?106538-1/book-discussion-end-war July 26, 1998]Richard HolbrookeTo End a WarBosnian War; Dayton Agreement
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?109114-1/book-discussion-domestic-tranquility-brief-feminism August 2, 1998]F. Carolyn GragliaDomestic Tranquility: A Brief Against FeminismFeminism; Antifeminism
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?107473-1/book-discussion-faubus-life-times August 9, 1998]Roy ReedFaubus: The Life and Times of An American ProdigalOrval Faubus
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?109116-1/book-discussion-money-morals-america-history August 16, 1998]Patricia O'TooleMoney and Morals in AmericaPhilanthropy in the United States
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?109118-1/book-discussion-great-hill-stations-asia August 23, 1998]Barbara CrossetteThe Great Hill Stations of AsiaHill stations
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?110049-1/book-discussion-coolidge-american-enigma August 30, 1998]Robert SobelCoolidge: An America EnigmaCalvin Coolidge
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?110653-1/book-discussion-badge-courage-life-stephen-crane September 6, 1998]Linda DavisBadge of Courage: The Life of Stephen CraneStephen Crane
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?110059-1/book-discussion-fatal-friendship-hamilton-burr September 13, 1998]Arnold RogowA Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron BurrAlexander Hamilton; Aaron Burr; Burr–Hamilton duel
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?110971-1/book-discussion-father-spin-edward-bernays September 20, 1998]Larry TyeThe Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays and the Birth of Public RelationsEdward Bernays; Public relations
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?110676-1/book-discussion-americas-30-years-war-winning September 27, 1998]Balint VazsonyiAmerica’s 30 Years War: Who Is Winning?Economic history of the United States; Socialism
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?112316-1/book-discussion-world-transformed October 4, 1998]George Bush and Brent ScowcroftA World TransformedUnited States foreign policy; History of the United States National Security Council 1989–1993; Cold War (1985–1991)
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?111331-1/book-discussion-thurgood-marshall October 11, 1998]Juan WilliamsThurgood Marshall: American RevolutionaryThurgood Marshall
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?112317-1/book-discussion-summer-deliverance-memoir October 18, 1998]Christopher DickeySummer of Deliverance: A Memoir of Father and SonMemoir/Autobiography; James Dickey; The novel Deliverance; The film Deliverance
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?111945-1/book-discussion-helen-keller-life October 25, 1998]Dorothy HerrmannHelen Keller: A LifeHelen Keller
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?112659-1/book-discussion-buying-congress November 1, 1998]Charles LewisThe Buying of the Congress: How Special Interests Have Stolen Your Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of HappinessLobbying in the United States
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?112280-1/book-discussion-professor-madman November 8, 1998]Simon WinchesterThe Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English DictionaryThe Oxford English Dictionary; William Chester Minor; James Murray
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?113124-1/book-discussion-story-american-freedom November 15, 1998]Eric FonerThe Story of American FreedomCivil liberties in the United States; Political freedom
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?115511-1/book-discussion-wish-inform November 22, 1998]Philip GourevitchWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories From RwandaRwandan genocide
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?114491-1/book-discussion-anne-frank-biography November 29, 1998]Melissa MüllerAnne Frank: The BiographyAnne Frank
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?115429-1/book-discussion-dream-deferred December 6, 1998]Shelby SteeleA Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in AmericaAffirmative action; Reverse discrimination
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?114805-1/book-discussion-fortress-america December 13, 1998]William GreiderFortress America: The American Military and the Consequences of PeaceMilitary budget of the United States
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?115519-1/book-discussion-lindbergh December 20, 1998]A. Scott BergLindberghCharles Lindbergh
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?116061-1/book-discussion-century December 27, 1998]Peter JenningsThe CenturyAmerican Century

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