Hello there. I'm Timbidiamis, and it's NPR's Book of the Day.

In today's episode, two Hollywood Titans reflect on their careers through books.

In a minute, we'll hear from Oscar winner Tom Hanks, who has a new novel out called

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece.

But first, the legendary Jerry Seinfeld.

He's long been revered for his comedic chops, but in 2012, he made a splash with his series

comedians and cars getting coffee.

Yes, it's funny, as anyone would expect, but it's also incredibly intimate and speaks to

the special connection two comedians can have when they talk about their lives and the craft they use to reflect on it.

He's taken the energy of that series and put it in a new coffee table book called The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book.

He spoke about it with here and now host Robin Young.

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We all know Jerry Seinfeld starred in the sitcom Seinfeld, which was about nothing.

Then in 2012, he created a reality show.

Hi, I'm Jerry Seinfeld, and this is Comedians in Cars getting coffee.

And as you're about to hear in some of my formal introduction to our talk that I tried to get

through without Jerry laughing when we sat down last week, viewers didn't know what comedians

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