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The Book Review

The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary worl... Read more

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Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2020

Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2020

On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year's outstan... Read more

27 Nov 2020

1hr 9mins

Ranked #2

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Newt Gingrich and the Start of an Era

Newt Gingrich and the Start of an Era

Julian E. Zelizer talks about "Burning Down the House," and Lacy Crawford talks about "Notes on a Silencing."

17 Jul 2020

1hr 5mins

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10 Best Books of 2019

10 Best Books of 2019

On a special episode of the podcast, taped live, editors from The New York Times Book Review discuss this year’s outstan... Read more

26 Nov 2019

1hr 14mins

Ranked #4

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Leslie Jamison on Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’

Leslie Jamison on Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’

Jamison talks about Offill’s new novel, and Courtney Maum talks about “Before and After the Book Deal.”

7 Feb 2020

1hr 9mins

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The 10 Best Books of 2016

The 10 Best Books of 2016

Stefan Hertmans talks about "War and Turpentine"; editors at the Book Review talk about the year's best books; and Ian M... Read more

9 Dec 2016

50mins

Ranked #6

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Chang-rae Lee on His New Novel: ‘It’s Kind of a Crazy Book.’

Chang-rae Lee on His New Novel: ‘It’s Kind of a Crazy Book.’

Chang-rae Lee’s new novel, “My Year Abroad,” is his sixth. On this week’s podcast, Lee says that his readers might be su... Read more

5 Feb 2021

1hr 7mins

Ranked #7

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David Sedaris Talks About His Diaries

David Sedaris Talks About His Diaries

Sedaris discusses "Theft by Finding," and Christopher Knowlton talks about "Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Co... Read more

2 Jun 2017

43mins

Ranked #8

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Tara Westover on 'Educated'

Tara Westover on 'Educated'

Westover discusses her best-selling memoir, and Mark Weinberg talks about "Movie Nights With the Reagans."

6 Apr 2018

1hr 7mins

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Fates and Furies’

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Fates and Furies’

This week, Lauren Groff talks about her new novel, “Fates and Furies”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing worl... Read more

11 Sep 2015

41mins

Ranked #10

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Barbarian Days’

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Barbarian Days’

This week, William Finnegan talks about “Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing w... Read more

17 Jul 2015

41mins

Ranked #11

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Stalin’s Daughter’

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘Stalin’s Daughter’

This week, Rosemary Sullivan talks about “Stalin’s Daughter”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Eugeni... Read more

12 Jun 2015

43mins

Ranked #12

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Al Franken on Life in the Senate

Al Franken on Life in the Senate

Franken discusses his new political memoir; Thomas E. Ricks talks about “Churchill and Orwell”; and Dav Pilkey on the mo... Read more

9 Jun 2017

55mins

Ranked #13

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George Saunders on Lincoln and Lost Souls

George Saunders on Lincoln and Lost Souls

George Saunders talks about “Lincoln in the Bardo”; Alan Burdick on “Why Times Flies”; and Maria Russo discusses Laura I... Read more

10 Feb 2017

46mins

Ranked #14

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Barry Jenkins and Meg Wolitzer on Two of This Season's Novels on Screen

Barry Jenkins and Meg Wolitzer on Two of This Season's Novels on Screen

Jenkins talks about his adaptation of James Baldwin's "If Beale Street Could Talk," and Wolitzer discusses the adaptatio... Read more

16 Oct 2018

51mins

Ranked #15

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Times Critics Talk About Their Year-End Lists

Times Critics Talk About Their Year-End Lists

Dwight Garner, Parul Sehgal and Jennifer Szalai on the top books of 2019.

20 Dec 2019

41mins

Ranked #16

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'The Boy Who Loved Too Much'

'The Boy Who Loved Too Much'

Jennifer Latson talks about “The Boy Who Loved Too Much”; Daniel Menaker discusses two new books about how to understand... Read more

23 Jun 2017

43mins

Ranked #17

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: When I Grow Up

Inside The New York Times Book Review: When I Grow Up

This week, Heather Havrilesky and Meghan Daum discuss new books about bringing up children and redefining adulthood; Ale... Read more

19 Jun 2015

39mins

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: Colson Whitehead and Jeffrey Toobin

Inside The New York Times Book Review: Colson Whitehead and Jeffrey Toobin

This week, Colson Whitehead discusses his new novel, “The Underground Railroad,” and Jeffrey Toobin talks about “America... Read more

12 Aug 2016

52mins

Ranked #19

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Life of Saul Bellow’

Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘The Life of Saul Bellow’

This week, Sam Tanenhaus talks about Zachary Leader’s new biography of Saul Bellow; Alexandra Alter has news from the li... Read more

1 May 2015

46mins

Ranked #20

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Inside The New York Times Book Review: “Reagan: The Life”

Inside The New York Times Book Review: “Reagan: The Life”

This week, Jeff Shesol discusses H. W. Brands’s new biography of Ronald Reagan; Alexandra Alter has notes from the publi... Read more

5 Jun 2015

36mins

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