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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 world.

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    • Arts
    • 4.2 • 155 Ratings

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 world.

Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp

    Fantasy Superstar Leigh Bardugo on Her New Novel

    Fantasy Superstar Leigh Bardugo on Her New Novel

    In the world of fantasy fiction, Leigh Bardugo is royalty: Her Grishaverse novels are mainstays on the young adult best-seller list and her adult novels “Ninth House” and “Hell Bent” established her as a force to reckon with in dark academia. This week on the podcast, Gilbert Cruz talks with Bardugo about her first work of historical fiction, "The Familiar."

    • 41 min
    Colm Toibin on His Sequel to 'Brooklyn'

    Colm Toibin on His Sequel to 'Brooklyn'

    Colm Tóibín’s 2009 novel “Brooklyn” told the story of a meek young Irishwoman, Eilis Lacey, who emigrates to New York in the 1950s and slowly begins building a new life for herself. On this week’s podcast, Tóibín talks to Sarah Lyall about the sequel, "Long Island," and how he came to write it.

    • 44 min
    Book Club: Dolly Alderton's 'Good Material'

    Book Club: Dolly Alderton's 'Good Material'

    In this week’s episode, MJ Franklin discusses Dolly Alderton's hit book "Good Material" with his colleagues Emily Eakin and Leah Greenblatt. (Caution: Spoilers abound!)

    • 46 min
    100 Years of Simon & Schuster

    100 Years of Simon & Schuster

    The publisher has gone through a lot of changes since its founding in 1924. Its current chief executive, Jonathan Karp, talks about the company’s history and its hopes for the future.

    • 31 min
    Looking Back at 50 Years of Stephen King

    Looking Back at 50 Years of Stephen King

    This month marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Stephen King’s first novel, “Carrie.”
    On this week’s episode, host Gilbert Cruz talks to the novelist Grady Hendrix, who read and re-read many of King’s books over several years for a writing project, as well as King superfan Damon Lindelof, the TV showrunner behind shows such as “Lost” and “The Leftovers.”

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Books That Make Our Critics Laugh

    Books That Make Our Critics Laugh

    Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai weigh in on 22 of the funniest novels since “Catch-22.”

    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

4.2 out of 5
155 Ratings

155 Ratings

Outsch99 ,

Very interesting conversations

I love this podcast. Pamela Paul is a great host - she has a very nice manner with the authors she interviews, and speaks with interest and clarity. I also enjoy hearing about what Pamela and her colleagues are currently reading, and the conversations about the book industry. Thank you for many hours of listening pleasure.

Wait come back ,

Needs confidence and direction

This podcast at the minute doesn't know what it wants to be.

If the audience has not read the book, then host Gilbert Cruz will consistently spoil specifics that come late in the book. Perhaps this comes from a lack of confidence, needing to prove he's read and digested the book. It's extra frustrating because his questions would usually still work if they were worded more openly.

If the audience is supposed to have read the book, then it doesn't go far enough into the specifics.

Perhaps they could learn from the way NPR's pop culture happy hour talks about media. Another option would be to flag a point in the spoilers come in. At least a good starting point is to clarify what a spoiler is.

Sad in Oz ,

Stimulating!

All the best of America is in this podcast. The approach comes from a depth in informed, balanced intellectual discussion. Wonderful in this age of hysterical media confusion.

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