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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 world. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Book Club: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

    “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” Gabriel García Márquez’s magical realist parable of imperialism in Latin America, is a tale of family, community, prophesy and disaster. In this week’s episode, the Book Review’s MJ Franklin discusses the book with his colleagues Gregory Cowles and Miguel Salazar.

    41 min

  2. 15 NOV

    Patrick Radden Keefe on Taking "Say Nothing" From Book to Show

    As part of The New York Times Book Review's project on the 100 Best Books published since the year 2000, Nick Hornby called "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" one of the "greatest literary achievements of the 21st century." The author Patrick Radden Keefe joins host Gilbert Cruz to talk about his book, which has now been adapted into an FX miniseries.

    44 min

  3. 8 NOV • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    What It's Like to Write a New John le Carré Novel

    The works of John le Carré are among the most beloved spy thrillers of all time. So it was a perilous task that author Nick Harkaway, one of le Carré's sons, set out for himself. On this week's episode, Harkaway discusses how he picked up the torch from his father, who died in December 2020, to write a new tale starring George Smiley, the Cold War spy who has appeared in more than a half dozen novels.

    40 min

  4. 1 NOV • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Sally Rooney's "Intermezzo": Our Book Club Conversation

    Sally Rooney is a writer people talk about. Since her first novel, “Conversations With Friends,” was published in 2017, Rooney has been hailed as a defining voice of the millennial generation because of her ability to capture the particular angst and confusion of young love, friendship and coming-of-age in our fraught digital era. In this week’s episode, the Book Review’s MJ Franklin discusses “Intermezzo,” her fourth and latest novel, with his fellow editors Joumana Khatib, Sadie Stein and Dave Kim.

    41 min

  5. 26 OCT • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Two Horror Authors on the Scary Books You Should Be Reading

    Halloween is just around the corner, so we turned to two great horror authors — Joe Hill and Stephen Graham Jones — for their recommendations of books to read this season.

    54 min

  6. 18 OCT • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    The Ezra Klein Show: Salman Rushdie

    Salman Rushdie's "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder," has been nominated in the nonfiction category as part of this year's National Book Awards, which will take place in mid-November. This week, we are running Rushdie's conversation with Ezra Klein from earlier this year.

    1h 3m

  7. 11 OCT • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Stanley Tucci on His Year in Eating and a Look at the National Book Awards

    The actor-director-producer Stanley Tucci is also, famously, an avid eater. He explored his enthusiasm for food in his 2021 memoir “Taste,” and now a food diary, “What I Ate in One Year." In this week’s episode, Tucci discusses his new book with host Gilbert Cruz and talks about bad meals, his food idol and his path to tracking a year’s worth of eating. Gilbert also chats with The Book Review's Joumana Khatib about the National Book Award finalists in fiction and nonfiction.

    49 min

  8. 4 OCT • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Jean Hanff Korelitz on "The Sequel"

    The writer discusses her follow-up to her best-selling 2021 novel “The Plot.”

    40 min
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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. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp

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  • Channel
    The New York Times
  • Creator
    The New York Times
  • Years Active
    2006 - 2024
  • Episodes
    514
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    Clean
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    © 2023 The New York Times Company
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    The Book Review
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    The New York Times Company

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