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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. 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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The Rise and Fall of The Village Voice

2024/02/23

Dwight Garner discusses a new oral history of the venerable alt-weekly, Tricia Romano’s “The Freaks Came Out to Write.”

Let's Talk About 'Demon Copperhead'

2024/02/16

On this week's episode, a roundtable conversation about Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead,” a riff on “David Copperfield” that moves Charles Dickens’s story to contemporary Appalachia and grapples with topics from poverty to ambition to opioid addiction.

4 Early-Year Book Recommendations

2024/02/09

The early part of a year can mean new books to read, or it can mean catching up on older ones we haven’t gotten to yet. This week, Gilbert Cruz chats with the Book Review’s Sarah Lyall and Sadie Stein about titles from both categories that have held their interest lately.

'Killers of the Flower Moon': Book and Movie Discussion

2024/02/02

A.O. Scott joins for a spoiler-filled conversation about both David Grann's "Killers of the Flower Moon" and Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated film adaptation.

Talking the Joys and Rules of Open Marriage

2024/01/26

Molly Roden Winter and her husband have been married for 24 years. But since 2008 they have also dated other people — an arrangement that Winter details in her new memoir, “More: A Memoir of Open Marriage.” In this week’s episode, Sarah Lyall chats with Winter about her book, her marriage and why she decided to go public.

Our Early 2024 Book Preview

2024/01/19

It's gonna be a busy spring! On this week’s episode, we talk about some of the upcoming books we are anticipating most keenly over the next several months, including new work from Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett, Tana French and Erik Larson.

Steven Soderbergh on His Year in Reading

2024/01/12

Every January, the director Steven Soderbergh posts a detailed list of his previous year's cultural consumption — every movie and TV series watched, every book read. On this week's episode, we talk books!

Book Club: 'The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store'

2023/12/22

In our last episode of 2023, we convene to talk about James McBride's novel — one of the year's most celebrated books.

How to Tell the Story of a Giant Wildfire

2023/12/15

John Vaillant, the author of “Fire Weather” (one of our 10 Best Books this year), discusses climate change and the fire that devastated a Canadian petroleum town in 2016.

Our Critics' Year in Reading

2023/12/08

Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs look back on the books that have stuck with them in 2023.

10 Best Books of 2023

2023/11/28

They're here!

Talking Barbra Streisand and Rebecca Yarros

2023/11/10

Book Review editor Gilbert Cruz talks to reporter Alexandra Alter about Rebecca Yarros, author of the smash "romantasy" hit "Fourth Wing," and critic Alexandra Jacobs, who reviewed Barbra Streisand's sprawling new memoir.

Read The Book Review podcast reviews

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3299 reviews

newsjunqui 2024/01/27

M R Winter - More

Enjoyed this wonderful, normal, honest conversation about author’s open marriage.

jerusalem gurl 2024/02/24

Oy vey

This cast just gets less and less useful for readers.

lt1640a 2024/02/24

Quality crashed after Pamela Paul left

This podcast used to be the highlight of my week when Pamela Paul was the host. Her interviews with authors and colleagues were thoughtful, entertaini...

Cycledoc22 2024/02/02

New format a nothing burger

Been listening for many years. Enjoyed listening to Sam Tanenhaus’ and Pamela Paul’s thoughtful approaches. The new format is a cop out, doing the min...

Ksenia in sunny LA 2023/12/08

Love it!

I’m delighted to have found this podcast. The easy conversational format, insightful reviews, she host, the guests, Joumana and Sadie are my favorites...

Asukag 2024/01/21

Bring back the old podcast format!

I really miss the old format of the Book Review Podcast, which typically involved an in-depth author interview, news from the publishing world, and an...

Tunbridge the raven 2024/01/06

Bring Pamela Paul back

This podcast used to be amazing, but it’s just gone downhill. I used to love PP’s author interviews.

eeuhn 2023/12/12

A once great podcast has gone majorly downhill

I have been an avid listener of this podcast for years, and loved it when Pamela Paul was the host. Her interviews were very in-depth and engaging, an...

rewrite the free right 2023/11/29

Book suggestion

You probably won’t see my comment but can you PLLLLLLEEEEEAAAAASSSSEEEEE review the book ( Going Viral ) it is my new favorite book and I want to see ...

Taking the 5th 2023/12/02

The days of ole.

I miss the intellectual prowess of Pamela Paul. However, I am grateful The NY Times decided to keep this podcast while working uphill to find another ...

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